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My Latina heritage has given me a spirituality of the feminine
… Sacred practices tell us that we are loved and that we belong in this wild, sprawling family tree. Every family is plagued with trauma and history; mine is no different. It had to have been …
Revise a self-centered spirituality with this daily ecological examen
… This takes courage, whether we're afraid of excommunication or simply of being derided as "tree huggers," because it makes Mary's insistence that the powerful be cast from their thrones …
Reaching for mango: A gay Filipino American Catholic considers the synodal church
… shared with me an Indian saying she learned as a child: If you want to pick a mango from the tree above your head, you have to let go of what you are holding under your arm in your armpit. …
Mining plans endanger Arizona's Oak Flat, sacred land to some Native Americans
… Associated Press … Azee Romero climbed barefoot on the wrinkled trunk of the massive Emory oak tree at the center of the Oak Flat Campground. The 5-year-old in his black dinosaur t-shirt with … as if he'd just climbed onto the lap of a grandparent. In fact, that centuries-old oak tree and the ground below it — the sacred, ancestral flats that stretch for miles east of Phoenix … for birds and other animals. It's where Native people gather acorns that drop from the oak trees before crushing them into an edible powder, and pick red sumac berries for a refreshing, …
How my Catholic faith and Mohawk heritage teach me to embrace sustainable living
… also fashioned a homemade oratory in the woods, securing a cross of sticks in the trunk of a tree by a stream for prayer when she could not attend Mass. "We have forgotten that we …
Irish bishops ask parishes to conserve 30% of property for pollinators, biodiversity
… and they have created a garden that's flourishing between pollinating, vegetable growing and tree planting," she said. "They have a small team of just four people who manage it once a week." … for the last 10 years, and every couple that has married, have been gifted a native Irish tree. "Over 1,300 trees have been planted in Clane as a result of the sacramental life of the church," he said. "If …
Wildfires have always occurred, but experts say warming climate is increasing severity
… number of factors, including temperature, humidity, and the lack of moisture in fuels, such as trees, shrubs, grasses, and forest debris. All these factors have strong direct or indirect ties … Our world is changing." Wildfires have always occurred, but landscapes — both soil and trees — are now often more thoroughly damaged, making it more difficult for them to regenerate. …
Despite pope's pleas, survey finds US Catholics support fossil fuel expansion more than rest of country
… heat pump system or an electric water heater. On other climate solutions, planting 1 trillion trees to absorb carbon emissions has near universal support (89%). Most Americans also favor …
Communities and planet benefit when we save church buildings on the brink
… construction material. So that's everything from digging it out of the ground or cutting the tree down, transporting it to be processed, the actual processing of it, then the transporting …
'Grief is the price you pay for love'
… We're widowers now. Len is a mensch and Gary is as sweet as the good fruit on the biblical fig tree. I always get scrambled eggs with bacon. Len gets a turkey club, and Gary studies the menu …
Kenya diocese's coffee farm spreads conservation skills to local community
… by hills, valleys, dirt roads and vast, uncultivated, semi-arid lands dotted with acacia trees and cacti sits the Archdiocese of Nyeri 's Nyeri Hill Farm . Approximately 103 miles (166 … seen an increase in production from 88 ounces (2.5 kilograms) to 352 ounces (10 kilograms) per tree. And to conserve water, Nyeri Hill Farm has invested in a water recycling system that … to battle the effects of climate change and boost the government agenda of planting 15 billion trees in the next 10 years . According to AfricanNews , the region has suffered almost three …