Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Advent
How often do we hear about evil “coming to light” decades after the fact?
Are we ready to hear the truth? In Luke 12:2-3, God assures us that “the secrets will be uncovered, the truth will come forth, and God's thought about every behavior and action will be vindicated. What's done in the dark will come to light.”
Are we ready to hear the truth about the root causes of violence against Native women? Are we willing to allow the truth to penetrate the darkness? Is this part of our being the light we are longing for?
-Meditation by Indigenous Solidarity Collective Member Mary Ann Reed
The 2022 Advent Calendar is a project of CTA's Indigenous Solidarity Collective, a working group that addresses the Catholic Church's historical and current role in colonialization. To support more projects from working groups like this one, please consider making a contribution!
Call To Action's 2022 Advent Calendar, planned and written by the Indigenous Solidarity Collective, provides 27 days of prayer and study to lead into action and solidarity with Indigenous communities. Here is today's meditation.
Call to Action: 39
Justice
“39. We call upon the federal government to develop a national plan to collect and publish data on the criminal victimization of Aboriginal people, including data related to homicide and family violence victimization.”
December 21th, 2022
Learn More
To understand domestic violence in Native communities, we must examine the history of oppression that laid the groundwork for the rise of violence against Native women. Efforts to end the domestic violence faced by women across Indian Country today are still in their infancy. Learn more at New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
Indigenous-Centered Organizations to Support
The watercolor paintings featured on this calendar were created by Duane Yazzie, an artist of Hopi and Navajo ancestry. Yazzie creates artwork that reflects his Indigenous heritage and his childhood spent in the Southwest.
