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… Theresa Doerfler … On an overcast spring day in southwestern Pittsburgh, close to 200 people gathered in the church hall at St. Catherine of Siena for an Earth Day Community Resources Fair. The atmosphere was festive, as vendors from climate-focused …

… Susan Barnett … Religion News Service … Earth Day is no longer the one day a year we dedicate to thinking about the health of our planet. …

… university professor Samuel Shephard suggests that Catholics can bring a unique viewpoint to Earth Day, celebrated April 22, because "as Catholics, we can understand we're doing that as stewards …

… look. The process can be time-consuming, with a single brick sometimes taking as long as one day to make. The Missionaries often use finished ecobricks and cement to build planter boxes … worldwide are actually recycled, and many forms of plastics are unable to be recycled at all. Earth Day (April 22) this year has focused on "Planet vs. Plastics," with an emphasis on phasing …

… point on the Union Pacific, the train stopped there for 10 minutes.  Beginning on Christmas Day 1941 and continuing until the end of the war in 1945, a group of volunteers met every troop … at a price, a price that we may not be able to pay in the future. That is why as we approach Earth Day 2024 (April 22), plastic has become a focal point of the environmental movement. Almost …

… Daniel P. Horan … With Earth Day right around the corner on Monday April 22, I was delighted to receive a newly … the late Catholic French philosopher and social scientist Bruno Latour titled If We Lose The Earth, We Lose Our Souls . This is Latour's final book. A note at the beginning states that …

… and connect U.S. Catholics around climate change and creation care. That has included annual Earth Day programs, regular webinars, a network of parish creation care teams, and promotion of Pope …

… Olivares, program manager, called the award "a true testament to the work my team does every day and their dedication to our community." Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix won among … Dame Sr. Kathleen Deignan , founder of the Thomas Berry Forum and the Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit at Iona University in New Rochelle, New York; Herman Barahona, an environmental … begin to grow in more places, and to grow deeper roots." Deignan, who took part in the first Earth Day , used her acceptance speech to "summon all the Laudato Si' Champions waiting in the …

… at St. Thomas More Academy in southeastern Washington, D.C., students spring into action for a day of tree-tending. Eighth graders at the Catholic elementary school swap books and computers … of reversing the trend by growing large canopy and native trees throughout the district. On Earth Day this year, Casey Trees planted its 50,000th tree in Ward 8's Fort Stanton Park. It …

… April 25 that student Maureen Kelly's Instagram takeover of the Boston College account at an Earth Day fair initially featured a video of the club explaining its mission, which includes advocacy …

… I was like, 'Go go, go faster,' and encouraging people," she said. Earlier that same day, eight time zones away, Therese Lenguaje, 16, joined 150 people in Quezon City, Philippines, … theirs fosters a sense of climate solidarity, Panzarini said, in taking steps to safeguard the Earth and limit the impacts of climate change, whether experienced in their own region or another … which trees to plant and where best to plant them. While a few events took place around Earth Day, including a tree planting and eco-workshops in Rome, and others the weekend of May …

… plans for divestment. A joint announcement by 31 faith-based groups organized ahead of Earth Day (April 22) brought the total number of Catholic archdioceses and dioceses worldwide …

… or swamped, built up, dug out or taken apart, blue or green or turned to dust: this is the Earth as seen from above. As the world commemorated Earth Day on Saturday, the footprints of human activity were visible across the planet’s surface. The …

… had their own version). Ultimately, the story is that, in Christ, the Holy Spirit is filling Earth and her inhabitants. But, as we and the Emmaus travelers know only too well, it takes a … time for Jesus' followers to understand that. And so, for us? Because this is the weekend of Earth Day 2023, we might listen long and carefully to one particular line from the first letter of …