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Democrats and rural America
… recognizing that they know a lot of things city dwellers do not: Can you graft an apple tree? My neighbors in Washington may have been up to speed on the latest developments on Capitol …
What is it like to live without a head?
… But there is no past for her to replay now, or future to ever fear. There are only the cherry trees with their pink blossoms turning white and floating down, turning the grass into Easter …
Theologians talk ecofeminism, linking exploitation of women, Earth
… Maathai of Kenya, founder of the Green Belt Movement , which has planted more than 50 million trees since its founding in 1977. Ecofeminism also was the topic of a presentation later in the …
Idaho parishioners' crosier gift honors Guatemalan bishop
… Boise priest close to the persons who had originally created the crosier some years ago from a tree from Sun River, Oregon. It had been intended for a regional bishop's use, but that did not …
Morning Briefing
… Putin a Win at First NATO Meeting … Pope Francis: "I am giving you this [medallion of an olive tree, a traditional peace symbol] because I hope you may be this olive tree to make peace." Trump: "We can use peace." … Can 30 minutes with Francis turn Trump into a …
President Trump meets Pope Francis, what next?
… symbols of the gifts they shared. Francis presented to Trump a medallion depicting an olive tree and encouraged Trump to work for peace. He also gave the president copies of his four major …
Francis asks Trump to work for peace in closely watched Vatican meeting
… Francis gave Trump a large medallion he has given to many world leaders that depicts an olive tree holding together two pieces of a fractured rock, telling the president: “I am giving you this because I hope you may be this olive tree to make peace.” Trump responded: “We can use peace.” The pope also gave the president four …
Editorial: The enemy is not the secular world, it is fear
… at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, that teach poses such as "downward-facing dog," "tree" and "cobra" should no longer use the term "yoga," because of its Hindu origins. Can these …
Armenia, Syria, the United States: stories of freedom
… color green, even with regard to her living room curtains. As Malek tells it, the bitter lemon tree, which her grandmother planted shortly after her marriage to a man she cared for but didn't …
Quebec Trappists renew spiritual life in their eco-friendly abbey
… behind the altar in glass. While praying the holy offices, they contemplate the mountain, the trees and the animals. The communal spaces are designed to develop a sense of brotherhood, while … must earn its living from manual work. It's no longer possible to take care of 3,000 apple trees or 2,500 sugar maples like they used to do in Oka. The monks have instead learned to tap …
Hungry, scared South Sudanese stay in cathedral compound for protection
… Paul Jeffrey … Catholic News Service … Rita Williams slept under a tree beside St. Mary Catholic Cathedral, her three hungry children beside her. Around them, as …
Geese: creatures but also teachers
… Schuylkill River in Philadelphia’s famous Fairmount Park, among the blushing cherry blossom trees and the sun flashing off the river like diamonds, when I saw a man with his dog crouched … of the mystical, spiritual and physical poetry and synergy along this 3-mile park path as the trees, the water and the sun. I have been coming to this piece of paradise in the city for more … to see in ourselves. Quite literally, when I am in this particular environmental tableau of trees and water and sun and, yes, geese — there is a reawakening of an innocence that often gets …
Redeem the times! A remembrance of Dan Berrigan
… song that Dan lived so well, a song inspired by the prophets Isaiah and Micah, "Vine and Fig Tree." On the morning of his funeral, despite heavy rains and strong winds, there was an …
Parish roundup: Marrow donors; creation care; Springfield synod
… marrow donors . Kahie is Luke's middle name and, according to his father, David, refers to a tree that is strong and durable. St. Vincent de Paul Community Pharmacy , located in Biloxi, …
Ignatian Carbon Challenge brings 'Laudato Si'' to life in Catholic schools
… at Cheverus High School in Portland, Maine, walked outside their classroom to learn about trees. Beforehand, theology teacher Mary King had quizzed them on corporate logos — they knew … don't know an elm from an oak," she said. The outdoors exercise had students identifying the trees around their campus: In Maine, plenty of pines, though students spotted a maple and … — facilities, strategic thinking, community formation — into the on-campus culture. The "ID a tree" challenge was from September, when all challenges focused on confronting habits. A couple …
Mercy2Earth seizes the weekend Earth Day, Divine Mercy Sunday align
… plastic and paper items, reducing water usage, recycling and composting, carpooling, planting trees, and turning off unnecessary lights — as well as others: Begin a parish care for creation … actions. A spiritual retreat in Argentina outside Buenos Aires will include the planting of 12 trees and construction of an organic trash-recycling program. Parishioners of St. Francis Xavier …
Fake trees on Houston Street
… Donna Schaper … Have you spotted the fake trees in your neighborhood that hide cell phone towers? There is one on the Hutchinson Parkway … group phone calls, where most people are doing other things while wearing their pajamas. Real trees are much more beautiful than fake trees, as real flowers are more beautiful than fabricated imposters. When we memorialize a person …
Incarnation is possible when we are taken off-center
… Donna Schaper … If you hug too many trees, people will not just label you a "tree-hugger." They will also doubt your theology and develop concerns that you are a pagan. Let me hug some trees with you, as a Christian who also loves pagans. Christianity has a long record of loving …
Let the filibuster die
… problems, however, than those of nomenclature. They continue to fail to see the forest for the trees. They sometimes get their messaging right, as in the health care debate, but other times …
A wall in their river: Flooded Ngäbe communities continue to fight dam
… A tumbledown shell of a house lay in ruins, and a few dead leaves clinging to one remaining tree provided scant shade from the sweltering midday sun. The words, referring to his indigenous …