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St. Peter the Apostle Roman Catholic Church |
445 Fifth Avenue River Edge, New Jersey (201) 261-3366 |
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Offering of Letters Sponsored by Advocacy For Peace and Justice
2009 Offering of Letters April 25/26
Parishioners from St. Peter's are being asked to write letters letting congress know that we are concerned about poverty in this country and in the world. Bread for the World, a non-profit group that aids the poor and hungry recently spoke at the Archdioceses of Newark and explained how our nation's foreign assistance programs are seriously outdated and need to be better coordinated in order to be more effective. It is time for Congress to look at making poverty reduction a primary goal of foreign assistance.
Also, the United States Council of Catholic Bishops support this issue as well as a number of others including additional funding for federal child nutrition programs and the targeting of domestic agricultural supports to small and moderate-sized family farm operations.
Listed below are the downloadable letters for your two Senators and Congressman. If you live in River Edge your Congressman is Scott Garret. If you live in neighboring towns your Congressman may be Scott Garrett or may be Steve Rothman. Please write a letter to both your senators and your one congressman. You can hand write the letters if you like. Please put stamps on the letters if possible. If you can't put stamps on the letters they will be put on the letters later. Also, please include a return address on your letters. Letters without return addresses do not get delivered to congress.
Letters (Word files):
Additional info (pdf): International Assistance and Church Teaching
For more information contact Steven Citarella at 201 265-1317
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