NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby, is getting ready to run an online auction fundraiser.
Who we are…
On December 17, 1971, 47 Catholic Sisters voted to form a national "network" of Sisters to lobby for federal policies and legislation that promote economic and social justice. From the beginning, our advocacy has been rooted in the Catholic social justice tradition.
Throughout the 1970s, NETWORK’s first home and staff residence served as a center for Washington-area Catholic peace and justice activism. Our justice agenda ranged from global hunger to nuclear weapons and women’s rights. NETWORK’s famous legislative seminars drew hundreds of participants and presenters who included prominent Members of Congress (e.g., Senators Ted Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson, Barbara Mikulski, Walter Mondale and Joseph Biden) and other luminaries like Fr. Bryan Hehir.
Years later, President William Clinton presented the Presidential Citizens Medal, our nation’s second highest civilian honor, to one of our founders and first Executive Director, Sr. Carol Coston. She was the first Catholic Sister ever to receive this award and was acknowledged for her role in helping to create NETWORK.
Today, many thousands of NETWORK members and activists work to ensure that our justice advocacy continues to influence and inspire our elected officials. For example, our lobbying for healthcare reform resulted in our being thanked personally by President Obama and invited to the ceremony celebrating the Affordable Care Act being signed into law. We are also highly visible on other critical issues such as peacemaking, comprehensive immigration reform, housing, poverty, federal budget priorities, trade and hunger.
It is because of the continued involvement of hundreds of congregations of women religious and thousands of individual Sisters, as well as that of parishes, small faith communities, religious congregations of brothers and priests, and thousands of individual activists that NETWORK continues to be effective AND faithful to our mission of lobbying, organizing and educating for a nation and world rooted in justice.
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR WORK FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND PEACE BY BIDDING GENEROUSLY. Every cent will go directly toward our work!
You can see samples of our wonderful auction items at the bottom of this page. To see all of the items, click on 'view all items' directly below.
AUCTION WATCH: Featured Items
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