July National Holidays

 

Province of the

U.S.A. and Canada

Our Canadian and American Cluny Sisters wish all the Peoples of Canada and the United States of America a Happy National Day.

Together we sing and rejoice 

for the gift of these two great nations. 

May their values, freedoms, and national community be a light to

all nations as they celebrate their Nationhood.

We joyfully live and serve as Missionary Disciples in 

Hamilton, Ontario; San Pedro, CA; Norwich, CT; 

Middletown & Newport, RI.

Sister Joan Van der Zyden is now serving as the Congregation’s General Secretary, In Paris, France.

Happy Canada Day

on July 1 ^st

National Anthem   O Canada

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDg-NjcmZfc

Happy Independence Day

USA on July 4 ^th

National Anthem  The Star-Spangled Banner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhmkjDqer3c

Religious Freedom Week June 22 - 29

Religious Freedom Week 2021 

Solidarity in Freedom

“Solidarity means much more than engaging in sporadic acts of generosity. 

It means thinking and acting in terms of community”

 (Fratelli tutti, 116).

Religious freedom allows the Church, and all religious communities, to live out their faith in public and to serve the good of all.  The week begins with the feasts of Saints Thomas Moore and John Fisher, includes the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, and concludes with the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul.  The USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) invites Catholics to pray, reflect, and act to promote religious freedom using the Pray-Reflect-Act series (available at the USCCB website) which aims to help Catholics build solidarity with people of faith who are persecuted abroad and to find strength to carry out the mission of the Church here in the United States.

The Church’s promotion of religious freedom expresses her solidarity with all people everywhere who seek the good and who hope for fulfillment in the truth which the Church teaches is ultimately found in Jesus.

Pray-Reflect-Act

https://www.usccb.org/committees/religious-liberty/religious-freedom-week

Prayer for Religious Liberty

O God our Creator,

from your provident hand we have received

our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

You have called us as your people and given us

the right and the duty to worship you, the only true God,

and your Son, Jesus Christ.

Through the power and working of your Holy Spirit,

you call us to live out our faith in the midst of the world,

bringing the light and the saving truth of the Gospel

to every corner of society.

We ask you to bless us in our vigilance for the gift of religious liberty.

Give us the strength of mind and heart to readily defend our freedoms

when they are threatened; give us courage in making our voices heard

on behalf of the rights of your Church

and the freedom of conscience of all people of faith.

Grant, we pray, O heavenly Father,

a clear and united voice to all your sons and daughters

gathered in your Church

in this decisive hour in the history of our nation,

so that, with every trial withstood

and every danger overcome—

for the sake of our children, our grandchildren,

and all who come after us—

this great land will always be “one nation, under God,

indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

2021 World Refugee Day

 We Cannot Walk Alone

Almighty God,
Millions of our sisters and brothers are on the move around the world, 
Not by choice, but by desperation. 
For those forced to flee violence, 
We pray they find safety. 
For those seeking economic opportunity, 
We pray they find secure livelihoods. 
For those trying to support and protect their families, 
We pray they find communities to embrace them. 
For those searching for peace and hope, 
We pray that we may be bearers of the Good News. 
We are called to be prophetic advocates in this world. 
To call out injustice and be heralds of Truth and Love. 
We pray that all migrants, refugees and displaced persons 
May find safe and loving communities 
And the opportunity to thrive. 
And we pray that we may have the courage to stand and act 
In defense of human dignity for all our sisters and brothers in need.  
Amen. 

“The human tragedy that is forced migration is a global phenomenon today. This crisis which can be measured in numbers and statistics, we want instead to measure with names, stories, families.”

—Pope Francis

WHO IS A REFUGEE?

A refugee is a person who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, conflict or violence. On World Refugee Day—celebrated each year on June 20—we lift up the lives of millions of refugees and pledge our support for all who have been displaced around the world.

WHY THIS MATTERS

More than 80 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes because of persecution, conflict, poverty and violence. There are more refugees and internally displaced people now than at any other time in history. This is truly a global humanitarian crisis. In this pivotal moment when COVID-19 is making displaced communities even more vulnerable, we remember that Church teaching encourages us to welcome foreigners seeking the security and livelihoods they cannot find in their home countries.

WHY THEY LEAVE

Two-thirds of all refugees come from only five countries: Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Myanmar and Somalia.

People fleeing violence in Syria form the largest refugee group in the world today. Since the war began in 2011, more than half the Syrian population—13 million people—have been forcibly displaced. Despite experiencing such upheaval, Syrian refugees are rebuilding their livelihoods in their new communities with support from Catholic Relief Services and our partners.

In August 2017, more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees fled Myanmar for neighboring Bangladesh, expanding the country’s refugee population to nearly 1 million.

"Truly, I tell you, as long as you did if for one of the least,
you did it for me."
MT.20: 40

The challenges of the past year have exposed the deep inequalities between us, including in housing, income and access to healthcare. But the crisis has also shown how interconnected we are – that the wellbeing of each of us depends on the welfare, safety and hard work of others. We are part of a shared ‘us’.

Martin Luther King may have been speaking during the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, but his words resonate across space and time. It is only by coming together that we will move forward. That when we choose to walk side by side, to share networks and resources, or make space for others to lead, we create deeper and longer-lasting change than is possible alone.

The theme of Refugee Week 2021, ‘We Cannot Walk Alone’, is an invitation to extend your hand to someone new. Someone who is outside your current circle, has had an experience you haven’t, or is fighting for a cause you aren’t yet involved in.

Migration Crisis at our Door

Who is my Neighbor?  Where is my Neighbor?

BACKGROUD

The Central American countries of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are among the world’s most dangerous countries. At 90 for every 100,000 people, the homicide rate is nearly five times what the World Health Organization considers an “epidemic.” People face an insurmountable level of violence, insecurity and lack of economic opportunities. “Join-or-die” gang recruitment policies make life nearly impossible for innocent youth in gang-controlled areas. Business owners face extortion and threats from gangs while corrupt and inadequate policing fails to protect them.

DEALING WITH DROUGHT

Meanwhile, five years of recurring droughts across the Dry Corridor that runs through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua have destroyed corn and bean harvests, the mainstay of the Central American diet. Meanwhile, farming practices like incorrect fertilization and burning and deforestation of hillsides are depleting the land and threatening the livelihoods of tens of thousands of farmers who depend on seasonal rainfall to grow the food that feeds their families. During the last extreme drought of 2018, 2.2 million farmers in the Dry Corridor suffered crop losses, leaving 1.4 million people without an adequate amount of food. 

FLEEING NORTH

Struggling with rampant violence, chronic poverty, and failed harvests due to environmental degradation and climate change, entire families have made the difficult decision to leave their homes and flee north. In October 2018, multiple migrant caravans set off from Honduras and other Central American countries—comprising about 10,000 people in total—with the intention of reaching the United States in search of asylum and a dignified life. Since then, tens of thousands more people have made the dangerous trek north, through Mexico, an exodus that highlights the need to address the violence, poverty and other root causes of this humanitarian emergency.

COVID-19

Migrant shelters along the route from Guatemala through Mexico have been in a perpetual state of emergency since the first caravan made its way to the United States in 2018. The context of COVID-19 has only heightened their vulnerabilities. In March, many of Mexico's migrant shelters closed their doors to prevent the spread of COVID-19 but continue to host the people who were already there, even if for much longer than planned. Due to new legal restrictions, migrants seeking U.S. asylum face lengthy, delayed processing in Mexico, where they await word in dangerous border cities. Tens of thousands are stuck in limbo, many without safe shelter, and highly vulnerable to abuse, exploitation and contagion.

In Central America, the virus is leading to massive disruptions to the livelihoods, safety and social cohesion of those already in extremely tenuous circumstances - threatening their limited access to food and education, and their ability to work. The pandemic is increasing the risk of extreme hunger in Central America, a region already experiencing rising food prices and supply chain disruptions. It is restricting people from planting and harvesting crops, working as day laborers and selling products. This means less food for people already living on the edge.

Central America Migration Crisis:

Facts and How to Help

https://www.crs.org/media-center/current-issues/central-america-migration-crisis-facts-and-how-help?ms=diggoo0920caf00gen01&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3-v-5cmc8QIVTeG1Ch0T4Q_FEAAYASAAEgI5WfD_BwE

The real facts of the refugee crisis, 

and what we can do

Melanie Nezer | TEDxMidAtlantic

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQx73ts6KX8

“Towards An Ever Wider We”

Pope Francis

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVOJMl-0Aro

Celebrating a New National Holiday

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas — two months after the Confederacy had surrendered. That was also about 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the Southern states.

It’s the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was created in 1983.

Juneteenth, which takes place annually on June 19th  has been for many years, a widely celebrated holiday in the United States, marking the freedom of enslaved black people in the US. This year, the day carries special meaning as Congress approved the Bill to make Juneteeth a National Holiday and it was signed into law by President Biden today. 

What's the story behind Juneteenth

Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19th  and commemorates the arrival of Union troops in Galveston, Texas, following the end of the Civil War, marking the effective end of slavery in the United States more than two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

"The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor."

The moment was significant. Texas had been a holdout state where enslavement continued, despite President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation to end slavery two years before, in 1863, and the 13th Amendment, which outlawed slavery in the US Constitution. The 13th Amendment passed on Jan. 31, 1865.

Since then, Americans have observed and celebrated Juneteenth as Emancipation Day, a day of freedom.

Emancipation Day in 1900.

At right, Civil War re-enactors in a Juneteenth celebration at the Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum in Atlanta, in 2014.

Credit...via Austin History Center, Austin Public Library; 

Associated Press

What exactly does a Juneteenth celebration look like?

For some, it’s eating barbecue, shooting fireworks, gathering at a cookout and sipping on red drinks, a tradition that symbolizes perseverance and honors the blood that was shed of African-Americans. For others, it’s shopping only at black-owned businesses, sharing history or resting at home. This year, some will gather online for live video chats, which has become a norm in the new coronavirus pandemic.

According to the New York Times, red foods are customary for Juneteenth, symbolizing the blood of Black Americans' ancestors. There's red-sauce barbecue, red beans and rice, red velvet cake, strawberry pie, strawberry soda and bissap, a drink from West Africa more commonly known as hibiscus tea.

The Juneteenth flag is full of symbols

The flag is the brainchild of activist Ben Haith, founder of the National Juneteenth Celebration Foundation (NJCF). Haith created the flag in 1997 with the help of collaborators, and Boston-based illustrator Lisa Jeanne Graf brought their vision to life.

The flag was revised in 2000 into the version we know today, according to the National Juneteenth Observation Foundation. Seven years later, the date "June 19, 1865" was added, commemorating the day that Union Army Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and told enslaved African Americans of their emancipation.

For two decades now, communities around the country have held flag-raising ceremonies on Juneteenth in celebration of their freedom.

"This country has so many aspects to it that are spiritual, and I believe this flag is of that nature," Haith said. "It (the idea for the design) just came through me."
Designing the flag and its symbols was a deliberate process, Haith said. Here's what each element of the flag represents.

The colors

The red, white and blue represents the American flag, a reminder that slaves and their descendants were and are Americans. June 19, 1865, represents the day that enslaved black people in Galveston, Texas, became Americans under the law.

And while African Americans today are still fighting for equality and justice, Haith said those colors symbolize the continuous commitment of people in the United States to do better -- and to live up to the American ideal of liberty and justice for all.

The star

The white star in the center of the flag has a dual meaning, Haith said. For one, it represents Texas, the Lone Star State. It was in Galveston in 1865 where Union soldiers informed the country's last remaining enslaved people that, under the Emancipation Proclamation issued two years earlier, they were free. But the star also goes beyond Texas, representing the freedom of African Americans in all 50 states.

The burst

The bursting outline around the star is inspired by a nova, a term that astronomers use to mean a new star.  On the Juneteenth flag, this represents a new beginning for the African Americans of Galveston and throughout the land.

The arc

The curve that extends across the width of the flag represents a new horizon: the opportunities and promise that lay ahead for black Americans.

Act to End Child Labor

 Give Children a New Start

 

2021 Theme is 'Act now End Child Labor!'

On this World Day, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny support the goals set by the international community calling for an end to child labor in all its forms by 2025.

 

This year’s World Day Against Child Labor focuses on action taken for the 2021 International Year for the Elimination of Child Labor. It is the first World Day since the universal ratification of the ILO’s Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, and takes place at time when the COVID-19 crisis.

What is Child Labor?

The term “child labour” is often defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development. It refers to work that:

• is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful to children; and/or
• interferes with their schooling by: depriving them of the opportunity to attend school; obliging them to leave school prematurely; or requiring them to attempt to combine school attendance with excessively long and heavy work.

Whether or not particular forms of “work” can be called “child labour” depends on the child’s age, the type and hours of work performed, the conditions under which it is performed and the objectives pursued by individual countries. The answer varies from country to country, as well as among sectors within countries.

Setting Priorities

While the goal of IPEC remains the prevention and elimination of all forms of child labor, the priority targets for immediate action are the worst forms of child labor, which are defined in the ILO Convention on the worst forms of child labor, 1999 (No. 182) as:

• all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery,
• such as the sale and trafficking of children,
• debt bondage and serfdom and forced or compulsory labor, including forced or compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflict;
• the use, procuring or offering of a child for prostitution, for the production of pornography or for pornographic performances;
• the use, procuring or offering of a child for illicit activities, in particular for the production and trafficking of drugs as defined in the relevant international treaties;
• work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety or morals of children.

The worst forms of child labor involves children being enslaved, separated from their families, exposed to serious hazards and illnesses and/or left to fend for themselves on the streets of large cities – often at a very early age.

Whilst child labor takes many different forms, a priority is to eliminate without delay the worst forms of child labor as defined by Article 3 of ILO Convention No. 182 :

• all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, such as the sale and trafficking of children, debt bondage and serfdom and forced or compulsory labour, including forced or compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflict;
• the use, procuring or offering of a child for prostitution, for the production of pornography or for pornographic performances;
• the use, procuring or offering of a child for illicit activities, in particular for the production and trafficking of drugs as defined in the relevant international treaties;
• work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety or morals of children.

Guidance for governments on some hazardous work activities which should be prohibited is given by Article 3 of ILO Recommendation No. 190 :

• work which exposes children to physical, psychological or sexual abuse;
• work underground, under water, at dangerous heights or in confined spaces;
• work with dangerous machinery, equipment and tools, or which involves the manual handling or transport of heavy loads;
• work in an unhealthy environment which may, for example, expose children to hazardous substances, agents or processes, or to temperatures, noise levels, or vibrations damaging to their health;
• work under particularly difficult conditions such as work for long hours or during the night or work where the child is unreasonably confined to the premises of the employer.

Red Card to Child Labour Song:  

“Till Everyone Can See”

https://youtu.be/qHNgfStLwNc

♥ Feast of the Sacred Heart

 Cluny Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

 

The deepest longing of Christ's Heart is that we discover how much he loves us, the extent of his tender love for creatures who, cooled by their selfishness, look only inwards at themselves, as if they were afraid to let themselves be loved unconditionally by their Creator, who asks nothing and gives all.

Cluny Devotion

Our Founder, Anne Marie Javouhey had a devotion to the Heart of Jesus that enflamed by doing God’s Will in all things.  Her devotion began with her mother, Claudine Parisot, who  was a very devout Catholic wife and mother who instilled this devotion in her children at a very early age.  Anne Marie and those who banded together with her to form the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny were women of their time. 

Devotion to the Sacred Heart was well known in Burgundy France, because of the revelations received in 1673 by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in the convent at Paray-le-Monial. None of the attempts of the French Revolution to stamp out the Catholic faith managed to destroy the popular devotion to the Sacred Heart. So it was natural for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny  to express their gratitude to God for the grace of their newborn institute by making a formal consecration of themselves and all they served to the Heart of Christ. They did this on the feast of the Sacred Heart, June 6, 1807.  Barely a month after their religious profession, the original nine Sisters placed themselves and the congregation under the protection of the Heart of Jesus. This consecration has been renewed annually ever since.  

The vitality of Cluny devotion to the Sacred Heart in the present day remains strong. Many Cluny communities spread around the world, including the Motherhouse, are named for the Sacred Heart.  Hundreds of Cluny Sisters have chosen the Sacred Heart as part of their religious name in a variety of forms: Heart of Jesus, the Divine Heart, the Eucharistic Heart etc.

In both the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures the heart is the essence of being, the seat of all loving. The Heart of Jesus is the Source of our learning to love. From that Heart, we discover how to live the two great commandments to love God and our neighbor by which Jesus sums up all his teaching. In order to live this teaching fully we must discover that Sacred Heart, we must enter deeply into this Divine Fount of Love. There is no better way to do this than to fix our gaze on Jesus as he is revealed to us in the Gospels.

As you reflect on the words and actions of Jesus in the Gospels, ask Jesus to reveal to you:

How your heart – the essence of your being – reflects his

How my heart needs to change in order to better resemble his

On this annual feast in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus let us pray with the Church the traditional Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

THE LITANY OF THE  SACRED HEART OF JESUS

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. 

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. 

God the Father of Heaven,                        Have mercy on us. 

God the Son, Redeemer of the world,        Have mercy on us

God the Holy Spirit,

Holy Trinity, one God,

Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father,

Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the Virgin Mother's womb, 

Heart of Jesus, substantially united to the Word of God, 

Heart of Jesus, of infinite majesty, 

Heart of Jesus, holy temple of God, 

Heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High, 

Heart of Jesus, house of God and gate of heaven, 

Heart of Jesus, glowing furnace of charity, 

Heart of Jesus, vessel of justice and love, 

Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love, 

Heart of Jesus, abyss of all virtues, 

Heart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise, 

Heart of Jesus, King and center of all hearts, 

Heart of Jesus, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, 

Heart of Jesus, in whom dwells all the fullness of the Godhead, 

Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father was well pleased, 

Heart of Jesus, of whose fullness we have all received, 

Heart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills, 

Heart of Jesus, patient and rich in mercy, have mercy on us.

Hymn: O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRd75xTt7hk

Let Us Pray

 

 Sacred Heart of Jesus, 

I place all my trust in you.

O Sacred Heart of Jesus,

for whom it is impossible not to have compassion on the afflicted,

have pity on us sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of you,

through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary,

your tender mother and ours.

 —Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque

June Newsletter

 

The Focus of the June newsletter

is on those often unrecognized victims of human trafficking:

persons with disabilities.

As in all human trafficking cases, traffickers use force, fraud, and/or coercion to exploit adults for commercial sex and/or for forced labor or hold victims under 18 years for commercial sex or labor.  Victims with disabilities may be trafficked into sex or labor, however, many cases include one additional factor, the theft of Social Security and disability benefits.

Read the June Newsletter here:

https://sistersagainsttrafficking.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021_06_Stop-Trafficking-EN.pdf

Corpus Christi

 Feast of the Body and Blood of Jesus

The Lord feeds his people with finest wheat
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Their hunger is fully satisfied
Alleluia, Alleluia.

Gospel of Mark 14: 12-16; 22-26

On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?”  He sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the city and a man will meet you, carrying a jar of water. 

Follow him. Wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’ Then he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Make the preparations for us there.”  The disciples then went off, entered the city, and found it just as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover.

While they were eating, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is my body.”  Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it.  He said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed for many.

Amen, I say to you, I shall not drink again the fruit of the vine until the day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.” Then, after singing a hymn,* they went out to the Mount of Olives. 

Reflection

Read the Scripture again 

What conversion of mind, heart, and life is the Lord asking of me? 

Where do you want us to go? 

Where is God calling me to share his love? 

How can I give my life to God more completely? 

Make the preparations for us there. 

How can I rearrange my priorities to make more time for God?

How can I rearrange my priorities to make more time to serve my

brothers and sisters? "This is my body. …This is my blood.” 

How can I be more reverent toward the Holy Eucharist? How can I

express my gratitude for the gift of Jesus’ body and blood? 

Sequence  The shorter form 

Lo! the angel’s food is given

To the pilgrim who has striven;

    see the children’s bread from heaven,

    which on dogs may not be spent.

Truth the ancient types fulfilling,

Isaac bound, a victim willing,

  Paschal lamb, its lifeblood spilling,

    manna to the fathers sent. 

Very bread, good shepherd, tend us, 

Jesu, of your love befriend us,

    You refresh us, you defend us,

    Your eternal goodness send us 

In the land of life to see.

You who all things can and know,

Who on earth such food bestow,

    Grant us with your saints, though lowest,

    Where the heav’nly feast you show,

Fellow heirs and guests to be. Amen. Alleluia.

Alleluia

Alleluia, alleluia.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven, says the Lord;

whoever eats this bread will live forever.  

Alleluia, alleluia.

Panis Angelicus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4OlTE7El0E

Corpus Christi Procession

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyuGXOFEAbo

Stop Senseless Violence

Wear Orange

for a Future

Free From Gun Violence

https://wearorange.org/

Since the death of Hadiya Pendleton, orange has been the defining color of the gun violence prevention movement. New York gun violence prevention advocate Erica Ford spearheaded orange as the color of peace through her work with her organization, Life Camp, Inc. https://www.peaceisalifestyle.com/.

     

Whether it’s worn by students in Montana, activists in New York, or Hadiya’s loved ones in Chicago, the color orange honors the hundreds of lives cut short and the hundreds more wounded by gun violence every day. 

National Gun Violence Awareness Day is the first Friday in June, which will be June 4 in 2021. Together, with hundreds of thousands of Americans, we turned America orange. But the work doesn’t end there. Every town and partner organizations continue to do life-saving work so that as a country we can get closer to realizing a future free from gun violence.

After the Mass Shootings recently in Florida and California let us do all we can to prevent this senseless violence in our country!!

America's gun culture in charts

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41488081

Alliance for Gun Responsibility

https://gunresponsibility.org/the-alliance/