Read original article By Nick Mayrand, CRUX Ronnie O’Brien, a Catholic from Nebraska, has spent the past seventeen years working with Deb Echo-Hawk, Keeper of the Seeds for the Pawnee Nation in Oklahoma, on a project close to the heart of both women: Bringing back the Pawnee’s sacred ancestral corn from the brink of extinction. … Read more
SIGN OUR INTEREST FORM HERE Coming in September 2020 to the Adirondack Wilderness Registration is live! To register, visit: https://www.pyramidlife.org/programs/ The Saint Kateri Conservation Center will host a retreat titled “Catholic Ecology at Home” at the Pyramid Life Center, a registered Saint Kateri Habitat and program of the Diocese of Albany (https://www.pyramidlife.org/about/). The Pyramid Life Center is … Read more
Read original CRL blog post Saint John Paul II has stated that we, as a people, are in need of an “ecological conversion.” During his address to a general audience in 2001, he said “at stake, then, is not only a ‘physical’ ecology that is concerned to safeguard the habitat of the various living beings, … Read more
VOTE BELOW! Thanks to the great idea by @tinydovebones and overwhelming positive feedback, the Saint Kateri Conservation Center is holding its first art contest to design the cover of our custom native seed packets created by @prairiemoonnursery . The Center will begin selling seed packets with seeds of native plants that attract pollinators in both … Read more
Read original article By Christopher White, National Correspondent, CRUX Colorful wildflowers frame the peak of Byron Glacier near Girwood, Alaska, July 3, 2019. Pope Francis’s 2015 encyclical “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home” was widely lauded for its scope on the moral and ethical response to protecting Earth’s environment for future generations. (Credit: … Read more
By Peter Jesserer Smith, National Catholic Register Read original article A new U.N. report on biodiversity loss is propelling the Church to move forward on Benedict XVI and Francis’ call to action to care for creation. Human beings are looking at a staggering loss of global biodiversity as more than a million species — approximately … Read more
By Bill Jacobs, Founder and Executive Director Breaking News: “Catholic religious order sells land to developers.” This is sad news that no one wants to hear, much less the religious orders that feel pressured to sell their land. Catholic religious orders today face a difficult choice: to keep their land, including forests, meadows, and farms, … Read more
By Kat Hoenke, Volunteer Program Director and Spatial Ecologist Imagine a world where people of faith unite to create and protect beautiful places of wonder: gardens, forests, rivers, mountains, wetlands, meadows, and even deserts, all thriving with abundant life, serving as safe havens for God’s diverse creatures. A world where the Catholic Church is one … Read more
By CathNews, Australian Catholics Bishop Conference Read original article “It’s my first GoFundMe campaign,” said Bill Jacobs, co-founder and president of the Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Conservation Centre. Speaking to CNA about the centre’s “Rescue Saint Kateri Reliquary!” campaign, he explained: “Our hope is to raise enough money and get it back into the hands of … Read more
Read original article By Catholic Ecology Thanks to 21st century crowd sourcing, a relic of a 17th century saint can now come home. It took only ten days for a unique GoFundMe campaign to make history with the rescue of a precious reliquary that—it appears—holds a priceless first-class relic of St. Kateri Tekakwitha—patroness of ecology … Read more