{"id":706,"date":"2015-01-01T17:34:55","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T17:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atdireland.ie\/wp\/?p=706"},"modified":"2015-01-05T07:06:32","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T07:06:32","slug":"its-coming-on-christmas-theyre-cutting-down-trees-theyre-putting-up-reindeer-and-singing-songs-of-joy-and-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atdireland.ie\/wp\/its-coming-on-christmas-theyre-cutting-down-trees-theyre-putting-up-reindeer-and-singing-songs-of-joy-and-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"2015, a real opportunity to reshape our priorities!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Presse-papiers-1d\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0The ATD volunteers and friends,
\nthe permanent volunteers’ staff
\nand the ATD Board <\/big><\/span>
\nwould like to thank you for your friendship
\nand your support in 2014
\nand wish you a
\nVery Happy New Year!<\/b><\/big><\/span><\/p>\n

We are looking forward to coming
\ntogether with all of you in 2015! <\/big><\/span>
\nIn 2015,\u00a0 a number of high level summits
\nwill formulate new approaches and new goals<\/big><\/span>
\n to #EndPoverty<\/strong>, protect the planet
\nand limit the #ClimateChange<\/strong>.<\/big><\/span>
\nThese events provide all of us with an opportunity<\/big><\/span>
\n to reshape our priorities,
\nand to re-think our place in the world. <\/big><\/span><\/p>\n

\"ac20\"<\/a>will be a global movement<\/a> to End Poverty,
\nInequalities and Climate Change.<\/big><\/span><\/p>\n

In 2015, let’s make every day, an #EndPoverty day
\n<\/b> and <\/big><\/span>download now the 2015 Calendar<\/a><\/b>!<\/b><\/big><\/span><\/p>\n

At the heart of all the difficulties and suffering, <\/b><\/big><\/span><\/i><\/big><\/span>
\ntoday, we firmly believe, <\/b><\/big><\/span><\/i><\/big><\/span>
\na better world can be created. <\/b><\/big><\/span><\/i><\/big><\/span>
\nLet this hope live in our hearts. <\/b><\/big><\/span><\/i><\/big><\/span>
\nJoseph Wresinski (1917-1988), founder of All Together in Dignity<\/small><\/small><\/span><\/big><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0In this time of new start, we are also happy to post on this page an extract of the concert of the High Hopes Choir<\/strong>, with singers from Waterford and Dublin who know what it means to be homeless. Here singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan performs River (by Joni Mitchell) with Margaret Brophy and the High Hopes Choir during their concert at Christ Church (Performed with the RT\u00c9 Concert Orchestra and conducted by David Brophy).<\/p>\n