Category: Laudato Si'

Free Study Guide for Laudato Si'

10/2/2015

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3 honeybee hives placed on Mt. Alvernia campus in Millvale to help pollinate garden

9/28/2015

"The Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities' Mt. Alvernia campus has gained about 30,000 new residents.Three honeybee hives were placed on the property in Millvale a few weeks ago.

The hives were blessed in a short ceremony June 23 by Sister Donna Zwigart. The ceremony came in response to Pope Francis' encyclical he released in June that spoke about the need to combat human-driven climate change."

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Franciscan friar’s book on ecology to be launched on feast of St. Francis

9/28/2015

"IN RESPONSE to Pope Francis’ call to action for the environment in his encyclical “Laudato Si,” Fr. Tony Rosales, O.F.M., former parish priest of Forbes Park, will launch his ninth book, “Mother Earth (Allegories, Reflections and Celebrations),” on Oct. 4, feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of ecology, at Christ the King College, Calbayog City, Samar."

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Solar energy paying off for Catholic sisters

9/27/2015

"The Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross are doing their part to keep the environment clean as well as provide another eco-friendly component to their immense natural landscape at the motherhouse with the use of solar energy. The 9-year-old facility sits on a hill off Bay Settlement Road overlooking the bay of Green Bay."We wanted a way, a concrete way, to show our Franciscan value of care for all of creation and also to continue the sustainability that we tried to incorporate in our building when we built on this spot," said Sister Rose Jochmann, who chaired the order's Renewable Energy Committee."

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Milwaukee-area Nuns Strive to Live Pope’s Call for Environmental Action

9/27/2015

"With both land and human spirit in mind, the sisters have been sustainability transforming their campus off Lake Michigan.This is the oldest Franciscan order formed in the United States. Their religious community and Motherhouse, located on 22-acres in St. Francis, date back to 1849. In 2009, the nuns began to focus intently on sustainability. "

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A FRANCISCAN PERSPECTIVE ON CLIMATE CHANGE - FRANK MAZZAGLIA

9/16/2015

NOTE: This article was written prior to the Pope's release of the Encyclical on the Environment "Laudato Si'

"St. Francis of Assisi may not have been an environmentalist in the modern sense of the word but there's a lot to be learned from his love for creation. For Francis, the love of creation was influenced by his love for the Creator. That's something to think about as Pope Francis appears likely to release an encyclical on climate change sometime this year much to the dismay of people who deny its very existence. For those who can remember when Christmas was cold and Easter was warm, however, there's enough evidence right there to know that something is certainly happening."

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Laudato Si - Pope Francis' Encyclical on the Environment and Human Ecology

9/6/2015

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