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The Field Hospital: Covering parish life throughout America
… says it can be found in increased charitable giving and interest among Catholics . "Giving Tree" programs are a popular feature in parishes this season. Here’s one such effort making an …
Reflections for a Laudato Si' film festival
… living in harmony with creation. Films : Happy Feet; The Odd Life of Timothy Green; The Tree of Life; Avatar; The Mission; How to Train Your Dragon; How to Train Your Dragon 2; Earth; … Films : Chasing Ice; Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream; Tomorrowland; The Tree of Life; Michael Clayton; End of the Spear; Amistad; The Pursuit of Happyness; Virunga; A …
A Bleak Midwinter; A Blessed Christmas
… are few, especially since my mom died eights years back. My dad and I go to one of the many tree farms on the 23 rd , choose and cut one of the trees, and decorate it on Christmas Eve. My mother’s collection of silver and blue ornaments …
On a foggy Christmas Eve
… presents and into the house we went. There in the living room, an oversized and overdecorated tree surrounded by an overflowing mound of way too many colorfully wrapped presents — my family's …
The shameful secret cost of many Christmas toys
… Tony Magliano … Seeing Christmas toys under the tree, unwrapping them with excitement, and playing with them for many days to come is a …
A true tale of love (and laundry) lost (and found)
… (human or mechanical) is failing, hang medications from the IV poles standing like bare winter trees around the bed. I didn't want to interrupt the day nurse for a necklace. Still, I didn't …
Patriarch urges more spiritual Christmas, calls for end to arms trade
… more spiritual holiday celebration and also encouraged all parishes to turn off the Christmas tree lights for five minutes in solidarity with all the victims of violence and terrorism. In …
Pope calls on global leaders to abolish death penalty, provide healthcare, forgive debt
… not only for men and women, but also for the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, plants and trees, all things great and small,” states the pope. “He saw and embraced all of creation.” “But …
'Francis Effect' inspires efforts to address inner-city troubles
… gun-violence victims who then spoke the name of their loved one and placed the ornament on a "tree of remembrance." "At least 50 people stood in line to hang an ornament," Taylor told NCR . …
Overtime for COP21 may synch deal signing with demonstrations
… from the chilly Paris evening, passing a square Earth art installation and the Climate Ribbon tree while a break-dancing circle on the cold concrete floor broke out to fill the time between …
COP21 draft agreement moves forward toward a global deal
… situations. There are some who at the instance of any storm have to climb the coconut tree and strap themselves to the tree to be able to withstand the storm. Some have the agriculture areas on islands already …
Hunting nun with a trophy deer misses the mark on Catholic teachings
… none of my classmates if we found that one our teachers, like Bauer, spent some time in a tree stand with a rosary and rifle. But as someone who now works in New York City, I can see why … is about something other than conservation. In the context of praying her rosary while in the tree stand, and having a deer come into her sights, Sister Bauer said, “I just think the Blessed …
Have we listened to the message of Jesus?
… this one who is coming." Jeremiah was picturing the house of David as a beautiful, magnificent tree that had been chopped down with only a stump left, but then from that stump a sprout begins …
Links for 12/3/15
… disgusted that so many houses already have up their Christmas lights and even their Christmas trees! But, we must resist and what better way to resist than listening to some of the beautiful …
Advent's focus is waiting for Christmas but also includes lots of feasts
… similar to Christmas but with variations: Instead of gifts placed in stockings or under the tree, they are placed in children's shoes left outside their bedroom door the previous night. The …
Palestinian Authority limits Christmas celebrations in West Bank
… streets. Although Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah will light the towering Christmas tree in Manger Square he will not participate in a festive post-lighting dinner hosted by the …
Pope calls for eliminating carbon use, says failure in Paris would be 'catastrophic'
… office, Sahle-Work Zewde. Before his address, Francis and Zewde also symbolically planted a tree outside the office building. Francis spoke about that planting at the beginning of his remarks, saying that planting trees is "first and foremost an invitation to continue the battle against phenomena like … earth and for the future of humanity,'" said the pope, quoting Laudato Si' . "Planting a tree is also an incentive to keep trusting, hoping, and above all working in practice to reverse …
God loves diversity, both in us and the earth
… the diversity of life on earth: seas and rivers, winds and clouds, soil and snow and ice, trees and grasses, mountains and valleys, birds and animals of all kinds. And herein lies a …
Planting good seeds in the fertility of the mind: Rise up to the Paris climate pledge
… Joan Brown … The pomegranates on our tree cracked open while I was at the World Parliament of Religions in Salt Lake City in …
We can't respond to killing with more killing
… seems to have not been sure. In his human knowledge, he talks about, "When you see the fig tree blossoming, you know the time for the new growth is nearer, when you'll be able to harvest …