Laudato Si’ Dialogues Newsletter, Eighteenth Issue, September 2023
The Story: On Storms, Difficult Transitions and Silver Linings
How wonderful is the certainty that each human life is not adrift in the midst of hopeless chaos! LS 65
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Announcing the MLSM Canada National Gathering
Sept 27, 2023
Message of Pope Francis for the 2023 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
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A tribute to Dr. John Dorner 1947 - 2023
Celebration of a life that exemplified loving and caring for all of Creation
With a mixture of regret and fond remembrances we bid Dr. John Dorner goodbye. John has been called home to his place in heaven. The light of his smile and the warmth of his love for all life will continue to glow in our hearts as we carry on the work that he so passionately and generously began.
The Story: Happily, there is so much Eco News to share!
In this issue of Laudato Si’ Dialogues we share an expansive number of activities, reflections, and faith led advocacy campaigns. There are so many, in fact, that we’ll forego a story in favour of sharing the great news of so much going on!
Read moreThe Story: Let me bring HOPE
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While reflecting on the gospel of Friday, November 18th, the same day the United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP27) was scheduled to close, parallels became apparent. |
“My house shall be a house of prayer,
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“My house shall be a house of prayer.” Indigenous Peoples understand this in the beauty, abundance and inherent goodness of all creation, the fullness of the natural world all around us, of which we are a part. By embracing Laudato Si’ many more are reminded that our faith understands this too; that the great gift of a planet full of life is sacred, in all aspects, and we as part of it are sacred too. |
The God who created the universe out of nothing can also intervene in this world and overcome every form of evil. Injustice is not invincible. LS 74 |
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But people of faith are finding ways to steer us back to healthy relations with our planet home and with each other. We are finding ways to speak universal truths in the halls of power... |
Newo: An Extraordinary Organization with a Vision to Serve Community and Planet
An abundance mindset (you choose your own wage?!). Founded on a vision of sharing harmonious relationships with all Earth’s kin. Committed to decolonizing all levels of engagement and conducting business. Alberta-based, non-profit social enterprise, Newo.energy is all this and more.
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| Team installing solar panels on roof. |
Time to listen to the cry as well as the song of creation
“Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy” Ps 96:12
“During this Season of Creation, let us pray that COP27 and COP15 can serve to unite the human family (Laudato Si', 13) in effectively confronting the double crisis of climate change and the reduction of biodiversity. Mindful of the exhortation of Saint Paul to rejoice with those who rejoice and to weep with those who weep (cf. Rom 12:15), let us weep with the anguished plea of creation. Let us hear that plea and respond to it with deeds, so that we and future generations can continue to rejoice in creation’s sweet song of life and hope.”
-Message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Sept. 1, 2022, Pope Francis