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 Circle of Life Journey
Session 7:  Respecting Creation
for Future Generations


 

The first reading for Session 7 is available online at AmericanCatholic.org
This article, plus several additional readings, are linked below:

Catholic Update

Why Catholics Care for Creation
by Joan Brown, O.S.F.

If you want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation
Pope Benedict XVIII's 2010
World Day of Peace Message
Spanish

Why Does the Church Care About Global Climate Change?
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Climate Change Justice and Health Initiative


catholicclimatecovenant.org
The Catholic Coaliton on Climate Change

"Seeing the Hand of God in All Creation"
A Video Meditation

 FOLLOW-UP LINKS:


Renewing the Earth: An Invitation to Reflection and Action on Environment
in Light of  Catholic Social Teaching
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Spanish

The Good Life from a Catholic Perspective: The Problem of Consumption  [pdf]
by Msgr Charles Murphy
 

Ecological Spirituality [pdf]
by Fr Joseph Tetlow 

"Partnership for the Future"  [pdf]
A pastoral statement on the environment by the Roman Catholic Bishops in New Mexico May 11, 1998

Holy Ground Common Ground
Holy Ground Common Ground
A "Care for Creation" resource for Catholic Parishes in the Tucson Area


Global Climate Change:
A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence,
and the Common Good

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Spanish

U.S. Bishops Call for Moral Focus on Global Climate Change; New Report Demands Urgent Attention
February 7, 2007

USCCB Environmental
Justice Program

Stewardship of Creation
National Catholic Rural Life Conference

Franciscan Care for Creation
Franciscan Action Network


The Awakening Universe DVD


Go to Session 8 for the next set of  articles