Radio Broadcast About Alternative Ways of Living the SNJM Mission

The initiative to integrate young academics into the SNJM Québec Justice and Peace Committee will be presented on the radio program Questions d’aujourd’hui, hosted by Renaude Grégoire.

In this 30-minute program, the host, accompanied by Sisters Lise Gagnon and Claudette Bastien, will present a brief portrait of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (SNJM). They will also recall the history of the Justice and Peace Committee, a committee comprised of Sisters and lay people who reflect on and participate in various actions pertaining to social justice.

A promising intergenerational experience

An important segment will be devoted to the original idea of inviting young people to take over from the Sisters. The avowed aim is to entrust them with action in the field, in line with the themes of the SNJM’s collective positions (human trafficking – water as a human right – indigenous women – migrants and refugees). We will take a look at how this idea was transformed into an experimental project that has been up and running for over 18 months now.

This initiative has led to some wonderful discoveries among both the Sisters and the young people. The positive spin-offs of the initiative are also attracting a great deal of interest from leaders of other SNJM religious provinces. They hope to draw inspiration from it to create similar projects in line with their own realities.

Broadcast on Radio Galilée and Radio Ville-Marie

Well-known for her involvement with the Comité d’action contre la traite humaine interne et internationale (CATHII)-(Action Committee against internal and international human trafficking) , Ms. Grégoire’s weekly program tackles topical issues affecting the life of the Church, believers and society. Offered by the Office de la catéchèse du Québec, this program is co-produced with Radio V-M (Radio Ville-Marie).

The SNJM program will be broadcast on Monday, March 3 at 5 p.m. on Radio Galilée (90.9 FM), and presentedat other times during the week. It  will remain available on the broadcaster’s website for three weeks. Radio V-M (91.3 FM) will broadcast the program on Wednesday, March 5, at 1:30 p.m. 

Photo credit: Renaude Grégoire – Office de catéchèse du Québec