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Catholics must remember our immigrant neighbors at the ballot box
Some of our political leaders claim the current level of cruelty is necessary to protect our borders and maintain order. Separating families and frightening children is not required to keep the peace in any nation. Arresting people who are actively contributing to our communities through their work, raising strong families, and living out their faith cannot be justified as necessary for public safety.
Federal policies erode human dignity by penalizing poor, sick
Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me. — Matthew 25:40 As people of faith who believe that every person is made in the image and likeness of God, we must speak against current federal policies that seem designed to punish the poor and banish them to, at best, the shadows of our nation or, at worst, other countries with little ability to protect the dignity and sanctity of their lives.
Immigrants are living in fear. As Catholics, we must respond with love
While our Catholic bishops in Washington engage in a legal challenge to the state’s new law requiring clergy to violate the seal of confession, another significant challenge to the rights of Catholics to practice their faith is growing nationwide: the fear among immigrants of being detained by immigration law enforcement officers while at Mass or participating in other sacraments or church activities. The fear is not unfounded.
Respect for life, human dignity missing in proposed state, federal budget cuts
“Open your mouth in behalf of those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute.” — Proverbs 31:8 With this admonition from Proverbs, the Washington State Catholic Conference sees the great need to speak out against federal and state policy decisions that are now or will soon lead to more poverty, and potentially death, for many in Washington, in our nation and around the world.
Seal of confession bill, proposed program cuts worry state’s Catholics
Several issues from last legislative session that drew the concern of the Washington State Catholic Conference have returned in the 2025 session, including another attempt to allow the state to break the seal of confession and a proposed expansion of assisted suicide to eliminate the seven-day waiting period in some cases. Thankfully, the assisted suicide bill was not voted on in committee and is dormant for the rest of this session, though it could be brought back in 2026.
What Every Communicator Must Consider During this Heated Election Season
Have you heard? The 2024 election season is upon us! Democratically and positively, all Americans have the opportunity to make our voices heard as we go to the polls in November. Good or bad, to aid in our decision making, our democratic norms of late have all of us exposed to years-long campaigning, billion-dollar ad budgets and multiple rallies, speeches and conventions.
Jail is no solution for homelessness
As I have immersed myself in our homeless services system over these past many years, one thing has become increasingly clear to me - homelessness is a systemic issue. The only real means for ending homelessness is for civic, economic and social systems to recognize that ensuring the basic needs of housing, food, clothing, education, employment and health care are met for all is the surest path to ending homelessness, as well as crimes rooted in the desperation of poverty.
Like affordable housing, but unlike a gondola.
Let's be honest, whether it is a gondola or expanded bus service up Little Cottonwood Canyon, taxpayers will be paying a $550 million plus bill so a select few have an easier ride to a luxury recreational activity that, given climate change, may not even be feasible by the end of the next decade. Our state would benefit far more from using the funds for basics such as affordable housing.
Help us find a shelter for the homeless before winter sets in
As co-chairs of the Salt Lake Valley Coalition to End Homelessness, we have been striving to find short and long-term solutions to homelessness across Salt Lake County. Unfortunately, our long-term efforts are hindered each year by the need to locate, fund, staff and operate emergency overflow shelter with too little time and limited options. In our third year of seeking temporary emergency housing sites, we find ourselves once again without sufficient overflow beds and winter mere weeks away.
Independence Day's Secular Ideals Reflect Catholic Teaching
Friday, Jul. 02, 2021 By Jean Hill Director, Diocese of Salt Lake City Office of Life, Justice and Peace “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
God Calls Us to Help the Least of Our Brethren
Friday, Jun. 04, 2021 By Jean Hill Director, Diocese of Salt Lake City Office of Life, Justice and Peace It is distressingly easy to narrow the breadth of Catholic Social Teaching to achieve political goals. Being a Catholic in the world requires diligence, patience and regular, intentional return to our core teaching to ensure that the positions we take and the efforts we support are consistent with our professions of faith.
Thoughts from a Faraway Place
This is our UK/International web site. Do you want to go to the US/Canada site? There are different ways of telling life stories; this book is about my stories in verse with truth and honesty and also with humour and pathos. So much is true to human behaviour, whether it is the cones on the road or thoughts about people’s inability to see their own shortcomings.
Adequate Housing is a Prerequisite for a Life of Dignity
Friday, May. 07, 2021 By Jean Hill Director, Diocese of Salt Lake City Office of Life, Justice and Peace What is a home? Who deserves shelter? As these questions are addressed across our state, Catholic teaching has some very clear answers. Solidarity with people in poverty is an integral part of our baptismal call. Scripture is explicit about caring for the poor in general and, among other works of mercy, feeding the hungry and sheltering the homeless specifically.
Jean Hill and Rob Wesemann: Housing First approach is the best way to solve homelessness
Lacking a home makes it more difficult to get a job or needed services. (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Pamela’s Place honoring its namesake, Pamela Atkinson, opens with 100-units of supportive housing for disabled and the chronically homeless, which includes a 24-hour health clinic, food pantry and other amenities at 525 S. 500 West in Salt Lake City.
Firearms Legislation at Odds with Church Teaching
Friday, Mar. 05, 2021 By Jean Hill Director, Diocese of Salt Lake City Office of Life, Justice and Peace The Lord says, “Be not afraid.” Utah legislators say, “Be very afraid.
Cybersecurity: The New DFARS Interim Rule | UCF Events
The Department of Defense’s new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) requirements enters 2021 with a bang. This presentation will provide an overview of the CMMC, the three new DFARS Interim Rules, and several scenario tabletop exercises that can help you identify if these new requirements will apply to your business.
Jean Hill and Rob Wesemann: Utah is far short of what it needs in affordable housing
The Housing First model of dealing with homelessness works. If there is housing. (Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo) Homeless people gather on 500 West near the Road Home shelter on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016. By Jean Hill and Rob Wesemann | Special to The Tribune | Feb. 12, 2021, 5:38 p.m. Utah has done so much on so many levels to address homelessness over the past several years, even managing to reduce homelessness among veterans to 4%.
Amid the World's Suffering and Inequality, I Can't Sleep
Friday, Feb. 05, 2021 By Jean Hill Director, Diocese of Salt Lake City Office of Life, Justice and Peace As I write, it is 3 o’clock in the morning and I can’t sleep. I can’t sleep because right now I am in my nice warm home while someone else is asleep under a tarp on a street or in a parking lot or under an overpass within no more than a mile or two of me.
Guest opinion: Fighting abortion is much more than a legal battle
Nearly 50 years since the 1973 decision of Roe v. Wade, the annual January March for Life continues, along with the annual offering of bills in the Utah Legislature aimed at incrementally eradicating abortion. After almost five decades, it seems long past time to begin a more productive discussion about abortion that might lead to positive change for all women. Since the 1973 decision, pro-life advocates nationwide have sought to support life in the womb through legislation and the courts.
Looking Back at 2020, Forward to 2021
Friday, Jan. 08, 2021 By Jean Hill Director, Diocese of Salt Lake City Office of Life, Justice and Peace As Bishop Solis’ reminded us in his New Year’s message (published Dec. 25 in the Intermountain Catholic), now is an opportune time to reflect on who we are as people of faith and how we might better follow the teachings of our Savior. At the beginning of this new year, let us ignore the secular call of a “new year, new you” based in cosmetic changes or possessions.
Opening My Eyes to Racism
Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 By Jean Hill Director, Diocese of Salt Lake City Office of Life, Justice and Peace I am a white supremacist. No, I don’t spew, or believe, vitriol against people of color, but that isn’t the most accurate definition of white supremacy. I am a supremacist in the sense that I benefit from a society that developed over the centuries with an irrational but persistent bias in favor of people of lighter skin tones.
Federal Small Business Certifications Managed by SBA | UCF Events
Before you can begin business with the government your business must obtain the proper certifications. Small business certifications are like professional certifications; they document a special capability or status that will help you compete in the marketplace. Unlike permits and licenses, you do not need to obtain certifications to legally operate. However, in order to take advantage of business opportunities, such as government contracts, you may need to obtain some certifications.
SBA Workshop: Resources for Veterans | UCF Events
The SBA Office of Veterans Business Development’s (OVBD) mission is to maximize the availability, applicability and usability of small business programs for veterans, service-disabled veterans, Reserve Component Members, and their dependents or survivors. OVBD is SBA’s liaison with the veterans' business community; provides policy analysis and reporting; and is an Ombudsman for veteran entrepreneurs.
Let's Break the Barriers Keeping the Homeless from Permanent Housing
Friday, Nov. 06, 2020 By Jean Hill Director, Diocese of Salt Lake City Office of Life, Justice and Peace I must confess, I indulged in a bit of self-pity over the weekend. As part of a group trying to put together shelter options for people experiencing homelessness this winter, the constant stream of barriers to doing so finally knocked me down, and I wallowed for a moment in a feeling of abject failure.
SBA Update: What to Expect in Fiscal Year 2021 | UCF Events
In response to coronavirus and to help minimize its spread, many UCF events are being canceled. If you have questions about what’s still open around campus, please check out this regularly updated guide.
Vote 'Yes' on Amendment C to Eliminate Slavery in Utah
Friday, Oct. 02, 2020 By Jean Hill Director, Diocese of Salt Lake City Peace and Justice Commission Ballots will soon be arriving in mailboxes across Utah, opening up our best opportunity to participate in our democratic processes. As we have long recognized, voting is both a civic and moral obligation no Catholic should engage in without deep, prayerful discernment regarding the many complicated decisions we each must make about candidates and issues.
Federal Government Market Research | UCF Events
Market research is the continuous process of collecting and analyzing data on products, services, business practices and vendor capabilities to satisfy agency needs. When you conduct market research you learn about the market to make informed and suitable decisions and choices about the acquisition of goods and services. Market research is a critical tool for contracting officers needing to find qualified small business vendors.
Election Preparation: Get Informed
Friday, Sep. 04, 2020 By Jean Hill Director, Diocese of Salt Lake City Peace and Justice Commission Election season can be a challenge for people of faith. Though we profess a strong belief in the dignity of every person, electioneering far too often seeks to draw us into a much narrower view of our fellow men and women as either good or bad, conservative or liberal, us or them.
Jean Welch Hill: Work against homelessness has had an eventful year
(Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tammy, who said that she's been homeless for the past 13 years, was pushing her shopping cart up a walkway in Sugar House when she met with volunteers who were counting homeless people for the annual Point In Time survey in Salt Lake City at 5 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. The first year of our new homeless resource centers has been eventful, to put it mildly. The past year saw a series of unfortunate events, from delays in opening the centers to pandemic.
Daily Legal News
Bankruptcy 2020-13273 Case Number 2020-13273 Date Filed Monday, July 13, 2020 Chapter & Region 7 & 471 Debtor Jean M. Hill 42963 Emerald Drive Elyria, OH 44035 About your information and the public record.
Federal Small Business Certifications Managed by SBA | UCF Events
Before you can begin business with the government your business must obtain the proper certifications. Small business certifications are like professional certifications; they document a special capability or status that will help you compete in the marketplace. Unlike permits and licenses, you do not need to obtain certifications to legally operate. However, in order to take advantage of business opportunities, such as government contracts, you may need to obtain some certifications.
Government Contracting: Overview | UCF Events
Federal, State, and Local Government procurement is the largest target market in the world. The question is usually not “Does the government buy what you are selling?”...it is more “Can you be competitive enough and relentless enough to position your business to win government contracts?”. If you think you can be competitive, then government contracting may be a good growth opportunity for your business.
SBA Role under the White House Opportunity Zones Initiative | UCF Events
This seminar will cover Opportunity Zones, what are they and how can small business owners and funding entities benefit by using this program. Opportunity Zones were created under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and signed into law by President Trump on December 22, 2017, to stimulate economic development and job creation by incentivizing long-term investments in low-income neighborhoods.
Let Us Show We Are Christians By Our Love
Friday, Jul. 03, 2020 By Jean Hill Director, Diocese of Salt Lake City Peace and Justice Commission At the risk of dating myself, when I was in elementary school, one of the common songs for school Mass reminded us that “they will know we are Christian by our love.” In these times of daily marches for justice and the upheaval of our normal routines due to pandemic, it seems the perfect moment to ask, is our Christian love obvious to our neighbors and fellow Utahns?
Do We Welcome the Sinner and the Stranger?
Friday, Jun. 05, 2020 By Jean Hill Director, Diocese of Salt Lake City Peace and Justice Commission I am a sinner. So are you. So are we all. Some days, my sins feel overwhelming, some days very tiresome. I, thus, usually enter my parish with the intent to find guidance and forgiveness from a loving God in communion with others seeking something similar. In conversation with some LGBTQ friends and supporters, they too go to Mass in the hope of finding the same direction and solace.
Jean Hill: Now is not the time to cut aid to the poor and struggling
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A man naps on the sidewalk infant of the temporary overflow shelter in Sugarhouse, Tuesday April 14, 2020 Right now in every county in this state at least one person, one family, is struggling to stay out of homelessness. More likely than not, that person and at least one if not several members of that family have jobs, though perhaps they are furloughed at the moment, and chances are the jobs pay less than the wage required to afford housing in their county.
SBA Workshop: Joint Ventures 101 - How to Build a Successful Package | UCF Events
Most new federal government contractors are seeking new ways to perform larger, more complex and more lucrative requirements, and the use of a joint venture can be the answer. However, pursuing federal government contracts with a joint venture can be tricky and full of risk for the participants of a joint venture.
CANCELED: Building Capacity Using a Mentor/Protege Relationship | UCF Events
The U.S. Small Business Association recently expanded its Business Development mentor-protégé program. By pairing with a BD mentor enterprise, all small business owners can benefit from the expertise of their mentor and better compete for government contracts - both of which can drive up the value of their business when it's time to sell.
Homeless Providers on the Frontlines of the Pandemic
Friday, May. 01, 2020 By Jean Hill Director, Diocese of Salt Lake City Peace and Justice Commission Over the course of the last few years, I have been increasingly enmeshed in homeless services across Salt Lake County. Time spent with service providers, government leaders, client advocates and many others has taught me so much more about the individualized causes of homelessness, the dignity of every person experiencing homelessness, and the commitment of those who serve the homeless every day.
CANCELED: Government Contract Compliance: Does Your Company Comply? | UCF Events
Ed Kinberg of Stewart Law, will provide an in-depth review of many of the aspects of government contracting compliance – proposal compliance, accounting system compliance, procurement systems compliance, cybersecurity security, and other compliance issues.
CANCELED: SBA Workshop: Common Problems with 8(a) BD Applications | UCF Events
The SBA’s 8(a) Business Development (“BD”) program is one of the most powerful federal government certification programs that permits eligible, certified businesses to obtain sole source and limited competition contracting opportunities. In order to ensure that applicant businesses are eligible for certification, the SBA conducts a thorough review of an applicant’s business – including review of business documents, company tax returns, personal tax returns for some owners, and on-site interviews.
CANCELED: Doing Business with the Department of the Army | UCF Events
Randy Edney, Director for Small Business Programs Army Material Command, will present this informative session and answer your questions about doing business with the Department of the Army. What is your strategy for doing business with the U.S. Army? Do you know the Army mission? Do you know what the Army buys, and how to identify these opportunities?
A Catholic-Consistent Ethic of Life and COVID-19
Friday, Apr. 03, 2020 By Jean Hill Director, Diocese of Salt Lake City Peace and Justice Commission As our national and global shared experience of COVID-19 continues, the beauty and grace of the Catholic faith’s consistent ethic of life has never been more evident. Common calls to prayer for all suffering people from Pope Francis, Bishop Solis and others reflect our belief that every life is valued and worth protecting.
Donations Needed for Homeless Shelters in This Time of Crisis
Friday, Mar. 27, 2020 By Jean Hill Director, Diocese of Salt Lake City Peace and Justice Commission As we each face the rapid changes in our regular routines brought on by the outbreak of COVID-19, there are those among us striving each day to serve the most vulnerable and least able to find shelter against the virus, the homeless.
Resources to deal with coronavirus issues
Friday, Mar. 27, 2020 By Jean Hill Director, Diocese of Salt Lake City Peace and Justice Commission Our diocese continues to do our humble share in helping contain and mitigate the deadly effect of the coronavirus pandemic. We attend to the holistic need of every person to uphold their dignity in line with the Catholic Social Teachings of our Church.
CANCELED: Preparing for a Government Contracting Reverse Trade Show | UCF Events
Matchmaking and Reverse Trade Show events are a great way to meet and interact with agency and large prime contractor contacts. You do NOT want to take these events for granted. These events are a proven best practice for meeting contacts for the first time and to build on relationships that you have already started.
Lambton considers declaring a state of emergency
Front Page | News. Posted March 15, 2020: Front Page, News. Lambton County’s warden says the emergency control group is considering declaring a state of emergency. The group met Sunday to talk about the ongoing COVID-19 situation. Warden Bill Weber says they are looking at all options to reduce the spread of the flu-like virus. “It’s something we need to look at,” Weber says.
Federal Small Business Certifications Managed by SBA | UCF Events
Before you can begin business with the government your business must obtain the proper certifications. Small business certifications are like professional certifications; they document a special capability or status that will help you compete in the marketplace. Unlike permits and licenses, you do not need to obtain certifications to legally operate. However, in order to take advantage of business opportunities, such as government contracts, you may need to obtain some certifications.
Petition Against HB90 Appears to Be Successful
Friday, Mar. 06, 2020 By Jean Hill Director, Diocese of Salt Lake City Peace and Justice Commission It is my distinct pleasure to thank Utah Catholics for your amazing advocacy this legislative session. After Bishop Oscar A. Solis’ call for letters in opposition to HB 90, the bill eliminating the clergy privilege for communications within the sacred space of Confession, more than 9,000 of you responded.
Jean Hill: Utah is putting the lives of poor people in jeopardy
Sitting in one of the many meetings addressing homelessness in Utah that I have the honor of participating in, I reached a boiling point.
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