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… to St. Albert the Great elementary school , now a green garden blooms alongside large banana trees. The ¾ acre of farmland in Compton, California, belongs to ALMA Backyard Farms , a project …

… from fossil fuel to challenging massive oil and gas projects, faith-based groups have led in tree planting and promoted better farming methods to conserve the environment. They also are key …

… “For every tree is known by its own fruit” (Luke 6:44). … or foolish, and how actions expose character in the same way fruit reveals the health of a tree. In today’s Gospel, Luke offers a series of Jesus’ images about similar themes:  The blind … teachers; If we don’t know our own flaws, we can’t help others deal with theirs; We know a tree by its fruit.  These sayings reveal how perceptive Jesus was in dealing with both his …

… and disciples. The second part of this reading complements the first. Good teachers, like good trees, are recognizable not by their size or the noise they make, but by how the fruit of their … about where we look to find guidance about a life worth living — how to find and be fruitful trees. Looking at our own context, we might consider the implications of the following two …

… anything like it. He told me that night (Feb. 5) was the longest night of his life, watching trees fall one after another," she said. People's vanilla and cinnamon businesses were wiped out along with the trees, Fajardo said, noting that the vast majority of homesteads in Mandalay and surrounding … and other products. "The wind swept everything away," Fajardo said, noting that plots where trees and rice had grown are now bare. She said she saw beach sand nearly a mile inland from the …

… his eyes with spittle, then asks him if he can see anything.  When the man says he sees “trees walking,” Jesus touches his eyes again, and the man clearly sees that they are people.    …

… gifts like a packet of seeds as a promise to garden with your beloved, or a donation to have a tree planted in a loved one's honor. Given that  St. Valentine is the patron saint of beekeepers …

… of humans with the rest of creation. "In the Indigenous world, the relationship with a tree, a lake, the forest, the sky, the stars, the moon, the sun, is not a systematic, rational, … before the synod officially began, Francis marked his namesake's feast day, Oct. 4, with a tree-planting ceremony in the Vatican Gardens, accompanied by delegates to the synod, some of …

… not surprising. Such shows of support often take place in response to emergencies. After the Tree of Life synagogue shooting, Muslim groups were among those who raised tens of thousands of …

… the intentions of the heart. In Genesis, God gives Adam a tour of the garden with its luscious trees but warns him to stay away from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. What we eat is less significant and dangerous than what … of love to happen.  So, God tests Adam and Eve by telling them they must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Satan, God’s adversary, seduces them with the lie that if …

… In the Potawatomi creation story, Sky Woman descends to this world with the foliage of the Tree of Life. In Catholic tradition, Mary, like the smoke of the medicine that bears her name, ascends to the heavens and the Tree of Life whose leaves will "serve as medicine for the nations" (Revelations 22:2). "Mary's …

… a Catholic, I strongly believe in my core that God makes no mistakes. Even when the leaf of a tree falls it's because of his will. God created all of us. As people of faith — conservative and …

… love, and we are the sparrows who find a nest in the branches of the amazing mustard tree. …

… runoff upstream. Still another added that the shallow spots filled with tangles of downed tree trunks might complicate navigation, but they were the best places for fishing. Then two … California law professor Christopher Stone published a landmark law review article , "Should Trees Have Standing?: Towards Legal Rights for Natural Objects." In his 1972 article, Stone … her Maori people. "Just outside my window, I can see the water in the midst of all the willow trees, and it's really only one part of a whole lot of other things. It's the flowing part, but …

… out there on one branch, and I am way out there on a branch probably 180 degrees around that tree," Jeannine told America magazine. "[But] we have a common faith in Christ, and that's what draws us together. We're all around that tree somewhere. I love Cardinal Ratzinger, Pope Benedict. I think he's a holy man. I really do." …

… in a space marked by semi-darkness and the sounds of birds, flowing water and rustling of trees. Nearly all of the photos are in black and white and are suspended in mid-air throughout …

… of the Washington Post to explore the question: In an age of climate change,  is such a tree worth more alive or dead?  Check out the stunning visuals that accompany this top-tier …

… attention to Laudato Si' . I do not see a downside. Also in the Post , an article about the trees in the old-growth Tongass National Forest, which takes an enormous amount of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Timber interests want to harvest trees there, some of which are 500 years old. This is not a tough call. Leave the forests alone. …

… he lived there in the 1980s, but was surrounded by fields of crops 20 years later. And the trees that had hugged the banks of Peru's Amazon River when he traveled it in the 1970s were gone …

… *** Years ago, I wanted to make a nicer Jesse Tree for our family and ordered ornaments from a small business. But, I wanted more women represented on the tree for my sons, but especially to make sure my daughter felt represented. So, I got the owner …