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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 …
Why there's still hope among the gloom and doom of climate crisis
… for renewable energy. It's the inordinate emphasis, this overwhelming tendency to talk about plastic straws and hamburgers (encouraging livestock production) and not traveling and not having …
Medical Mission Sisters in India create center for quiet and healing amid the wonder of God's creation
… bio-enzyme composting, garbage segregation and recycling. We hope to make this place into a plastic- and pollution-free zone. Samanvaya can offer space to individuals or groups seeking some …
Boosting action for nature requires spiritual change, say faith groups at UN environment assembly
… nature and biodiversity loss, and waste and pollution. One of the biggest challenges is plastic pollution. But in what Inger Andersen, the U.N Environment Program executive director, described as "a triumph of planet earth over single-use plastics," representatives of 175 nations at the assembly endorsed an agreement to end plastic pollution and forge a legally binding agreement by 2024. The resolution was among 14 …
Eco-friendly Lent recipe: easy red lentil tacos
… dessert or alcohol on Fridays. It could also be a non-food fast, like fasting from single-use plastic, transportation that uses fossil fuels, or purchasing new items. Is there something …
UN wants faith groups to help work against plastic pollution
… … A senior U.N. official urged religious groups to help reach a global agreement to curb plastic pollution, amid experts warning that single-use or disposable plastics were choking the planet. Inger Andersen, executive director of the U.N. Environment … have a suggested resolution before the member states, for starting a global agreement to end plastic pollution — to reduce the use of plastic from source to sea. We hope UNEA will be that …
Young Catholics deliver critique of US church leaders' climate silence straight to the pope
… said. "Violence always destroys nature," he added, and referenced his recent critique that plastic pollution "kills everything." The Creighton students were also struck by a Spanish …