Here are just some of our member programs from whom you can purchase Christmas cards or gifts this year. You can find more information about them or find their websites in our online Connections Directory:
http://www.pallotticenter.
L'Arche DC: http://www.art-enables.org
Some of the DC L'Arche community members are featured Art Enables artists
St. Joseph Indian School: http://www.stjo.org/site/P
Christian Appalachian Project: https://www.appalachianhom
Honduras School Program-Olancho Aid Foundation- http://www.olanchoaid.org/
Archive for 2009
Christmas Cards and Gifts
Parish Presentations
Did you know that the Pallotti Center gives presentations on long-term volunteer service? We also host events for former volunteers on transition and reflection. Check out these upcoming parish presentations in the DC area. All are welcome!
Thursday, Dec. 3, 7pm- Our Lady of Lourdes, Bethesda, MD- Julia Strukely will give a presentation to the Young Adult group at Our Lady of Lourdes on the benefits of long-term volunteering. Are you thinking about long-term service? Do you want to know more about this call for laity in the Church? Come on by!
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 7-8:30pm- Advent Night of Reflection, Shrine of the Sacred Heart Parish, NW DC- Pallotti Center Board Member, Jill Rauh, from the USCCB Peace and Justice Office, will be leading us in a night of reflection at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart parish in NW DC. The talk will be entitled, "Awaiting God's Kingdom in a Broken World". All are invited to join us for this night of fellowship, reflection, and refreshments. Please RSVP to pallotti@pallotticenter.org
Interested in having a presentation at your parish? Email Julia Strukely, Marketing and Recruitment Coordinator: juliastrukely@pallotticenter.org
CLIMATIC CHANGE
Climate change is the greatest environmental disaster that earth is facing. It is a change in statistical distribution of weather over periods of time.It is also social and economic threats. Climate change is due to human activities such as pollution, industrial wastages and it affects all the living organisms of earth.Harmful gases from industries, wastages and other pollutants are main causes for climate change. There main impacts of climate change are greenhouse effect, global warming,unexpected rainfall. The snow of mountain is melting due to global warming. Over rain fall in many places is ruining peoples life.
If we will be concerned about the impacts of climate change then it will be easy to reduce the effects. It has already started. Many people are facing the effects of land slides and many more are dying.Many are facing starvation because it also harms the growth of crops. climate change leads the country and people of world to poverty.
If we will be concerned about the impacts of climate change then it will be easy to reduce the effects. It has already started. Many people are facing the effects of land slides and many more are dying.Many are facing starvation because it also harms the growth of crops. climate change leads the country and people of world to poverty.
POLLUTION
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem as well as to the living organisms.Pollution can be of chemical substances,or energy,such as noise, heat or light or air and water.Pollutants maens the the elements of pollution.These elements can be foreign substances or energies or naturally occurring elements.When they are naturally occurring they are called contaminants.These pollutants can mix up with air, water, soil and causes pollution.It was the industrial revolution that gave birth to environmental pollution.The emergence of great factories and consumption of immense quantities of coal and other fossils fuels gave rise to air pollution and the large volume of industrial chemicle discharges added to the growing load of untreated human waste.
The release of harmful chemicals lije CFC,carbonmono oxide,sulphur dioxide in air is air pollution.Main reasons for this is industries and vechiles. The release of waste products and contaminants into river, drainage systems, leaching into groundwater, liquid spills, wastewater discharges into water resources is watr pollution.
Soil pollution ouccurs due the release of chemicals into soil, over use of pesticides, insectisites and chlorinated hydrocarbons.Soil pollution cause decrease in ferility of soil.
Roadways noise, industrial noise and sonar intensities causes noise pollution.This causes deafness in human.Natural and man made sources causes other pollution like visual pollution,thermal pollution and light pollution.
These pollution causes respiratory diseases,throat inflammation, chest pain, and congestion. Water pollution causes approximately 14,000 deaths per day, mostly due to contamination of drinking water by untreated sewages.
To protect environment from adverse effect of pollution ie global warming many rules should be followed.Pollution control is a term used in environmental management. It means the control of pollutants into air, water or soil. Without pollution control, the waste products from consumption, heating, agriculture, mining, manufacturing, transportation and other human activities, whether they accumulate or disperse, will degrade the environment. In the hierarchy of controls, pollution presevation and waste minimization are more desirable than pollution control.
population
A population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species.population of a country should be checked.Unchecked population growth is speeding climate change, damaging life-nurturing ecosystems and dooming many countries to poverty.Birth rates should be lowered sharply to controll population.Voluntary family-planning programmes are good ways for it.The researchers has warned that the tally of humans on Earth could swell to an unsustainable 11 billion by 2050 if the birth rates grow on the same ratio.
The UN currently projects that global population will rise from 6.8 billion today to between 8.0 and 10.5 billion by mid-century.
The researchers said that with one and a half million more humans climbing aboard the planet every week, a recipe is looming for ecological overload, famine and broken states.Over population leads to drastic change in climate and eco-system.It leads to poverty,starvation,poor health,pollution and global warming.Continous over growth of population in least developed countries leads to ecnomic crisis,a failure of education and conflict
The unsustainable growth of population is exhausting convectional energy supplies,accelerating environmental pollution and global warming. This leads to natural calamities like acid rain and harmful diseases.The main quiery is that how can a country feed its 127 million population.
Many countries like China is applying 'one-child policy' to rediuce population.Some of the Muslim countries accep children as gift of god so they don't accept the family planning that increases the population. All women must be protected from unintended birth to controll population.
The UN currently projects that global population will rise from 6.8 billion today to between 8.0 and 10.5 billion by mid-century.
The researchers said that with one and a half million more humans climbing aboard the planet every week, a recipe is looming for ecological overload, famine and broken states.Over population leads to drastic change in climate and eco-system.It leads to poverty,starvation,poor health,pollution and global warming.Continous over growth of population in least developed countries leads to ecnomic crisis,a failure of education and conflict
The unsustainable growth of population is exhausting convectional energy supplies,accelerating environmental pollution and global warming. This leads to natural calamities like acid rain and harmful diseases.The main quiery is that how can a country feed its 127 million population.
Many countries like China is applying 'one-child policy' to rediuce population.Some of the Muslim countries accep children as gift of god so they don't accept the family planning that increases the population. All women must be protected from unintended birth to controll population.
URBANISATION
The population of world is increasing rapidly.And there basic needs is also increasing as well.To fulfill there requirements forests are being cleared.many factories are being established.There are more oppertunities in the urban areas than in rular areas.so people migrate to uran areas to grab more oppertunities.The migration of people permanently to the better areas for good income,better health,education facilities is urbanisation.The urbanisation in Nepal is increasing more rapidly.many people from mountain and himalayan region migrate to terai region.Terai is plane and fertile and comparitively more suitable for agriculture.but these land are being used for factories. More hospitals, educational institute are established in terai than in mountain region.so tom get these oppurtunities they permanently settle to terai.
Nowadays the capital city our country,Kathmandu has become victim of urbanisation.All types of facilities are more here than any other places.so these days Kathmandu is being over crowded and pollution is also increasing.The smoke thrown out by the factories and vechiles affects our health and causes many dreadly diseases.Urbanisation should be controlled to controll the pollution.
FORESTATION
Forestation is the important aspect for good environment. Trees helps to keep greenary around us. It is also the shelter for wildlife so it maintains the eco-system.population is increasing dey by day which also increases the necessities.These necessities cae be fulfilled by the forest. people are destructing it for the purpose of shelter,fire wood,timber,fodder etc. But they are unaware of the fact that deforestatation can cause many problems in environment as well as in human health.
The main problems are natural disasters like flood,landslide, erosion,drought etc. Nowadays flood is creating a great problem in our country.Many houses are being flooded away and people are being homeless.Erosion is sweeping away the fertile land.Deforestation results in the scarcity of natural resources.The ups and down in the eco-system causes disaster. It carry many harmful diseases.
Forestation balance environment,gives shelter for wildlife,increases greenary.forest can be a good source of income.Tourist visit to see greenary and wildlife.we should plant two trees if we cut one tree.we should conserve our forest to conserve our environment.
Environment
all living and non living creature survive on earth. It is our common home.It is important to keep our home clean ie to save our earth.environmental pollution directly affects on human health. The situation of global warming is also due to environmental pollution.
Fall Recruitment
The fall is a great time to search for a volunteer program (if you are not already serving with one!).
It is also a great time for volunteer programs to recruit volunteers.
The St. Vincent Pallotti Center provides recruitment services to member programs, but also promotes long-term, Catholic volunteer service in general.
We do this by visiting schools and universities speaking about the benefits of volunteer service and how it is based upon principles of Catholic Social Teaching.
If you would like to schedule a presentation for your community or school on Catholic volunteer service, please contact Julia Strukely, our Marketing and Recruitment coordinator at pallotti@pallotticenter.org
You may also find a Pallotti Center staff member at any of the following university Service Fairs:
South Bend, IN
Notre Dame University- Sept. 30- 5-8pm
Washington, DC
Georgetown University- Oct. 7- 11am-2:30pm
The Catholic University of America- Oct. 7- 4-7pm
Ohio
John Carroll University- Oct. 12- 5:30-7:30pm
University of Dayton- Oct. 13- 7-9pm
New England
Boston College- Oct. 26- 10am-1pm
Providence College- Oct. 26- 4-6:30pm
Stonehill College- Oct. 27- 11am-2pm
Assumption College- Oct. 28- 11am-2pm
College of the Holy Cross- Oct. 28- 6pm-8pm
Also find us at the NCYC Conference in Kansas City, MO, Nov. 19-22, 2009!
Human Connection, Shared Visions Vol. 20, No. 1
One of our many services to volunteers includes our quarterly publication, Shared Visions. You can read previous editions of Shared Visions here
As fall arrives here in the U.S., many volunteers are gathering in their new communities at their new placements where they've committed to serve a year or more of their time. We produce our first issue of each volume of Shared Visions at this time to aid volunteers in their transitions.
Our newest edition of this publication will emphasize the theme of 'Human Connection'. We heard from many volunteers who completed their terms of service last year who were surprised by the peace and help that detachment from technology and dependence on human connection brought them. We hope that this latest edition about the topic will serve current volunteers by encouraging them to do the same.
You can subscribe to receive current editions of Shared Visions by email or by mail. Simply email our Program Director, Molly Linehan, at sharedvisions@pallotticenter.org
Not of Speech and Daydreams
"Remember that the Christian life is one of action; not of speech and daydreams. Let there be few words and many deeds, and let them be done well". - St. Vincent Pallotti
This quote from St. Vincent Pallotti supports what volunteers are doing in every country, in every state at this very moment. If you are a current volunteer, we at the St. Vincent Pallotti Center would love to keep up with your journey. Follow our blog and we will follow yours!
You can also send us your stories for us to post on our website: http://www.pallotticenter.org/ in our 'Stories from Volunteers' section.
If you are thinking about volunteer service, you can also go to our website and read the inspiring stories of current and volunteers. Search our online 'Connections' directory to learn about all the places and programs there are to serve with!
And if you have any questions regarding long-term volunteer service- overseas or domestic- please do not hesitate to contact us!
Sincerely,
The St. Vincent Pallotti Center Staff