Global Church
Our ever-changing world continually presents the Church and Scarboro Missions with new challenges in serving the Reign of God and witnessing to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. These challenges are many and include:
- Upholding the dignity and equality of every person
- Safeguarding the innate rights of every person
- Pursuing the goal of world peace
- Eliminating the evils of hunger and starvation
- Protecting and improving the environment
- Promoting economic justice for all
As the body of Christ, how do we, a Global Church, confront these and other issues?
Scarboro Missions believes each of us is part of a world community that is not limited by the artificial boundaries of race, geography, culture, and religion, and by witnessing to the Gospel through service to others, we work to overcome the many challenges we face.
Below are links to several organizations that are working diligently to address these many challenges and improve the lives of people everywhere.
Church Organizations | Global Mission | Economics | Environment | Human Rights | Hunger/Poverty | Interfaith | Peace Building | Prayer | Social Justice | News
Church Organizations
- The Vatican: www.vatican.va
- Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops: www.cccb.ca
- National Conference of Catholic Bishops of the United States: www.nccbuscc.org
- Asian Bishops Conference: www.fabc.org
- Latin American Bishops Conference: www.celam.org
- Association of Episcopal Conferences of Anglophone West Africa: http://membres.lycos.fr/cerao/anglais/aecawa/index_ae.htm
- Australian Catholic Bishops Conference: www.catholic.org.au
- World Council of Churches: www.wcc-coe.org
- Anglican Church of Canada: www.anglican.ca
- Lutheran Church of Canada: www.lutheranchurch-canada.ca
- Presbyterian Church of Canada: www.presbycan.ca
- United Church of Canada: www.united-church.ca
- Vocations Canada: www.vocations.ca
- Archdiocese of Toronto: www.archtoronto.org
- Association of Roman Catholic Communicators of Canada: www.arccc.ca
ARCCC is an important social communications body of the Church and SFM have been members since its conception - La Société des Missions-Étrangères / Accueil: http://www.smelaval.org
Global Mission
- Fides is the site of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples at the Vatican. There is daily news input from missioners as well as documentation: www.fides.org
- Misna (Missionary Service News Agency) has daily input from around the world as reported by missioners and religious orders: www.misna.org
- Maryknoll (http://home.maryknoll.org/), similar to Scarboro Missions.
- Sedos is a forum sponsored by Roman Catholic religious orders to deepen an understanding of global mission: www.sedos.org
- The Interchange (www.theinterchange.ca) connects individuals and mission organizations.
- Missionary Society of St. Paul: www.mspfathers.org
- Pontifical Mission Societies are Roman Catholic mission societies active throughout the whole world. In Canada: www.missionsocieties.ca
- Catholic Church in Cambodia: www.catholiccambodia.org
Economics
- Kairos: www.kairoscanada.org
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: www.policyalternatives.ca
- The Halifax Initiative: www.magma.ca/~cod/
- Global Issues: www.globalissues.org
- One World: www.oneworld.net
Environment
- Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace: www.devp.org
- David Suzuki Foundation: www.davidsuzuki.org
- Earth Charter: www.earthcharter.org
Human Rights
- Kairos: www.kairoscanada.org
- Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
- Human Rights Watch: www.hrw.org
Hunger/Poverty
- Bread for the World: www.bread.org
- Food First: www.foodfirst.org
- Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace: www.devp.org
- Catholic Agency for Overseas Development: www.cafod.org.uk/
- Christian Aid: www.christian-aid.org.uk
- Caritas: www.caritas.org
- One World: www.oneworld.net
- OXFAM: www.oxfam.org
- UNICEF: www.unicef.org
Interfaith
- Scarboro Missions' Interfaith Office: www.scarboromissions.ca/Interfaith_dialogue
- International Interfaith Center: www.interfaith-center.org
- Toward a Global Ethic: www.global-ethic.org
- International Association for Religious Freedom: www.iarf.net
- Temple of Understanding: www.templeofunderstanding.org
- World Interfaith Congress: www.interfaithcongress.org
- United Religions Initiative: www.uri.org
- World Conference on Religion for Peace: www.wcrp.org
- Council for a Parliament of World Religions: www.cpwr.org
- Monastic Inter-religious Dialogue: www.monasticdialog.com
- Interfaith Center of New York: www.interfaithcenter.org
- Interfaith Ministries (Wichita, Kansas): www.ifmnet.org
- Ontario Multifaith Council for Spiritual and Religious Care: www.omc.ca
- Ontario Coalition for Religious Tolerance: www.religioustolerance.org
- CoNexus Multifaith Media: www.conexuspress.com
- Encounter World Religions Centre (Guelph, Ontario): www.worldreligions.ca
- Unity Arts (Multifaith Books and Interfaith Resources): www.unityarts.com
- Interfaith News Network: www.humanitarian.net/interfaith
- Information Profiles of World Religions: http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/profiles/listalpha.htm
Peace Building
- Project Ploughshares: www.ploughshares.ca
- Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace: www.devp.org
- The Canadian Peace Alliance: www.acp-cpa.ca
- Peace Brigades International: www.peacebrigades.org
- PaxChristi: www.paxchristi.org
- Gandhi Institute: www.gandhiinstitute.net
Prayer
- Sacred Space - Daily Prayer Online: www.sacredspace.ie
Social Justice
- Scarboro Missions' Justice & Peace Office: www.scarboromissions.ca/Justice_and_peace
- Change the World - Dominican Experience (www.third-world.net) is an educational projet for Catholic High Schools.
News
- Zenit News Agency: www.zenit.org
- Catholic News: www.catholicnews.com
- Catholic World News: www.cwnews.com
- L'Osservatore Romano: www.vatican.va/news_services/or/or_eng/index.html
- Union of Catholic Asian News: www.ucanews.com