We are a group of 23 non-governmental organizations that are accredited to collectively represent over 200 congregations of Roman Catholic women and men Religious at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York. For centuries, congregations of Religious have served those who have been rendered poor, vulnerable, oppressed, and marginalized by existing global systems. Through our membership in JCoR, we have united with our sister and brother organizations to enhance collaboration among our members–at UN Headquarters and around the world–in our common mission: to improve quality of life for people living in poverty and to enhance our stewardship of the natural environment.
The primary aim of our collaboration is to strengthen the capacity of our members to address the root causes of unsustainable development.
We work toward this goal by coordinating national, regional, and global efforts of Religious to call on local and national leaders for a just, equitable, and rights-based implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN’s Agenda for 2015-2030.
Guide to CSW68:
JCoR produced a guide to the 23rd Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, also known as UNPFII23. Click on the following link to access our UN Conference Guides page to read the guide (available in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish) and learn more about this event and how you can participate.
Upcoming and Recent Events
Visit our events page for a complete list of our upcoming activities, where you can also access resources and recordings of past events. Check out our Google calendar to view forthcoming regional events and Global Community Hours.
Tech Tutorial: ClipChamp
This session will offer a basic introduction to ClipChamp, the standard, video-editing program from Microsoft that is available for free download on PCs. It will include removing unwanted segments of a video recording; adding words or graphics as a title, ending, or as transitions between segments of a video. If participants are interested, we can also address how to add subtitles to a video. Register here: https://forms.gle/JPotf5nhKqTaUmPU6
May Global Community Hour: Partnerships for the Goals
We are pleased to invite you to JCoR’s Global Community Hour on Friday, 10 May 2024, from 7:00-8:00am (Guatemala City, Mexico City) / 8:00-9:00am (Bogotá, Lima) / 9:00-10:00am (New York, Havana) / 10:00-11:00am (Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires) / 3:00-4:00pm (Central Africa time) / 6:30-7:30pm (India Standard time). This meeting is part of a series of monthly online gatherings for Religious from around the globe to come together in prayer for our world and to shine a light on the most pressing justice issues emerging in your respective nations and regions. In preparation for this year’s High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), we are facilitating a series of gatherings focused on HLPF review themes, and this month we will continue with SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals. Therefore, we are especially inviting individuals to share their experience with working in partnership to achieve the sustainable development goals. As usual, all voices and justice concerns are welcome in this communal space. We will convene in this manner on the second Friday of each month. A flyer with additional information can be found above, and you can click here to register. English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish interpretation will be available. Sisters, Brothers, priests, lay associates, and partners in mission are all welcome! Please contact communications@jcor2030.org with any questions. We hope you and your members will join us on Friday, 10 May and for future “Global Community Hour” gatherings! Click on the following links to view the Global Community Hour flyer in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Tech Tutorial: YouTube
This session will offer a basic introduction to the YouTube platform, including how to create your own channel, how to upload videos to your channel, how to perform minor edits to your videos after uploading them to YouTube, how to organize videos into playlists, how to automatically invite those who have viewed one of your videos to subscribe to your channel or to view another of your videos, and he essential steps to adding video content directly to a page on your website Register here: https://forms.gle/MXr4fodoGfeHHiaUA
April Global Community Hour: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
We are pleased to invite you to JCoR’s Global Community Hour on Friday, 12 April 2024, from 7:00-8:00am (Guatemala City, Mexico City) / 8:00-9:00am (Bogotá, Lima) / 9:00-10:00am (New York, Havana) / 10:00-11:00am (Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires) / 3:00-4:00pm (Central Africa time) / 6:30-7:30pm (India Standard time). This meeting is part of a series of monthly online gatherings for Religious from around the globe to come together in prayer for our world and to shine a light on the most pressing justice issues emerging in your respective nations and regions. In preparation for this year’s High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), we are facilitating a series of gatherings focused on HLPF review themes, and this month we will continue with SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions. Therefore, we are especially inviting individuals to share their experience with promoting just, peaceful, and inclusive societies. As usual, all voices and justice concerns are welcome in this communal space. We will convene in this manner on the second Friday of each month. A flyer with additional information can be found above, and you can click here to register. English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish interpretation will be available. Sisters, Brothers, priests, lay associates, and partners in mission are all welcome! Please contact communications@jcor2030.org with any questions. We hope you and your members will join us on Friday, 12 April and for future “Global Community Hour” gatherings! Click on the following links to view the Global Community Hour flyer in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
