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On August 9th, the UN will commemorate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. This two-page fact sheet looks at how indigenous communities are impacted by climate change, and includes relevant quotes from Catholic Social Teaching, questions to generate discussion, and internet resources for additional information.
This one page handout provides fast facts about our planet. Includes reflection questions and ideas for action.
This 16 page resource provides you with everything you need for a mult-session reflection on God’s gift of air and what people can do to protect this precious gift.
In the wake of the earthquake in Japan, a growing number of people–including Nagasaki and Hiroshima survivors and a Japanese bishop–are raising concerns about nuclear energy. This three page resource reports on these statements, reviews how wide spread nuclear energy is today, and reflects on Catholic social themes and nuclear energy raised earlier by Canadian bishops.
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences, in its May 2011 Report, states, “…if we want justice and peace, we must protect
the habitat that sustains us.” This two-page fact sheet provides highlights of the report from the Academy’s meeting earlier in 2011.
This fact sheet includes suggestions for finding summer jobs that support the green economy.
Test Your Knowledge Activity
What are the Church and Catholic organizations saying and doing about Climate Change? This activity, with a prayer and reflection questions, gives important information on a crucial topic.
In his “World Day of Peace Message 2010,” Pope Benedict asserted, “… it is imperative that humankind renew and strengthen “that covenant between human beings and the environment, which should mirror the creative love of God, from whom we come and towards whom we are journeying.” Understanding the links between human actions and their effects on the ozone layer is an important part of that covenant.
Likewise, his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, also called for “ecological conversion,” and while the international community has taken some important steps in working towards greater protection of the ozone layer, there is still much more to be done.
This “idea grid” provides more than fifty ideas and ways to go green or get greener for schools, parishes and organizations. Begin with a spirituality of the sacredness of creation and build from there. This resource provides a great jumping-off point and may spark new ideas and new initiatives.
New Online Interactive Quiz
Test your knowledge to see how much you know about the planet we call home. This interactive quiz can be taken online and results will be posted immediately to indicate your accomplishment.
This two-page prayer service for Earth Day includes statements from Pope Benedict XVI on the environment along with prayers, reflections, and petitions. Concern for the environment calls for a broad global vision of the world; a responsible common effort to move beyond approaches based on selfish nationalistic interests towards a vision constantly open to the needs of all peoples.
