JUSTICE, PEACE, AND INTEGRITY OF CREATION (JPIC)
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC CHURCH
WELCOME TO OUR JPIC WEB PAGES!
Thank you for visiting! Welcome to Immaculate Conception Catholic Church's Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) ministries! This is the MAIN LOCATION where you can find all information related to our JPIC, including descriptions, contact information, as well as our JPIC calendar of monthly and recurring events. Based on the principles of Catholic Social Teaching, my specific goal in creating these JPIC web pages is to better facilitate communication by providing our parishioners with equal access to detailed information about all JPIC ministries and programs. I hope making this information fully available helps to create a shared sense of history and mission as we build a stronger parish community dedicated to being "a faith that does justice!" We want everyone to feel "welcomed at the table." Please join us as we work together in service to God and our neighbors.
If you have any questions about our JPIC, please do not hesitate to contact me directly:
Ken Chiha, Director of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC)
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
901-A West Chapel Hill Street, Durham, NC 27701
(919) 682-3449 Ext. 293 - chihak@icdurham.org
Ken Chiha, Director of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC)
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
901-A West Chapel Hill Street, Durham, NC 27701
(919) 682-3449 Ext. 293 - chihak@icdurham.org
JPIC: GETTING INVOLVED
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JPIC: Summary of Our Ministries
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JPIC CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING AND FAITH FORMATION
An Introduction to JPIC Faith Formation
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Catholicism and Political Life
(USCCB Resources, etc.) |
JPIC Interreligious Dialogue, Peace, and Global Solidarity
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JPIC Latino
Spanish Language Ministries |
JPIC Racial Justice Formation/Advocacy
(Promoting Human Dignity) |
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JPIC Additional Faith Formation Opportunities/Outreach
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JPIC MINISTRY TEAMS
To help ensure that all our parishioners have the opportunity to share their insights, abilities, gifts, and talents in accordance with Immaculate Conception's mission and vision and our Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation's (JPIC) identity and mission, we have organized our JPIC into five major teams. These JPIC teams reflect our commitment to the Gospel and the principles of Catholic Social Teaching, uniting our work under a common vision and mission, and helping our parish organize our collective efforts around central themes/ministries through which our parishioners can take ownership of their Catholic faith and call to discipleship. Grounded in faith formation, our JPIC teams address "both feet" of social action (social/systematic justice and charity/direct service) as we respond to the "signs of the times" in Durham and our greater global community.
Each JPIC team and all our ministries are run by our parishioners. Through our JPIC ministries, our parishioners recruit one another, organize events and advocacy, and provide opportunities for each one of us to identify specific and concrete areas where God has called us to serve, so we can work together for justice in our community.
Each JPIC team and all our ministries are run by our parishioners. Through our JPIC ministries, our parishioners recruit one another, organize events and advocacy, and provide opportunities for each one of us to identify specific and concrete areas where God has called us to serve, so we can work together for justice in our community.
I. JPIC PROMOTING HUMAN DIGNITY
The mission of the JPIC's Promoting Human Dignity team is to lift up the value and dignity of every human life, especially those living on the margins. We do this by engaging in service, offering formation opportunities, and advocating to challenge issues and systems which dehumanize God’s children, in our community and our world.
JPIC PROMOTING HUMAN DIGNITY MINISTRIES
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II. JPIC CARE FOR CREATION
Established in 2008, our JPIC Care for Creation Green team helps our church pursue a God-centered response to countless environmental challenges. As a Laudato Si’ parish, we know that the way we treat the Earth, our common home, reflects how we treat each other. Our Care for Creation team works to reduce the environmental footprint of the IC campus, provide learning opportunities, educational resources, and other materials on caring for our planet, and support legislative action, advocacy, and other initiatives to protect the environment and address climate change.
JPIC Care for Creation
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JPIC CARE FOR CREATION MINISTRIES
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JPIC Care for Creation Support of Immaculate Conception's Celebration of The Season of Creation and Saint Francis Week
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JPIC IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES MINISTRIES
JPIC COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PARTNERS
Durham CAN
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Durham Congregations in Action (DCIA)
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Franciscan Action Network (FAN)
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North Carolina Council of Churches (NCCC)
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V. JPIC DIRECT SERVICE
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JPIC DIRECT SERVICE
(Main Webpage) The mission of the JPIC's Direct Service ministries is to heed Christ’s words: “As you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me” (Matt 25:40, NRSV, Catholic Edition). Our parishioners answer Christ’s call by serving those who need us with our own time and talents.
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JPIC DIRECT SERVICE MINISTRIES
JPIC and IC Charitable Giving
(Love Fund Ministry, 2nd Collections, Disaster Relief, Special Ministries/Projects, etc.) |
JPIC and IC Seasonal Giving
(Thanksgiving Baskets, Advent Giving Tree, Clothing Drives, etc.) |
JPIC PARISH-WIDE EVENTS
Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) "parish-wide events" normally take place once a year. These programs are extremely important to our JPIC mission because often they may be the first introduction the wider parish (parents, children, new parishioners, etc.) have to important Catholic social justice issues essential to our faith. Donations during our JPIC Advent Alternative Gift Fair, purchasing fair trade chocolate during our JPIC Valentine's Day Fair Trade Chocolate Sale, advocating for the hungry by writing a letter to Congress through our JPIC Bread for the World campaign or participating in our JPIC Durham CROP Hunger Walk, all may initially seem like small contributions. Yet, they are extremely meaningful. These single actions can lead to important conversations about faith and justice between parents and children or inspire parishioners to get more involved with our other JPIC ministries. We are so grateful and look forward to the support of all our parishioners at our JPIC parish-wide events every year!
JPIC Olive Wood Religious Carvings Sale
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JPIC Pentecost Multicultural Festival
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ADDITIONAL IC MINISTRIES
COMMITTED TO SOCIAL JUSTICE
Our JPIC, like any church, organization, or community group, organizes our efforts according to our mission, goals, and purpose to find ways to love, serve, and support one another as a community. This is true for all Immaculate Conception ministries. The entire parish supports all of our ministries together. These categories are simply a practical/administrative means through which we can better organize our resources and support. Some ministries fit naturally into certain traditional categories (i.e. JPIC, pastoral, faith formation, liturgy, etc.), such as our Bible Studies in Faith Formation or music ministry in Liturgy. Others, however, require discernment based on their mission. For example, even though Remain in My Love (LGBTQ+ ministry) considers itself a pastoral ministry, they share our JPIC's Catholic commitment to addressing important social justice issues. The newer IC ministries listed below have asked to be included on our JPIC page during their discernment process because their mission also includes this same commitment to social justice. Please contact them for more information or to join in their amazing efforts at IC!!!
Phoebe Circle
(Supporting Women’s Leadership in the Catholic Church)
(Supporting Women’s Leadership in the Catholic Church)
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If you have questions regarding our various JPIC ministries, please contact me directly.
Kennith M. Chiha, Director of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC)
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church - 901-A West Chapel Hill Street, Durham, NC 27701
(919) 682-3449 Ext. 293 - chihak@icdurham.org
If you have questions regarding our various JPIC ministries, please contact me directly.
Kennith M. Chiha, Director of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC)
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church - 901-A West Chapel Hill Street, Durham, NC 27701
(919) 682-3449 Ext. 293 - chihak@icdurham.org