Jubilee 2025
Jubilee Preaching Aids for June 15, 2025
June 14, 2025
Psalm 8Psalm 8 opens and closes with wonder and awe at God’s majestic name: “O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” (v.1, 9) But between these bookends of praise, we find something astonishing: the God of…
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Raising Hope: Laudato Si’ at 10 Years
May 30, 2025
Ecological justice is Indigenous justiceWhen we talk about justice for the Earth, we can’t leave Indigenous Peoples out of the conversation—because we’ve always been part of it.For generations, our families have protected the land, the waters, the animals—not out of…
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Laudato Si’ Anniversary Week – Voices from the Global South
May 29, 2025
As we mark the anniversary of Laudato Si’ this week, we have been reflecting on the Encyclical’s assertion that an ecological debt exists from rich to poor because of resource exploitation and environmental degradation. The Late Pope Francis helped to…
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A Call to Solidarity and Action on Climate Justice: Supporting Jubilee 2025
May 28, 2025
Rooted in Scripture and lived experience, this powerful message from Rev. Tut Kony Nyang Kon and the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) echoes the urgent appeal of Laudato Si’—to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the…
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Ten years after its release, Laudato Si’ continues to inspire and challenge us
May 27, 2025
In this reflection, Darlene O’Leary—Coordinator of the Martha Justice Ministry with the Sisters of St. Martha in Antigonish—explores the enduring wisdom and prophetic urgency of Pope Francis’ encyclical. She draws out its core message of integral ecology, showing how its…
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Laudato Si and the Ecumenical Movement for the Care of Creation
May 26, 2025
Written By: Mervin Sol H. Toquero, National Council of Churches in the Philippines Laudato Si’ and its urgent message for the care of creation should resonate well among Filipinos. Whenever we talk about the Philippine environment, we cannot help but be…
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Join the Relay of Hope!
May 26, 2025
Join thousands of people worldwide in a Relay of Hope to build momentum for the Jubilee 2025: Turn Debt into Hope campaign! The Relay of Hope is a symbolic gesture on a global scale. Inspired by the Olympic torch, this candle-lighting…
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La justice avant le sommet : les citoyennes et les citoyens se mobilisent pour la justice en matière de dette mondiale avant le sommet des dirigeants du G7
May 26, 2025
Des voix autochtones, des pays du Sud et de jeunes se rassemblent en solidarité au Forum des peuples du Jubilé à Calgary, du 12 au 15 juin.(Toronto – Traité 13 avec les Mississaugas of the Credit) – À l’approche du…
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Justice before the Summit: citizens mobilize for global debt justice ahead of G7 Leaders’ Summit
May 26, 2025
Indigenous, Global South and youth voices gather in solidarity at Jubilee People’s Forum in Calgary, June 12-15(Toronto – Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit) – In the lead up to the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, social…
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10th Anniversary of Laudato Si’
May 24, 2025
Today marks the 10th Anniversary of Laudato Si’, the Late Pope Francis’ Encyclical on Care for our Common Home. Listen to what Agnes Richard, the National Coordinator of Mouvement Laudato Si’ Movement – Canada, has to say on the Encyclical’s important…
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A call to the Prime Minister: Debt justice is moral leadership
May 8, 2025
Français ci-dessousAt a time of escalating and intersecting global crises—climate breakdown, conflict inequality, and economic instability—Canada has a critical opportunity to lead with justice and compassion. In a letter sent on May 5 to Prime Minister Mark Carney, members of…
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Canada must lead global debt cancellation, like it did 25 years ago
May 2, 2025
As Canada considers its place in an increasingly volatile global order, Canadians want to see their country emerge as a voice of solidarity. It can start by rediscovering its leadership on debt cancellation and becoming a strong ally to countries…
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Civil society presses G7 on debt and climate at 2025 C7 Summit
May 1, 2025
Civil society’s calls for debt cancellation and climate justice took a step forward April 14-15, thanks in part to the leadership of Global South and Jubilee Canadian advocates at the 2025 Civil 7 (C7) Summit in Ottawa. Beth Lorimer, KAIROS’ Ecological…
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Boost your petition drive: best practices from Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada animators
May 1, 2025
As part of the Jubilee: Turn Debt into Hope campaign, KAIROS and its partners are working to collect as many petition signatures as possible ahead of the G7 Summit in Calgary this June. At this time of writing, Development and…
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Organize or Participate in a Jubilee Rally June 15
April 30, 2025
Français ci-dessousTake Action for Jubilee: Turn Debt into Hope! Join the global call for debt justice by organizing a local rally in concert with the G7 Jubilee People’s Forum. On June 15, as Forum participants take to the streets of Calgary…
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Beyond debt: the deeper meaning of Jubilee
March 28, 2025
At first glance, the Jubilee Debt Cancellation campaign evokes a sense of compassion.Many of the world’s lowest-income countries have debts they cannot possibly pay. The interest rates are so high that money, which should be going to basic goods such…
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From the pews to policy change: St. Joe’s Jubilee signature success!
March 27, 2025
In the Gospel reading of the last weekend in January, the lectionary recounted Jesus’ first words ever spoken in public. (So, the message must have been of utmost importance!)If we were to ask ourselves, “Who is this Jesus?” The answer…
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Jubilee 2025 Official Launch
March 5, 2025
Canadian Jubilee 2025 – Turn Debt into Hope officially launched on February 19 with a webinar demonstrating the breadth of this work and its supporters. At the launch webinar, Canadians joined the global campaign, a movement for economic and ecological justice….
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Les Canadiennes et les Canadiens se joignent au mouvement mondial pour la justice en matière d’endettement durant le Jubilé 2025
January 15, 2025
Les organisations chrétiennes invitent la population canadienne à signer la pétition en faveur de l’annulation de la dette mondiale en cette année historique du Jubilé(Toronto – Traité 13 avec les Mississaugas du Crédit) – Des organisations chrétiennes canadiennes, dirigées par…
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Jubilee 2025: A Call for Global Debt Justice
December 4, 2024
In 2025, KAIROS will lead a Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee campaign, in step with a global debt relief effort, inspired by the Jubilee tradition from the Book of Leviticus. Rooted in faith, Jubilee calls for the release of debts, liberation from…
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