As a memorial to Fr.
All people have basic needs - food, survival, and a place to belong.
As the process evolves, soon people are enslaved and there are those who enslave. Jubilee Year 2000 affords a time to consider ways to help the poor, since the idea came from Book of Leviticus in the Bible which describes a year of Jubilee every 50 years when slaves are freed and debts are canceled. The Jubilee is an appropriate time to give thought to reducing or canceling the debt which seriously threatens nations. In discussing Meeks' presentation, Fr. The poor, the marginalized, the slave are still with us.