With a sprinkle of water, an infant is reborn in Christ and welcomed into the Catholic community. In some parts of the world, however, water is anything but a...
Ecological justice
Can fair trade grow beyond just coffee? Sunday Mass has ended at St. Mary of Sorrows Catholic Church in Fairfax, Virginia, and parishioners are filing out. Deb...
Mother Earth can’t take much more of her human offspring’s hell-raising. Scientists tell us that, by their count, the universe is somewhere between 13 and 14...
Looking to apply your faith to care for creation? Here are some resources for doing so: From the church: Renewing the Earth: An Invitation to...
"You can't put a mountain back. Do you think you can do a better job than God?" — from Leveling Appalachia, a video from Yale's...
Reducing our collective carbon footprint can be as easy as plugging in. In the old days all the cool guys and gals who wanted to show up “the man” devoted a...
Tips and suggestions for parishes planning to prioritize the environment. 1. Schedule a Bike- or Walk-to-Church Sunday. 2. Offer pitchers of water instead of...
Five reasons Catholic communities should care about cleaning up the environment. 1. You don’t have to believe in climate change to believe in its...
Parishes are finding that reducing their carbon footprint is not only an environmental issue but a spiritual one, too. Parishioners at Mary Immaculate Church...
A Franciscan environmental activist recycles some ancient traditions for modern use. [Read more about St. Francis, patron of ecology.] Hundreds of years before...
