Marybeth Christie Redmond

Marybeth Christie Redmond, a writer and former state representative in the Vermont General Assembly, lives in Essex, Vermont.

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The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington Aug. 6, 2022. (CNS/Reuters/Ken Cedeno)

With Franciscan sisters' $1.5 million gift, Network to take on climate lobbying

Thanks to a recent donation from the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, Network Lobby for Catholic Social Justice will expand its lobbying portfolio on Capitol Hill to include climate advocacy.

An aerial view of a group of trees in the shape of a heart (Pixabay/Mariusz Prusaczyk)

'Love Your Mother' features 50 women changemakers for climate justice

Book review: The beauty of Mallory McDuff's book Love Your Mother is that it provides such a vast array of climate solutions that there's bound to be a handful that will perk your own passionate interest.

Cindy Thompson adjusts a sign at the Mercy Ecospirituality Center in Benson, Vermont. She and her husband, Chris Thompson, spent six weeks in a Sisters of Mercy program. (Marybeth Redmond)

Mercy volunteers learn to live gently with creation in Vermont

At a Vermont farm run by Mercy Sisters, volunteers got up close and personal with bees, sheep and cabbage. A six-week immersion program focused on reverence for the Earth, sustainability and acting in harmony with creation.

Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu is pictured in a 1990 photo. During Marybeth Christie Redmond's first job as a journalist at a local television station, she interviewed Tutu, an experience that stayed with her through 36 years. (CNS/The Southern Cross)

Desmond Tutu showed me what a soul-centered Christian life could look like

Soul Seeing: On an unremarkable day years ago, a most remarkable interview would reroute the trajectory of my life. My boss asked me to "do a quick interview" in our TV station's studio with then-Bishop Desmond Tutu.

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