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New Peace and Justice Action Ministry Starting at Guardian Angels Church

Here's what Guardian Angels Church's new Justice and Peace Action Ministry is all about.

The new Peace and Justice Action Ministry will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. at . Greg Hagen is the chair. It formed from the merger of the parish Sowers Leadership Team and the Stewards of the Earth Ministry.

Their mission is to advocate for peace and justice in accordance with Catholic Social Teaching.

Among the issues they will look at:

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1 - Implementation of the Federal Affordable Health Care Act in Minnesota. In general, we support this Act.

2 - Comprehensive immigration reform. In general, we support guest worker programs, the Dream Act, a path to citizenship for undocumented workers that have lived in the United States for a long period and have been model members of the community.

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3 - Affordable housing and ending homelessness.

4 - Opposed to Voter ID or other legislation that would suppress the vote, especially by senior citizens and the poor.

5 - Legislation that discriminates against minorities, e.g. gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and inter-sex persons.

Join us as we review these issues and formulate positions on behalf of this ministry.

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