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History and tragedy linger in 'Ghosts of the Missing'
… including an autumnal celebration and festival called Quicken Day, which is named after a tree. It is on this day, in 1995, that a local girl named Rowan Kinnane vanishes, forcing a broad … suffering of those holding out hope that this child will be found? Another name for a quicken tree is a rowan, which suggests the deep literary turf Donohoe is mining for rich metaphors about …
Nun leads young Kenyans to make 'little contributions' to Laudato Si'
… Si'" into action. They have had discussions about the environment and have even planted trees outside their meeting places, said Franciscan Sr. Mary Frances Wangari, director of Justice …
Laudato Si' takes root in Africa, but much urgent work remains
… religious, clergy, catechists and laity. Suggested activities included education, farming and tree planting. The Bukoba Diocese in Tanzania also had a plan that predated Laudato Si' , a …
Vatican office invites church on journey to 'total sustainability' in next decade
… with the Plastic Bank ; an emerging network of Laudato Si' academic institutes; the Laudato Tree Initiative , an Africa-based project to plant 1 million trees in the continent's Sahel region; and a social media contest around reading the Bible. Also …
'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind' offers hope-inspiring water
… stands by his principles in the face of big business that threatens to buy out land, demolish trees and establish a tobacco plantation. He could barely provide sustenance for his wife and …
Nonhuman animals and the COVID-19 pandemic
… diet to eat. "Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed," God tells them, "and every tree ... to you it shall be for meat." Sin enters the world, yes, and screws up the relationship …
At morning Mass, Pope offers prayers for unemployed
… what faith tells us." Faith, he added, isn't something that remains static but, like a tree, continues to grow and gives fruit. "The Holy Spirit prevents doctrine from being mistaken, …
'Walking the Good Red Road' takes intriguing look at Nicholas Black Elk
… freedom. He had a vision of the "Messiah" that gathered all the people "under the flowering tree and within the sacred hoop." His vocation was becoming even more clear to him. In 1904, …
Nigerian bishop ranks migration a bigger issue than abortion, climate
… change issue the country is facing. "There is not much effort by the government to enforce tree-planting campaigns to save our environment. Cities are planned and many houses are built …
Looking to an Indigenous flood story for lessons on grieving during the pandemic
… side of re-creation. The scene goes something like this: Original Man is sitting on a fallen tree, floating on what seems to be a bottomless ocean, wondering if earth can be re-created …
Laudato Si' at five: Some progress noted as anniversary goes digital
… and background science information, weekly messages from Thompson, the planting of 200 trees by 12 parishes, the launch of a new website at www.OurCommonHome.org, parish bulletin …
Lessons from a new teacher
… to take the class outside. We left the textbooks in the classroom and sat quietly under a tree. As I began to discuss the origins of the universe, evolution, being interconnected to all … I first began, we sat between brick and mortar and I taught from pages that were made from a tree. As we evolved, the tree itself became the teacher. I will remain forever grateful to the tree who taught us all how …
'God makes a way': African American parishes respond to COVID-19 disparity
… Masses — complete with gospel music, if not full choirs — parishes are setting up phone prayer trees, providing social services and even delivered Easter baskets to all the children in one …
CDC compiles new guidelines to help organizations reopen
… who was not authorized to release them publicly. The CDC put together so-called "decision trees" for at least seven types of organizations: schools, camps, childcare centers, religious …
Links for 4/28/20
… case, that bias is attractive not disqualifying. Rep. Liz Cheney did not fall far from the tree. Her belief in American exceptionalism is, like her dad's, capable of the kind of hubris …
If we're reimagining church, let's take it outside
… at the front that had always been locked. Occasionally the space would be used for a Christmas tree lot or a beer garden, but it was mostly empty. We discovered lots of nails and broken glass …
US bishops wrestle with whether or how to open churches
… are not among vulnerable groups. Parishes have responded in creative ways, setting up phone trees to check on vulnerable parishioners, organizing shopping for the elderly, with Catholic …
Post-pandemic resolutions: Changing 'normal' for the better
… spot — my partner has taught me to recognize individual birdsong (and) we have watched the trees bud almost by the hour." "I have come to appreciate slow attentiveness to landscape as part …
At 50 years, Earth Day becomes a digital outpouring of urgent resolve
… they marked the day when they were kids. Many said they remembered picking up trash, planting trees, walking to school or not watering their lawn. Back at the Earth Day livestream hosted by …
Hymns, teach-ins and a horse ride to school: Catholic stories of the first Earth Day
… and each letter depicting a different scene of creation, featuring the sea and mountains and trees and animals. "The kids liked that idea that it was going to be U.S.-wide and it's exciting …