Laudato Si
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Tree Planting at Marywood with Friends of Grand Rapids Parks and Dominican Sisters
November 2, 2022
Saturday, October 29 was the first of several planting session with Friends of Grand Rapids Parks. With a 34-acre Campus at the corner of Fulton Street and Lakeside Drive in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids have the potential to transform some of our spacious lawns into beautiful stands of trees. While […]
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Laudato Si Video Series by Sr. Mary Catherine Fodrocy OP
October 4, 2022
Our Common Home & One Human Family Video Series includes 12 videos, each 3-5 minutes in length Video 1 – Introduction Video 2 – Dream a Path to a Better Future Video 3 – Integral Ecology Video 4 – Caretakers of Earth Video 5 – Doing Something About Plastic Video 6 – The Common Good […]
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Committing to Prayer, Study, Community, Service During Season of Creation 2022
September 7, 2022
Season of Creation is a time of grace that the Church, in ecumenical dialogue, offers to humanity to renew its relationship with the Creator and with creation, through celebration, conversion and commitment together. During these five weeks, we have the opportunity to: • Reaffirm our vocation as stewards of creation. • Thank God for the […]
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Sisters Pledge to Pursue Laudato Si’ Action Platform
March 6, 2022
We have been invited by Pope Francis to join with myriad institutions and individuals of the Church to journey toward integral Ecology. We undertake with courage, conviction, and compassion the responsibility to Care for Earth, our Common Home, and to stand with people who have been impacted by climate change, poverty, violence, and exploitation. We […]
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Earth Day 2021
April 23, 2021
“What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up? This question not only concerns the environment in isolation; the issue cannot be approached piecemeal. When we ask ourselves what kind of world we want to leave behind, we think in the first […]
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A Prayer and Reflection for Palm Sunday
April 3, 2020
On this last Sunday of Lent, we hear two gospel passages with contrasting tones and images. The first is the joyous procession of Jesus into Jerusalem, where he is hailed by a large crowd. The second is the painful narrative of Jesus’s betrayal and crucifixion. In this final week, we are invited to sit in […]
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A Prayer and Reflection for the First Sunday of Lent Reflection
February 28, 2020
In this first week of Lent, let us pray for a “loving awareness that we are not disconnected from the rest of creatures, but joined in a splendid universal communion” (Laudato Si’). Then, let us ask for mercy for the ways in which we contribute to broken relationships with God, our brothers and sisters, and […]
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April is Earth Month… God’s Green Earth is Calling Out to Us All
April 1, 2019
The Catholic Climate Covenant invites communities of faith to engage in the efforts of eco-justice thought this month of April. Grounded in scripture, Catholic social teaching, and Laudato Si, this year’s Earth Day and Earth Month program will help mobilize the Catholic community to take urgent action to protect all of God’s creation. This year […]