Guest speaker – Adele Hopkins will speak of her work in Honduras and the Friends of Honduran Children. Please come out and learn more about this worthwhile group.

Retreat For Women – Date set is 2 April
Join the ladies of St. Mary’s CWL, Lindsay beginning with Mass in the church at 9 am followed by a retreat next door at St. Mary’s School, 18 St. Lawrence St.

A light lunch will be served and the retreat will end around 2 pm.

This free retreat on “Poverty” will be led by Fr. Stan Chu Ilo, Parish Priest Courtice, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Theology of the University of St. Michael’s College, and noted author.

Please call Marnie at 705-324-0225 or Suzanne at 705-878-2178 or Glenda at 705-340-5357 so that we will have sufficient printed material and food.

In a world that produces enough food for every man, woman and child to eat a daily balanced diet, about 860 million people do not have enough food to lead healthy and productive lives. Another 100 million may soon join them.

These stark numbers are the result of a global food system which for more than 30 years has rewarded farmers in the Global South for growing food for export at the expense of supplying local food markets.

While global agricultural yields have increased, hunger in the Global South has not decreased. Hunger is caused by poverty, not scarcity.

The goals of food sovereignty include providing for local needs in an ecologically sound way that respects local biodiversity, national differences in food production and support for small-scale farmers.