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Internal Affiliations
External Affiliations
Partnership with Catholic Relief Services: In May 2005, Villanova University entered into a formal partnership with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) for the purposes of promoting global solidarity through education, research, service, and advocacy.
Catholic Relief Services was founded in 1943 by
the Catholic Bishops of the U.S. to assist the
poor and disadvantaged outside the U.S.. It now
works in 99 countries around the world. It is
motivated by the Gospel as it pertains to the
alleviation of human suffering, the development
of people and the fostering of charity and
justice in the world. The policies and programs
of the agency reflect and express the social
teaching of the Catholic Church It assists
persons on the basis of need not creed, race or
nationality.
The Greater
Philadelphia Higher Education Peace and Justice
Consortium:
The Greater Philadelphia
Higher Education Peace and Justice Consortium is an organization of 14 member
institutions. Its purpose is to share
information on events and resources with member
schools for the purpose of involving faculty,
staff and above all students in the process of
educating, mentoring and modeling for social
change. In Fall 2004 the Consortium co-sponsored
Bishop Desmond Tutu’s lecture at Villanova
University, a series of speakers from Catholic
Relief Services (CRS) on HIV/AIDS in Africa;
U.S. Foreign Aid; and Conflict Oil and Diamonds.
In Fall 2005 and 2006,the Consortium in
collaboration with CRS sponsored a three day training
workshop for students to develop effective
advocacy skills for furthering social justice
and peace.
Other University Peace and Justice Centers
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