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The Field Hospital: Covering parish life
… said. When they recently sent the structure out for refurbishing (including installation of a solar light), they were amazed at the number of neighbors and strangers who expressed concern …
Laudato Si' turns one year old: Time for action
… can be taken now represent low-hanging fruit, such as switching to LED lighting or installing solar panels on our facilities. Down the road, if we do not pick the low-hanging fruit now, we …
Mercy turns the world upside down
… a nearly blank image. Twenty-five years earlier, in 1990, Voyager 1 turned its camera upon our solar system and took a planetary family portrait. Obscured in the sun's rays and almost entirely …
Long-term commitment key to Seattle parish 'going green'
… of Guadalupe Parish campus features an array of "living green" initiatives -- projects like solar panels, water catchment, recycling and energy monitoring. However, the long-term example …
Puerto Rico Day at the Congress
… opportunity, starting with conversion to sustainable energy: Puerto Rico has abundant wind and solar resources, yet gets less than one percent of its electricity from these sources. They pay …
The Field Hospital: Covering parish life
… A priest from upstate New York retired in St. Augustine, Fla., and preaches the gospel of solar power in the Sunshine State. Parishes need to do more, he says. Parishes are closing in the …
Mercy, globetrotting and our global home: recapping Francis' third year as pope
… are other factors (such as volcanic activity, variations in the earth's orbit and axis, the solar cycle), yet a number of scientific studies indicate that most global warming in recent …
On climate issue, Catholics urged to feel pain of the planet, the poor
… Francis' conversation and challenge to protect the environment, including U.S.-based solar companies. Plans are the works, he said, for a gathering at the Vatican in April for …
In final State of the Union address, Obama strikes note of hope
… power is now cheaper than dirtier, conventional power. On rooftops from Arizona to New York, solar is saving Americans tens of millions of dollars a year on their energy bills, and employs …
Catholic Dreams for 2016
… great to see Catholic churches, monasteries and religious communities take the lead installing solar panels on their roofs or wind turbines on their lands. And while they're at it, Catholic …
The Year for Women
… fighting viral superstition and vicious ignorance. The next day, March 20, 2015 there was a solar eclipse and much of the earth went dark. It still is. [Phyllis Zagano is senior research …
Reflections for a Laudato Si' film festival
… sustain the costs of ecology; scandalous level of consumption and waste by some countries; solar energy; dialogue for new national and local policies; identifying responsibilities; …
Sister-parish projects link cultures, caring and cooperation
… friends establish internet service, finance a substantial rainwater storage system, utilize solar power, and expand the parish health center, reports NWCatholic.org . The Bremerton Catholic …
Action plan offers Atlanta Catholics down-to-earth ideas to implement encyclical
… built on each other's teachings: St. John Paul II critiqued consumerism; Pope Benedict XVI had solar panels installed at the Vatican and was dubbed the "green pope"; and Francis has written …
Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis
… Puerto Rico the poster child for transitioning to sustainable energy: The island has abundant solar and wind resources currently untapped. In most of the fifty states, the transition to …