Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, O.S.B., will be the guest speaker at the annual Justice Celebration Dinner on Wednesday, May 23. The sold-out dinner will be held at the Archbishop Cousins Catholic Center, 3501 S. Lake Dr., Milwaukee, and will begin at 6:30 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by the All Saints Parish Choir and the Central City Youth Choir.

Nineteen parishes and 15 schools will be honored for outstanding service and justice achievements. Fourteen organizations from across southeastern Wisconsin will receive grants from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. A total of $117,500 will be distributed to the organizations.

The Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi will be recognized for their deep and long-standing commitment to justice and global awareness. This has been exemplified in many ways, including efforts to raise awareness regarding the unjust treatment of workers in sweatshops, the School of Americas; the Milwaukee Achiever Program; prison ministry; environmental stewardship, and support for farm worker organizing efforts.

Project Connect, an Archdiocese of Milwaukee initiative that partners reading tutors with students in Milwaukee Catholic and public schools, will recognize its tutors.

PARISH AND SCHOOL JUSTICE AND SERVICE AWARDS

The Fond du Lac Area Catholic Education System (FACES), Fond du Lac, will be recognized for a variety of service, education and advocacy efforts that include: the Amadeus Project; collections for Bethany House; the Kindness and Justice Challenge; Big Brothers and Big Sisters; collections for leukemia research and the Linda Kraus Fund; collecting yarn for women prisoners at Taycheedah Prison; Christmas Wish; outreach to the elderly; Building a Culture of Life prayers service; as well as other activities.

Holy Family Parish, Fond du Lac and St. Peter, will be recognized for its social ministry efforts in detention ministry and restorative justice.

The St. Mary Faith Community, Hales Corners, will be recognized for its involvement with Repairers of the Breach; Congolese Resettlement efforts; and establishing a sister-parish relationship with Notre-Dame du Perpetuel Secours in Haiti.

The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Milwaukee, will be recognized for sponsoring the Door Ministry Outreach Program. The following archdiocesan schools will be recognized for their participation in this program:
St. John Vianney, Brookfield
St. Mary, Elm Grove
SS. Cecilia and James, Mequon
St. Robert, Shorewood
Holy Family, Whitefish Bay

Divine Savior Holy Angels High School, Milwaukee, will be recognized for the all-school Lenten project "Operation Nepal 2001."

Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Milwaukee, will be recognized for the parish-based twinning relationship with Norwich Mission House in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Prince of Peace/Principe de Paz Parish, Milwaukee, will be recognized for the SAVE ELISABETH PROGRAM.

St. Gregory the Great School, Milwaukee, will be recognized for the sixth graders' efforts for community outreach to the elderly and homebound members of the parish.

St. Matthias Parish and School, Milwaukee, will be recognized for service to the community, global awareness and fostering social justice in many ways, including building a Habitat for Humanity House and student involvement with these projects: food pantries; Condella's Coats for Kids; cards for shut-ins; and Lenten collections for needy organizations locally and internationally.

St. Michael, St. Rose and St. Francis Parishes, Milwaukee, will be recognized for their collaborative work to encourage and develop leadership capacities of the youth of the parishes. With the support of a grant from the Racine Dominicans, this has included things such as retreats; youth Mass; parade; drumming workshops; mentoring; training in positive communication; Dreams 2000 performance; and other activities.

St. Roman Parish, Milwaukee, will be recognized for its service to the community by establishing a food pantry that serves the 53221 zip code. Parishioners staff the pantry and the parish collaborates with St. Vincent de Paul and Second Harvest to provide food.

St. Matthew Parish, Oak Creek, will be recognized for the "Reaching Out" project that includes collecting needed items and cash for 16 local service organizations.

St. Jerome Parish, Oconomowoc, will be recognized for efforts to assist St. Anthony Marie Claret School in San Cristobal, Guatemala. The parish also will be recognized for the teen ministry outreach to the Pineridge and Rosebud Indian Reservations.

Good Shepherd Parish, Menomonee Falls, will be recognized for its commitment to social ministry and global awareness, including efforts such as: JustFaith II; a sister-parish relationship with Ellacuria in El Salvador; opposition to the School of Americas; and other efforts.

St. Mary Parish, Menomonee Falls, will be recognized for its involvement with The Heifer Project and the 2001 Mission trip to Honduras to offer assistance with medical help and gardening programs.

The student council from Holy Apostles School, New Berlin, will be recognized for their service and outreach in these areas: assisting the Family Resource Center; participating in the Adopt-a-Family Christmas project; assisting Linden Grove Nursing Home; and collecting Teddy Bears for the New Berlin Fire Department.

Catholic Memorial High School, Waukesha, will be recognized for providing global education opportunities and direct service to economically disadvantaged and homeless people in Barahona, Dominican Republic. The school also will be recognized for maintaining close ties with social justice issues in the Dominican Republic by working with lay missionaries Chris and Letzbia Laing-Martinez.

Sr. Jan Gregorcich of SSND Global Partners has nominated the following parish and schools for their participation in global awareness, solidarity and justice issues:
St. Bernard School, Wauwatosa, and Port Catholic Schools, Port Washington, for various activities to get to know and support the children of war-torn Quiche area in Guatemala.
Mary Queen of Heaven Parish, West Allis, for providing a parish Easter basket for COPRODESQUI, the school committee in Quiche, Guatemala.

St. Jude the Apostle School, Wauwatosa, will be recognized for a variety of community service and outreach efforts by the school children and scouts. Some examples include: Children of South America; Ronald McDonald House; Mr. Roger's Sweater Drive; Children's Room (at Children's Court Center); Thanksgiving Food Drive; drive for household supplies for the School for the Visually Impaired and Hearing Impaired; Our Next Generation; supply drive for Humane Society; and fundraising for Children's Hospital.

St. Frances Cabrini, St. Mary, and Holy Angels, West Bend, and Holy Trinity, Newburg, will be recognized for their collaborative, ecumenical efforts to sponsor the "Alike and Different" Peace Camp for children.

Dominican High School, Whitefish Bay, will be recognized for its involvement with the Urban Garden, a collaborative between the school, the Dominican Center, a local farmer and area residents. The project has provided firsthand education about land use, poverty, economics and justice, as well as cultivating plots of land to grow vegetables and flowers

2001 CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT GRANT RECIPIENTS

ACTS (Allied Churches Teaching Self Empowerment), Milwaukee, a community development initiative of St. Michael, St. Francis and St. Rose Parishes, receives funds for The Good Samaritan Program for Affordable Home Ownership. This project provides assistance to low-income Latino families. With resources from CCHD, ACTS will be able to undertake a significant bilingual/culturally appropriate outreach effort to Latino families in all 10 affiliated parishes, particularly on the south side of Milwaukee.

Bridgeway House, Sheboygan County, an organization sponsored by the Sheboygan County Interfaith Organization, offers low-income people training to become a strong voice for change in the community. It will offer a forum for discussion between those who feel the American dream is out of reach and people in a position to help create change that will help empower all people to reach their dream.

CUSH (Congregations United to Serve Humanity), Kenosha, a grassroots, multi-ethnic, multi-racial coalition of faith communities joined together to educate, advocate and empower people of low to moderate income. CUSH promotes social justice and addresses community concerns. An initial project of CUSH will be to develop leadership initiatives to help establish future church-based organizing efforts in Kenosha.

The Dominican Center for Women, Milwaukee, receives funds to expand and improve the center's Housing Initiative Program. This program will add a financial mentoring/community organizing service for new homeowners. It will consist of new homeowners meeting periodically in individual and group sessions. The service will help the participants acquire a home and also to maintain and keep it.

HOSEA (Hope Offered through Shared Ecumenical Action), Milwaukee, a church-based community organization representing southern Milwaukee suburbs, receives funds to form its 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program. The CCLC campaign will focus on expanding learning opportunities for HOSEA youth. The CCLC is a federal grant for "high-need" public school districts to provide after-school programs in a safe, supervised, and drug-free environment. HOSEA adult and youth members will work together to help ensure that HOSEA area school districts receive these grants.

Jobs Task Force Collaboration, Milwaukee, in cooperation with the Women and Poverty Education Initiative, receives CCHD funds for its first year. The Jobs Task Force will initiate the Peoples' Economic Summit - a city-wide gathering of 800 to 1,000 low-income people and those working on their behalf, to forge an agenda and set a direction for the development of a Peoples' Center in Milwaukee. This center will provide an infrastructure for organizing around issues that have a negative impact of the lives of people.

LBWN (Layton Boulevard West Neighbors), Milwaukee, in cooperation with the School Sisters of St. Francis, receives funds for the Layton Boulevard West Neighbors project. LBWN is dedicated to promoting leadership and self-empowerment within one of Milwaukee's most diverse urban communities. LBWN works with neighborhood residents, businesses, schools, and churches to address concerns such as economic decline, educational decline, and graffiti. LBWN helps to provide a structure for positive youth and family activities.

LAND (Lisbon Avenue Neighborhood Development), Milwaukee, receives funds for its Youth Entrepreneurship Program. This is a three-year youth development program that works in cooperation with the LAND Youth Council to introduce low-income teens to the world of business and entrepreneurship. Young people will be taught how to develop and operate their own small businesses and to pursue self-sufficiency.

MATTHEW 25, Racine, receives funds for the Gang Diversion Activities Program operating at Cesar Chavez House, a neighborhood house that offers teens gang diversion activities. The goal of the program is to provide cultural, social, educational and faith development skills and employment resources. While most activities focus on teens, a special conflict resolution project has been developed for middle school children to deter them from gang activity.

MICAH (Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope), Milwaukee, receives funds for an immigration awareness project. This project is designed to raise the awareness of immigration issues in three ways: to educate and organize immigrants for mutual support and change; to educated non-immigrants about the injustice of current immigration policy; and to organize action that will motivate policy makers to support just and humane change.

People First Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, seeks to organize and support a new constituency of people with developmental and other disabilities in Milwaukee County. This will create a strong and dynamic grassroots self-advocacy group that will provide a greater voice and a vehicle for empowerment. The group will increase the self-advocacy and self-help skills of its members through mutual action for positive change.

Project Return, Milwaukee, receives funds for its Jobs Task Force, a program that assists ex-offenders in finding jobs to help them support themselves and their families. It also emphasizes the many areas that prepare the ex-offenders to return to the community and to their families. In 2000, 139 people were placed in employment and 134 people are still employed.

RIC (Racine Interfaith Coalition), Racine, receives funds to implement a strategic plan to expand campaigns that will increase neighborhood and congregational involvement. The primary goal of this project is to put Operation Sacred Ground, a community involvement tool, into place. Through this project, RIC will work in partnership with non-RIC congregations to help build stronger, safer, and more viable neighborhoods.

Voces de la Frontera, Milwaukee, hopes to establish a campaign for amnesty and dignity for undocumented people. This campaign will work for the passage of resolutions that support new legislation for undocumented workers and their families at the city, county, and state level of government in Wisconsin. The organization seeks to accomplish this goal through education, publicity, and grassroots organization of broad sectors of the community. This will include churches, labor unions, community organizations and other immigrant groups.

The Women and Poverty Initiative, Milwaukee, receives funds for Women Speak 2002/ Housing Plan. This project involves women from Milwaukee affected by W-2 and addresses concerns in Milwaukee identified by the women from the "Voices from the Community" report.