JustFaith: A Social Justice Education and Experience.
The Des Moines area JustFaith program, in it's 6th year, has been awarded the prestigious Bishop Dingman Peace Award, by Iowa's Catholic Peace Ministry, a multi denominational non-profit organization, dedicated to education and action as it pertains to the areas of Peace and Justice issues.
The JustFaith mission, "Empowering People of faith to develop a passion and thirst for Justice", is the primary reason for bestowing the honor of the Bishop Dingman Peace Award on this group. The success of the JustFaith process in transforming peoples lives into people of action, and witnesses to injustice, is most evident in the graduates of the program.
With over 90 graduates to date the Des Moines area Justfaith program continues to grow and evolve, with three metro area class groups meeting weekly for 30 weeks, and several immersion experiences, as well as much reading, it is a challenge, but richly rewarding commitment.
Bishop Maurice J. Dingman, was the Bishop of the Des Moines diocese 1968 until he resigned do the health reasons, in 1986. Bishop Dingman died in 1992. As a leader in social justice issues such as the farm crisis with foreclosure a common practice, and an ongoing U.S. military involvement in Central America, as some of the many issues, Bishop Dingman courageously stood in solidarity with the powerless.
Catholic Peace Ministry is proud to present the Dingman Peace Award to the leadership, and participants of the Des Moines area JustFaith community!
JustFaith is a national program supported by Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Campaign for Human Development and Catholic Charities USA .
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
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