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Web of Life and beginning to see: birds, tree sloths and the community of life
… above our heads, holding back from the full roar that emerged earlier in the night. Crickets, tree frogs, night birds and strange, unidentified creatures all hold court under cover of … Nothing happens. Finally, Claretian Fr. José Maria Vigil spots something in the giant cuipo tree. Could it be the elusive harpy eagle? No, but it was something that could hold still long … a blue-gray tanager, a straight-billed woodcreeper: A veritable menagerie flitted among the trees, and tuning into it just required patience, stillness and a little bit of time. …
Fred Rotondaro had a knack for friendship across DC divides
… . He never forgot his roots and those roots were Catholic roots, and they reached up into a tree of social justice activism. When he first came to Washington, Fred worked with the legendary …
Retired Archbishop Quinn of San Francisco dies at 88
… achieved his goal of leaving the hospital for a new home where he could enjoy the fresh air, trees and the sounds of birds in the early morning," Cordileone said, adding that the prelate's …
New Knights of Malta leader genuflects before Francis in Vatican meeting
… gave the head knight a bronze medal he has given to many world leaders. It depicts an olive tree holding together two pieces of a fractured rock as a symbol of the work of peacemaking. …
'Duck and Cover' like Bert the Turtle in the 21st century
… and each evening, a salty breeze flowed over those low hills, shaking the leaves in the peach trees and cooling the desert air. On the other side of the hills, there was only flat orchard … threshold into the sunny morning air. Birds chirped. Dogs barked. A slight breeze stirred the trees. I sat down in the grass in our front yard, holding her in my lap, and stared at the sky. …
Climate change in Vietnam causing farm failures
… garbage, saving water sources and energy, using environment-friendly materials and planting trees. Local Catholics make donations to funds for victims of climate change. Followers of other …
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, …