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Preaching care of the Earth with poetry
… in our institutions that will reflect it. In one century Fossil fuels will have given Way to solar might Ordained in 1967, Hummert worked in Hong Kong from 1970 to 1982, working closely with …
Getting to know the neighborhood with Cameron
… hidden in the cloud. There is enough matter in this wisp of celestial smoke to form a thousand solar systems such as our own. The Wild Duck Cluster is another object everyone was looking at. … radio energy at the very heart of the Galaxy. The source appears to be smaller even than our solar system. Some astronomers suspect the existence of a massive black hole. So that evening …
NCR contributor on five years since Katrina
… recovery amid a ghost town of empty houses. The brightest spot is a cluster of pastel homes, solar powered and of cutting-edge architectural design, sponsored by Brad Pitt's Make It Right …
Dan Dick and me
… efforts became popular. Daniel was a practical idealist who attended with care to his various solar powered systems, his several wood stoves, the raveling and unraveling of his unusual, … would have the children know that crickets, too, sing psalms and give God praise and that the solar electricity meters spin in holy song too. One wonders at such a one who threaded the gift …
The desert is a school of peace
… a gray-brown ridge of stony mountains. I'm off the grid; I get power when I can from fickle solar panels. And I have no drinking water except what can be brought up from stores in nearby …
Students vote in green fees
… to tax themselves $2.50 per quarter for four years and using the proceeds in part to install solar panels on the student union bulding. The story quotes student Vicky Truong, 21, who was active in the campaign to pass the green fee" “To us, [the solar panels] are more of a symbol. Students are able to see it and associate our initiative with …
Diocese installs solar panels at schools, cemetery
… San Jose, Calif., diocese that has made green efforts a top priority, literally, by installing solar panels on the rooftops of five of its Catholic elementary schools. Solar panels also were installed this year at Gate of Heaven diocesan cemetery. As of this …
Catholics take lead in sustainability
… gas emissions analysis for Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services. The diocese is promoting solar-powered parishes to reduce their carbon footprints. Currently, five San Jose parishes are participating. Solar panels are being placed wherever parishes have space for the panels to effectively gather …
Go Green: Steps to a greener parish
… neutral.” A growing number of sources offer electricity from renewable energy products such as solar arrays or wind farms that generate electricity without carbon emissions or pollution. See …
April 12, St. Teresa de Jes˙s \"de los Andes\"
… saint was born in Santiago on July 13, 1900, to Miguel Fernandez Jarequamada and Lucia Solar Armstrong, the fifth of their seven children. She was baptized Juana Enriqueta Josephina de …
Hilton fund honored for support of women religious
… of maternal and child health; literacy and education; HIV/AIDS education; agricultural and solar projects; and aid to refugees, immigrants and orphans. According to a news release, the …
Morning Briefing
… Promotes Sainthood for Nation’s First African-American Priest … Catholic Schools Go Solar … Catholic High Schools Consider Drug Testing … Allegations Against New Orleans Priest …
We have everything we need: Reclaiming control of education
… natural living and sustainability in the city: rooftop gardening, rainwater harvesting, and solar cooking. We also went around to different hotels and did a 'green leaf rating' survey to …
Eco-skeptics put spin on Benedict's message
… It’s been expressed both in word and deed, with the latter including the installation of solar panels atop the Vatican’s audience hall (complete with a digital display inside the hall … the cost of economic activity that would factor in environmental impact; Greater investment in solar energy and other forms of energy with a reduced environmental footprint; Strategies of …
Benedict issues forceful environmental message
… repeated calls for stronger environmental protection, as well as gestures such as installing solar panels atop a Vatican audience hall and signing an agreement to make the Vatican Europe’s … cost of economic activity, which would factor in environmental impact; Greater investment in solar energy and other forms of energy with a reduced environmental footprint; Strategies of …
To save climate, pope calls for 'sober' lifestyles
… and he has taken steps to reduce the Vatican's carbon footprint, including the installation of solar panels atop the Paul VI audience hall and participation in a reforestation project in …