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Authors / Jon Magnuson
Jon Magnuson is executive director of the Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, Michigan.
With floods and fires raging, Season of Creation invites Christians to listen to nature's cries
… and upholds the integral dignity of all things." Other Season of Creation events focus on tree plantings, trash cleanups, community gardens, nature walks and rosary prayer services. In …
'We are part of a living nature': Parallels in pope's, Indigenous views of humanity's relationship with creation
… native language and Spanish, she told a creation story of her people, recounting how a huge tree had sheltered humans and other animals when the Earth was a molten mass, and how a bird …
Special Consistory Links: Take a tour of some of Rome's titular churches
… schola cantorum with dual ambos, Cosmatesque floors and an apse mosaic of the cross as the tree of life. It sits atop the remains of a fourth-century basilica, which, in turn, sits atop a …
Cardinal-designate McElroy has long commitment to Laudato Si', environment
… Masses around Earth Day , lending support to a carbon tax and dividend , and attending tree plantings and a ceremony for Laudato Si' fellows at the University of San Diego. Maureen Day …
Disciple to Apostle
… encounter with Jesus, who has already called Nathaniel when he was at prayer under a fig tree. The imagery and allusion the author of the fourth Gospel uses to describe this meeting …
'Synodal spirit is alive in Africa,' say speakers at major theological summit
… word for synodality might be palaver . Palaver, which takes its origins from the name of the tree under which traditional African communities would gather to discuss issues of importance, is …
As heat rises, who will protect farmworkers?
… end of his shift, his co-workers went looking for him, and found him collapsed between rows of trees. Investigators from the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division determined that …
After listening to Indigenous peoples, pope gives comprehensive apology
… translated as, "He pitched his tent among us." The pope also noted that in the church "a tree trunk symbolically unites the earth below and the altar on which Jesus reconciles us in the …
Pope warns Canadian government: Don't 'colonize' country's Indigenous
… on its flag and on many products and buildings. "The rich multicolored foliage of the maple tree reminds us of the importance of the whole, the importance of developing human communities …
Pope Francis to Canadian Catholics: Churches should be 'open and inclusive'
… a new tabernacle built underneath a teepee and an altar made in the shape of a root ball (or tree base). "You, my dear indigenous brothers and sisters, have much to teach us about the symbolism and vital meaning of the tree," said Francis. "It is impressive to see how the symbolism of the tree is reflected in the architecture of this church, where a tree trunk symbolically unites the …
Pope arrives in Canada focused on elders and on repentance
… to them, to their roots, not to remain there, not, but to carry them forward," he said, like a tree that draws nourishment from its roots to flower and produce fruit. As a Jesuit, Francis said …