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At 2022 commencement ceremonies, an ecological theme for several Catholic colleges
… to protect her community, culture and faith by standing up to major companies, like Formosa Plastics and Wanhua Chemicals. She encouraged them to "never doubt that you are called, too." "As …
At Caritas warehouse in Poland, supplies for Ukraine are scarce
… donations included blankets and sleeping bags, boxes of bandages and pallets wrapped in black plastic and labeled "hygiene." Next to a hill of new, plastic-wrapped beds that could fill a shelter for the displaced, there were four opened boxes of …
Building 'Star Wars' Legos and sharing God's vision
… on my front porch during my daughters' nap time. I open and deposit its contents of colorful plastic bricks on our kitchen table, knowing how excited my 3-year-old will be when she wakes up. … it just so. And when Easter arrives, we catch a glimpse of how those seemingly random little plastic bricks are transformed into something spectacular. Something essential. Something … outstretched hand. "You have to follow the instructions." I jam my clumsy finger into the tiny plastic box, unsuccessful in extracting the offending piece. I sigh, audibly, and mutter …
How to celebrate a creation-conscious Easter
… in São Paulo when their daughter Maya was small. Bond placed candies or cookies in reusable plastic eggs, then hid them around a local city park. Kids decorated cloth bags, then fanned out … that were impacted by the production of this piece of litter," Davis said. As you pick up a plastic cup, for example, you might pray for the ecosystem from which oil was extracted to make …
Editorial: Welcome the stranger, whether from Libya, Ukraine or Mexico
… NCR Editorial Staff … Against a backdrop constructed of plastic bottles and life vests pulled from the Mediterranean Sea where thousands of migrants have …
Notre Dame to present Laetare Medal to eco-justice activist in 'Cancer Alley'
… God that he's bringing me to people that's helping me win this fight against this gigantic [plastics] plant." Since 2018, Lavigne and her faith-based, grassroots organization Rise St. James … facilities. The latest fight is against the proposed $9.4 billion, 14-plant Formosa Plastic Group manufacturing complex. St. James Parish is located between New Orleans and Baton …
Chicago educator empowers students to make climate connections in their own communities
… … For many city kids, flowers have cut stems and vegetables are packed in styrofoam and plastic on shelves in the grocery store. But by making a connection with nature in their own …
A hospital chaplain reflects on the power of memory during COVID-19
… through the receiver. They want him home. Queremos estar juntos en casa . They do not want a plastic mattress for a death bed. They want sheets that smell like the fabulous lavender of too … made bed that is like a template for healing. They gather the soiled linen and trash in a plastic bag, and, doing what they must do, cart these relics away. I have prayed to saints who …
Finding God in the art and work of Corita Kent
… illuminated the incarnate presence of God in our consumeristic, materialistic, fame-obsessed plastic world. She was a woman with Vatican II spunk, a regular Hildegard of Bingen on the …
Keep the culture wars out of the classroom
… for expert commentary to Deacon Patrick Lappert whom they identify as "a board-certified plastic surgeon." Lappert had this to say about the bill: "It's a legislation about transparency … naked through the hallways. But, hey, who can argue legal principles with a board-certified plastic surgeon? In Alabama, a bill banning "divisive concepts " is moving quickly through the …