The Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (SNJM) have developed commited connections with international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) focused on justice, peace and development.
Development and Peace
“Acting for a Just World” is the vision of this official international solidarity organization of the Catholic Church in Canada and a Canadian member of Caritas Internationalis. Development and Peace, founded in 1967 by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), supported some 15,200 local initiatives related to education, agriculture, community action, human rights advocacy and consolidation of peace in 70 countries.
Its mission is to support partners in the South to put forward various alternatives to unfair social, political and economic structures and to sensitize the Canadian public to the causes of the impoverishment of the peoples by aiming to mobilize them through actions of change. The organization is concerned about the situation of women in their quest for social and economic justice. It joins forces with groups advocating social change in the struggle for human dignity.