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Justice, non-violence, integrity of creation
On local, national and international levels we collaborate with a number of networks to promote justice. One of our privileged networks in France is Faith and Justice Africa Europe Network Réseau Foi et Justice Afrique Europe 
In « Happenings » : flash de faits les plus récents.
Child Slavery in Britain
Recent press reports uncovering new child slavery in Britain, and the arrest of a number of the perpetrators in a series of dawn raids in Slough, Buckinghamshire, west of London, brought this horrendous practice to the attention of the nation… The children recently rescued by police in the dawn raids were the lucky ones, as they were cared for by Slough Borough Council, until attempts could be made to reunite them with their families in Britain or in Romania… The International Network of Religious against Trafficking in Persons (INRATIP) which held its first international conference on human trafficking in Rome, recently issued a statement of encouragement for all the victims of trafficking :”We say to you who have been trafficked especially women and children: We stand with you, you are not alone. We fight with you to release you from bondage… Do not give up hope.” There are now religious sisters in every continent networking to eradicate trafficking in human beings across the globe.
Momentous Event
Sister Therese Vanasse and Sister Blanche Cadotte were privileged this year to represent our DHS Province at the SOA Vigil Demonstration Weekend of November 15-18, 2007. SOA stands for School of the Americas. But its : operation is the same, namely to train soldiers and military personnel from Latin American countries in subjects like counter-insurgency, military intelligence and torture operations… The school is under the US Department of Defense and is funded by the US taxpayers… Sisters Therese and Blanche were among about 25,000 people gathered in front of the fence at Fort Benning. People of every religion, nationality, and color were present… One of the most moving things was the solemn procession of Sunday. The procession was led by people dressed in black with white powdered faces carrying black coffins on which the name of a victim was written. Thousands of people followed solemnly behind carrying a white wooden cross or white Jewish star on which a name of someone who was murdered or tortured by SOA graduates. Each name was chanted solemnly from the make-shift stage giving age and country. After the chant of each name, all in the crowd raised the crosses being carried and chanted in response “presente.”… The number of names being chanted continued throughout what took a good two hours of solemn processing. As each approached the gated fence of Fort Benning, the individual crosses were placed on the wire fence…
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