Social Justice 52 Ways to Care for Creation - Week 19 Pope Francis urges people of good will to view the world not from within our own personal bubble, but from a global viewpoint, acknowledging that our consumer-oriented lifestyles do have
Social Justice Rosary for Life On October 30th at 12:15 PM, we are praying the rosary outside at the bronze cradle statue to honor the lives of the unborn lost to abortion, miscarriage, and
Social Justice 52 Ways to Care for Creation - Week 18 “Be praised, my Lord, through Sister Water; she is very useful and humble and precious and pure”. Beautiful, wise words from Saint Francis in the 13th century, and essentially prophetic
Social Justice 52 Ways to Care for Creation - Week 17 In the Laudato Si encyclical, “The Issue of Water” is given prominent and serious treatment right from the start. Global extremes of water are becoming far more common in recent
Social Justice 52 Ways to Care for Creation - Week 16 In his Laudato Si chapter entitled “What is Happening to Our Common Home”, Pope Francis writes “Water is an issue of primary importance, since it is indispensable for human life
Social Justice 52 Ways to Care for Creation - Week 15 Here at the commencement of this year’s Season of Creation (Sept 1 - Oct 4), we find that examining our awareness and commitment to protecting God’s creation as
Social Justice 52 Ways to Care for Creation - Week 14 “The urgent challenge to protect our common home includes a concern to bring the whole human family together to seek a sustainable and integral development, for we know that things
Social Justice 52 Ways to Care for Creation - Week 13 You’ve heard the phrase “Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle”, and Our Lady of Fatima has a great opportunity for all of us to do more of that! And why? “The
Social Justice 52 Ways to Care for Creation - Week 12 Whether you have a balcony, a backyard, or a back 40, a wonderful Way to Care for Creation is to plant native shrubs, flowers, and tree species and observe them
Social Justice 52 Ways to Care for Creation - Week 11 Just in time for the annual ecumenical Season of Creation (September 1- October 4), our Week #11 Way to Care for Creation is to spend time in God’s creation
Social Justice 52 Ways to Care for Creation - Week 10 Our prayer and concern this week lies in the oldest living ecosystems on the planet, the rainforests- only 6% of Earth’s land surface but home to over half of
Social Justice 52 Ways to Care for Creation - Week 9 Our Week #9 Way to Care for Creation is to participate in the Season of Creation, celebrated by people of good will throughout the world. What, when, and why is
Social Justice 52 Ways to Care for Creation - Week 8 Our Week #8 Way to Care for Creation is to* keep our environment free of harmful products and pollution* that degrade the natural processes God in his wisdom put into
Social Justice Blount County Food Drive Rising inflation is hurting everyone. It is especially hurting the food insecure in our community. We are serving more clients and spending more on food for our neighbors than ever.
Social Justice 52 Ways to Care for Creation - Week 7 The Laudato Si global mission for all people of good will is threefold: to pray for and with creation, to live more simply, and to advocate to protect our common
Social Justice Catholic Response to Climate Change Meeting Pope Francis named his encyclical, Laudato Si or Praise Be, after St. Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Creatures to remind us that Earth “is like a sister with
Social Justice 52 Ways to Care for Creation - Week 6 “Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience”
Social Justice 52 Ways to Care for Creation - Week 5 Save paper Paper, paper everywhere- office, schools, home! It is so easy to take for granted the abundance of paper and barely consider the source. Yet every year, monoculture plantations
Social Justice 52 Ways to Care for Creation - Week 4 Shop at your Local Market for Fresh Food In 2001, Pope John Paul II called for a global “ecological conversion”, stating that every effort to protect and improve our world
Social Justice 52 Ways to Care for Creation - Week 3 Pope Francis states in his environmental encyclical, Laudato Si, that “I urgently appeal for a new dialog about how we are shaping the future of our planet” and that “all
Social Justice 52 Ways to Care for Creation - Week 2 In his environmental encyclical Laudato Si, Pope Francis offers many ways that people of good will can and should act responsibly in order to address the climate, biodiversity, and social
Social Justice 52 Ways to Care for Creation - Week 1 Our Holy Father Pope Francis gave the world a great gift in 2015 - the publication of his encyclical "On Care for Our Common Home", or Laudato Si,
Social Justice Laudato Si Week In May 2015, Pope Francis released his encyclical "On Care for Our Common Home" which encourages us to advocate for God's perfect creation. The encyclical, also known as
Social Justice Special Collection for Ukranian Refugees Bishop Stika has asked that this weekend, March 19-20, there be a special collection for Ukranian refugees.
