Choosing Sustainability: Abundant Life for All

Barbara Spears, SNJM, at left, is the SNJM UNANIMA Representative

What is our responsibility as people of faith?

What does our faith teach us about the Earth?

The Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (SNJM) stand with all who seek to sustain Earth and look to the future of the planet.

Concern for this issue led the Sisters of the U.S.-Ontario Province to select the theme, “Choosing Sustainability: Abundant Life for All,” for their 2015 Province-wide gathering. Sister Simone Campbell, SSS, Executive Director of NETWORK, was keynote speaker for the event, coming on the heels of Pope Francis’ influential comments about global warming (“‘Laudato Si’ – On Care For Our Common Home”).

The links below provide a glimpse of some issues important to the SNJM U.S.-Ontario Province.

SNJM Resources - Stories from our U.S.-Ontario Province

Nun at Alhambra Catholic school teaches water conservation, bashes bottled water – Pasadena Star News – http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/environment-and-nature/20150621/nun-at-alhambra-catholic-school-teaches-water-conservation-bashes-bottled-water

SNJM Congregational Resources

SNJM Congregational corporate stand page about water as a human right: https://snjm.org/en/mission-en/universal-access-to-water/

Resources and Commentary on Pope Francis' Laudato Si'

The Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center (IPJC) shares “Suggestions for Integrating Laudato Si’ with Climate Change: Our Call to Conversion”: https://ipjc.org/climate-change-our-call-to-conversion/
Leaders of Religious Congregations Welcome Pope’s Call to Action (LCWR release) – https://lcwr.org/media/leaders-religious-congregations-welcome-pope%E2%80%99s-call-action
Top Ten Takeaways from ‘Laudato Si” – http://americamagazine.org/issue/top-ten-takeaways-laudato-si
On Planet in Distress, a Papal Call to Action – http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/18/world/europe/encyclical-laudato-si.html?emc=eta1&_r=0
Francis: The Environment Encyclical – National Catholic Reporter (NCR) – http://ncronline.org/feature-series/francis-environment-encyclical

Further Resources

Season of Creation website
Climate Change: Our Call to Conversion from the Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center: https://www.ipjc.org/climate-change-our-call-to-conversion/