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Archive for category: Care for Creation
Just Music Playlist: Peace
The Just Music Playlist provides a list of songs with discussion questions about a particular theme. The theme for this month’s playlist is peace.
Book Review: They Will Inherit the Earth
In this book review and reflection, learn about John Dear ‘s new book in which he explores what it means to “inherit the earth” and to be peaceful in a time characterized by climate change.
Lectionary Reflection: Season of Creation Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time [c]
Use this lectionary reflection for September 8, 2019 to highlight the Season of Creation and the upcoming Synod on the Amazon.
Discussion Guide: The Economic Injustice of Plastic
This 13-minute TED Talk, by environmental and racial justice activist Van Jones, explores the negative impact of the production, use, and disposal of plastics on the lives of the poor. The discussion guide provokes conversation around themes of disposability and throwaway culture.
Reflection: Interfaith Vatican Gathering on the “Cries of the Earth, Cries of the Poor”
Learn about the March 2019 interfaith gathering at the Vatican on the environment and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This resource includes a summary, reflection questions, suggestions to put your faith in action, and a prayer.
Earth Prayer 2019
This prayer for the earth reflects on how we can delight in the beauty of creation while also recognizing our role in polluting the earth. We ask for the courage to recommit to advocacy as a form of care for our common home.
And St. Francis Preached to the Birds
This video puts the lines of the prayer “And St. Francis Preached to the Birds” to music for an easy-to-use resource to start a parish meeting, youth group event, service trip, or religion class. To view the resource, click here: https://adobe.ly/2yvmPmn.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
This film discussion guide poses critical questions to the moral implications behind the film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, specifically in terms of caring for God’s creation, and the ethics of cloning.
Living CST: Ilia Delio, O.S.F.
This prayer service uses quotes from Sister Ilia Delio, O.S.F, and calls us to be open to new concepts of God and ways of caring for our common home and one another.
Catholic Social Tradition, the Environment, and the Option for the Poor
This reflection discusses environmental ethics and the option for the poor and vulnerable within Catholic social tradition and identifies key Church documents that addressed the environmental concerns of the time in relation to human suffering. Reflection questions, actions, and a prayer are also included.
