catherine gordon Archives

What did the war really cost?

Posted October 7th, 2021

Now that the War in Afghanistan has ended, the cost of the United States’ longest war can be represented in numbers.

Faith groups call for humanitarian action in Cuba

Posted August 13th, 2021

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is one of 24 churches and faith-based organizations to have signed on to a letter calling on the administration of President Joe Biden to lift the sanctions on Cuba, saying they prevent humanitarian aid from reaching people on the island.

Fear grips Haiti after Wednesday’s presidential assassination

Posted July 8th, 2021

News of the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse early Wednesday morning left the country still and gripped in fear of the unknown.

PC(USA) advocacy offices urge end to Cuba embargo

Posted June 23rd, 2021

Prior to a meeting with the U.S. State Department, Catherine Gordon of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness was part of a group that met with partners working in Cuba to get a sense of current conditions in the island nation.

Webinar series offers Presbyterian perspective on immigration

Posted May 21st, 2021

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Migration Roundtable will launch a new webinar series Tuesday afternoon with the first episode focusing on the root causes of Central American migration to the United States and U.S. policy.

Will you be an advocate?

Posted April 19th, 2021

The Syria-Lebanon Partnership Network (SLPN) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) recently held a virtual gathering with 119 registrants from three continents, six countries and 10 time zones. The theme for the interactive Zoom meeting was “Aid Not Sanctions: Take the Knee Off the Newck of the Syrian People.”

What’s next with the Iran nuclear deal?

Posted March 18th, 2021

Three panelists gathered by the Office of Public Witness for a webinar Wednesday discussed what Congress and the Biden administration ought to do to reduce human suffering in Iran brought on by both the pandemic and by U.S. sanctions, which prevent coronavirus vaccines, personal protection equipment and other necessities from reaching many of Iran’s nearly 85 million residents.

Prayers for peace are blowing in the wind

Posted March 17th, 2021

A biting March wind blows, but that doesn’t stop a member of Northbrook Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills, Michigan, from taking off her gloves and quickly tying her prayer ribbon to a tree on the church property. Her prayer is for peace, for wholeness, for healing of not just the local community, but for the world. She ties the ribbon securely to the limb and steps back, the patches of lingering snow crunching beneath her feet, and smiles. Hers is not the only ribbon fluttering in the wind, but one of many placed by church members who are also spending this Lenten season journeying toward shalom.

PC(USA) joins call for wider global production of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments

Posted February 25th, 2021

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness (OPW) is joining more than 400 faith, human rights, civil society, and labor organizations in calling on the administration of President Joe Biden to join a global movement to make COVID-19 vaccines more widely available around the world.

Presbyterian leaders welcome return of White House faith office

Posted February 17th, 2021

On Sunday, President Joe Biden signed an executive order reestablishing the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, a move anticipated and welcomed by leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).