January/February 2011

COVER: Accompanied by Danny Gillis, Development and Peace animator for the Atlantic province, D&P members Ann Flynn and Caroline Dow (New Brunswick), Sandy Gibbons (Newfoundland), Kathy Gillis and Kerrianne Ryan (Nova Scotia), and Brenda Chaput-Saltel (Manitoba) took part in a solidarity visit to D&P partners in Pernambuco state, northeast Brazil in August 2010. Here they gather with representatives of three communities who have fought to gain legal title to land, which has provided economic sustainability. See article Earth, water, seeds, life!

Photo credits: Most of the photos appearing in this book were taken by members of the group who traveled to Pernambuco.

• Relating lovingly to the land
  By Danny Gillis
• Mission to Painted Rock
  By Ron MacDonell, S.F.M.
• Earth, water, seeds, life!
  By Kathy Gillis
• A solidarity visit to Pernambuco, Brazil
  Centrespread
• The river is our Father
  By Sandy Gibbons
• A gift of burnt corn
  By Brenda Chaput-Saltel
• Justice and equality for all
  By Kerrianne Ryan
• The missing favela
  By Danny Gillis
• An incredible journey
  By Caroline Dow
• Measuring change
  By Ann
• Editorial
  By Kathy Gillis

THANK YOU! Scarboro Missions magazine gives a special thanks to Danny Gillis for his collaboration in putting this issue together.