Oblate Voices is a JPIC blog that follows stories of hope and is about how Oblates and associates live and experience mission work in the spirit of the Oblate founder, St Eugene De Mazenod of responding to the needs of poor and most abandoned around the world.

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

HUMAN TRAFFICKING: BRING LIBERTY TO CAPTIVES

By Mary O'Herron, OMI JPIC Staff.

Listen to Jesus reading from the prophet Isaiah in the synagogue in Nazareth:
“The spirit of the Lord has been given to me, for he has anointed me.
He has sent me to bring the good news to the poor,
to proclaim liberty to captives…” Luke 4 18-21

Human Trafficking is used to describe modern slavery because of the mobility of both victims and perpetrators. Right now slavery is increasing in the United States and around the world. There are more people in slavery than ever before in the world’s history – over 27 million.

The Sisters of the Divine Savior (Salvatorian Sisters) have crafted a website for parishes to use to combat today’s slavery. It is an amazingly complete resource.  It is called Breaking the Snares. It is a comprehensive packet of items that a parish can use to work against this scourge. The easiest way to find it is to google Breaking the Snares.

Among the many things it offers are:

-     Outlines of homilies to go with some readings used during the liturgical year
-     Scriptural motivations for taking action
-       Potential activities
-       Items in English and Spanish
-       Bulletin announcements
-       How to identify possible victims
-       Lists of videos and other resources

This website will save hours of effort – it has so many resources in one place. Many thanks to the Salvatorian Sisters!

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