A Voice for the Poor and the Common Good
Creative Voice Dan Misleh, Executive Director of Catholic Climate Covenant, shares his thoughts on climate change, Pope Francis, integral ecology, and the Catholic social teaching theme of Care for Creation.
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Archive for category: Care for Creation
Naomi Klein: There Can Be No Justice Without Addressing Climate Change
This prayer service is based on the words of Naomi Klein, Canadian author, journalist, and filmmaker, known for her climate justice activism and analyses of globalization, neoliberalism, and capitalism.
Reflection: CST and SDGs: Climate Action
Both the Sustainable Development Goals and Catholic social teaching stress the importance of caring for the natural environment and ending human-caused climate change. In addition to the reflection, this resource includes a prayer, reflection questions, and steps for faith in action.
Earth Day Prayer, 2017
Inspired by the 2017 Earth Day theme, “Environmental and Climate Literacy,” this prayer calls us to an ecological conversion rooted in respect and knowledge of our complex and sacred common home.
Peace to Our Earth
This prayer for the natural environment is based on the line from Pope Francis’s 2013 Lenten Message, “Peace to our earth.”
In Memory of Berta Cáceres (English and Spanish)
Berta Cáceres was murdered in 2016 for her outspoken advocacy as she sought environmental justice for her indigenous people in Honduras; this prayer remembers her sacrifice.
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God [a] January 1, 2017
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God [a]
January 1, 2017
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The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story
Chico Mendes was a Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader, environmentalist, and martyr. This film highlights Mendes’s work to end the destruction of the Amazonian rain forest and to organize the rights of workers in his town.
Thomas Berry: One With the Universe
This prayer service includes prayers, quotes, and questions that invite us to reflect on the life and words of Thomas Berry, C.P. Through this reflection, participants are challenged to think more deeply about the environment and our role within our sacred universe.
Creating Concerned Citizens of the Planet Earth
Creative Voice Margaret Swedish (author, activist, and founder of the “Spirituality and Ecological Hope” project at the Center for New Creation) thoughtfully reveals the richness in the meaning of Pope Francis’s most recent encyclical, Laudato Si. She then challenges the reader to connect climate change with the upcoming election, inequality, and the other signs of the times. This resource includes Margaret’s article, questions for reflection, faith in action, and her Prayer for Renewal and Courage.
Prayer for the Feast of St. Kateri Tekakwitha (July 14)
St. Kateri Tekakwitha is the first Native American saint and the patroness of ecology and the environment.
The Gift of Creation
This artistic reflection uses quotes from the U.S. Bishops’ statement Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence, and the Common Good. To view this resource, click here: http://bit.ly/1smmg9q.
