through our Catholic education to be mustard seeds in the world walking forward together – as small signs of God’s presence. Reader 3: To celebrate Catholic Education Week, every school, including ours, was sent a small packet of mustard seeds and invited to participate in the Mustard Seed Challenge. Each school will plant the small mustard seeds this week and see how large a plant they can grow by June 8th when the province-wide growing contest will end. Reader 1: (Only read this if you are doing the Petition Activity and Coin Collection Activity) As our tiny grow, we will be actively working to build the kingdom of God in our school. Over the next month, we will collect signatures for a petition to help support small family farmers around the world who struggle to get the land and resources they need so they can feed their families and communities. That struggle is made even more difficult by Climate Change. We will also be having a loonie and toonie coin collection on ______________ to help support the work of Development and Peace. Development and Peace is the part of our church working to end Global Poverty and build the Kingdom of God where justice and peace reign. The loonie – and toonies, like mustard seeds, will help many small family farmers around the world to find justice. Reader 2: Loving God, as we plant these seeds today we remember the farmers around the world who need our solidarity. Let us walk forward together with them and with all the world’s poor. We want a world where no one goes hungry. the seed of Love and Justice in our hearts, so that we to can help build the Reader 3: Kingdom of God. Amen. APPENDIX C: Petition to the House of Commons Calling for Agriculture to be Put at the Heart of Climate Change Solutions (DO NOT PRINT DOUBLE-SIDED) We, the undersigned residents of Canada draw the attention of the House to the following: That, at COP21, Canada committed to investing $2.65 billion by 2020 to support people in the Global South who are severely affected by climate change. That, agriculture must be at the of climate change solutions. Therefore, your petitioners request that Canada ensure that its international investments on climate change in the Global South:
through our Catholic education to be mustard seeds in the world – walking forward together as small signs of God’s presence. Reader 3: To celebrate Catholic Education Week, every school, including ours, was sent a small packet of mustard seeds and invited to participate in the Mustard Seed Challenge. Each school will plant the small mustard seeds this week and see how large a plant they can grow by June 8th when the province-wide growing contest will end. Reader 1: (Only read this if you are doing the Petition Activity and Coin Collection Activity) As our tiny grow, we will be actively working to build the kingdom of God in our school. Over the next month, we will collect signatures for a petition to help support small family farmers around the world who struggle to get the land and resources they need so they can feed their families and communities. That struggle is made even more difficult by Climate Change. We will also be having a loonie and toonie coin collection on ______________ to help support the work of Development and Peace. Development and Peace is the part of our church working to end Global Poverty and build the Kingdom of God – where justice and peace reign. The loonie and toonies, like mustard seeds, will help many small family farmers around the world to find justice. Reader 2: Loving God, as we plant these seeds today we remember the farmers around the world who need our solidarity. Let us walk forward together with them and with all the world’s poor. We want a world where no one goes hungry. Reader 3: the seed of Love and Justice in our hearts, so that we to can help build the Kingdom of God. Amen. APPENDIX C: Petition to the House of Commons Calling for Agriculture to be Put at the Heart of Climate Change Solutions (DO NOT PRINT DOUBLE-SIDED) We, the undersigned residents of Canada draw the attention of the House to the following: That, at COP21, Canada committed to investing $2.65 billion by 2020 to support people in the Global South who are severely affected by climate change. That, agriculture must be at the of climate change solutions. Therefore, your petitioners request that Canada ensure that its international investments on climate change in the Global South: