Loving Father,
We seek your divine protection for all who are exploited and enslaved. For those forced into labor, trafficked into sexual slavery, and denied freedom. We beseech you to release them from their chains. Grant them protection, safety, and empowerment. Restore their dignity and provide them a new beginning. Show us how we might end exploitation by addressing its causes. Help us reach out in support of victims and survivors of human trafficking. Make us instruments of your spirit for their liberation. For this we pray through our Lord Jesus Christ who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
Amen.
(From USCCB handout for World Day of Peace 2015).
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Here is some additional information:
- Here is the CT HART link, where you can find out more about Child Trafficking https://portal.ct.gov/DCF/HART/Home
-Here is the link to the video which would not play on Zoom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a440H146l14
- Here is the Vatican news link about the recent message Pope Francis gave in August 2020 https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-08/pope-francis-human-trafficking-scourge-against-dignity.html
- Here is the National Human Trafficking Hot Line Number through Polaris: 888.373.7888 - if you suspect child exploitation, please contact this number to report
Here is the Underground website, where you can learn more about the ministry https://www.theundergroundct.org/
Here is the link to the recording of our event: https://youtu.be/48GWvhkSSOw
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