On 15 September, the members of the Justice and Peace Regional Networks, a grouping facilitated by the Council for Justice and Peace of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, held a short online seminar on the Healthy Planet and Healthy People Catholic Petition ahead of the COP26 Conference. The speaker was Jane Mellett, Laudato Si Coordinator at Trócaire, who gave an excellent overview of the background to the petition and urged the various groups to get active in promoting it at diocesan and parish level and within the wider community.
Since then, a number of people from parishes across the country have made contact with the Council for Justice and Peace and Trócaire to offer their time and services in the promotion of the petition at a local level. People can still get involved online or by contacting either Jane Mellett at Trócaire Head Office, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland, W23 NX63. Tel: +353 1 6293333 or Dr Gary Carville, Research Coordinator, Council for Justice and Peace, Irish Episcopal Conference, Columba Centre, Maynooth, Co Kildare, W23 P6D3. Tel. +353 1 505 3016.
Further meetings of the Justice and Peace Regional Network will be held online over the coming months.