Environmental Stewardship
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Caring for God's Creation
"The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all...Living our vocation to be protectors of God's handiwork is enssential to a life of virtue; it is not an option or a secondary aspect of our Christian Experience." ~Pope Francis, Laudato Si
Watch Catholic Relief Services' 3 minute video on Care for God's Creation!
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DID YOU KNOWTHAT "CARE FOR THE EARTH" IS ONE OF THE 7 THEMES OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING?
"We share our respect for the Creator by our stewardship of creation. Care for the earth is not just an Earth Day slogan, it is a requirement of our faith. We are called to protect people and the planet, living our faith in relationship with all of God's creation. This environmental challenge has fundamental moral and ethical dimensions that cannot be ignored." (Theme #7, Catholic Social Teaching)
Learn about plastic pollution and what YOU can do to help eliminate it!Say NO to Plastic Straws
500 MILLION straws are thrown away each day. You can make an impact by asking restaurants not to automatically serve straws with your beverage. Click here to download a card requesting that restaurants serve straws only on request, and leave the card with your bill.
GO GREEN
What can we do?
How can we make small changes in our homes
and a greater impact on our community?
FACT #1: Waste Management and how you can recycle responsibly:
---POPE FRANCIS' ENCYCLICAL ON THE ENVIRONMENT LAUDATO SI (PRAISE BE)
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html
----Father James Martin, SJ, offers a summary of the encylical here: http://americamagazine.org/top-ten-takeaways-laudato-si
-----More insights about the encyclicalfrom America Magazine: http://americamagazine.org/issue/praised-be-creation