Episcopal Commission for Creation Justice
About Us
We are the Episcopal Commission for Creation Justice of Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei, a commission established by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei, with a mission to advance justice and resilience for all creation, both human and in nature.
We aim to build a movement of ecological citizens and establish living pathways of creation justice and resilience, inspiring and empowering individuals and communities towards ecological conversion and transformation to build a better, healthier, and a more caring and just world.
Creation Justice
Creation (or Ecological) Justice is justice for all creation, recognizing that all creation is infused with the Spirit of God, our Creator, and that all living creatures have the right to live with dignity. It acknowledges that we, humans, are creatures too, meant to live as One with all other creation, and carry a special responsibility to care for and love our created brothers and sisters, from the poor and marginalized in society to the moss in the forests and the fish in the oceans.
It embraces the interconnection and interdependence of all beings (including natural entities) in the Earth community. Creation/Ecological Justice thus encompasses justice for Mother Earth, climate justice, intra-generational and inter-generational justice, gender justice, and social, economic, cultural, political, food, energy and technology justice.
Strategies
01
Building leadership and capacity to spearhead and drive the process
1.1 Establish and capacitate CJC teams in the diocese that will drive the process consistently.
1.2 Organize Training of Facilitators workshops and form teams of facilitators that will be available on call from the dioceses.
02
Awareness-raising and empowerment through ecological education
2.1 Raise awareness through ecological education
2.2 Encourage and enable independent individual and collective commitment & action
2.3 Integrate Laudato Si' (LS) into the consciousness and action of the local Catholic Church
03
Building the ecological movement and ecological models of dialogue, interaction, development, and governance
3.1 Build strong linkages and collaborations to develop just, resilient, and ecological models of living, interaction, development and governance
3.2 Organise, Empower, Mobilise! Build—from the local level up—the global movement of creation/ecological citizens/stewards working and advocating for social and ecological transformation.
04
Establishing ecological focal points of hope and resilience
4.1 Build resilient, ecological communities
4.2 Lead by example. Be an ecological focal point of hope and the change we want to see.
Members of ECCJ-MSB
DESIGNATED DIOCESAN CJC LEAD-REPRESENTATIVES IN THE ECCJ-MSB
Kuching Archdiocese
Friar Nelson Evanirus Sipalan
Margaret Chan
Sibu Diocese
Fr. Ravi Pulagam
David Lau
Annie Law
Miri Diocese
Rev. Fr. Joseph Ding
William Gan
Kota Kinabalu Archdiocese
Rev. Fr. Peter Chung
Sr. Calista Saliun
Sandakan Diocese
Rev. Fr. Stephen Esguerra
Irene Lim
Keningau Diocese
Ester Ermelissa Ngoai
Nency Liew
Herlina Hendrikus
Kuala Lumpur Archdiocese
Fr. Andrew Manickam
Ronald Hor
Penang Diocese
Isaac Alfred Simbun
Malacca-Johore Diocese
Rev. Fr. Paul Wong
Maria Lee
Singapore Archdiocese
Lum Hon Fye
Maxine Mowe
Apostolic Vicariate in Brunei Darussalam
Rev. Fr. Arin Sugit
Jennifer E. Nyanggau
Our Partners
Sarawak:
Sabah:
Peninsular Malaysia:
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