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Twenty-six days until Election Day: Get out and Vote!
Stay safe! Exercise your right and responsibility to vote! Let your voice be heard! Our democratic life depends on our votes!
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Complexity of Life and its Dependence on the Environment
As shepherds, we have the responsibility to protect the long-term living conditions of the planet, including the natural process of biological evolution.
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Reforestation is critical to meeting Paris Climate Change accord targets, research says
A survey of The Nature Conservancy’s reforestation work showed that much of it is associated with water quality co-benefits
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How does reforestation help global warming?
Reforestation is one of the best and most cost-effective ways to limit global warming.
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Political Engagement Committee: Our Platform
This year is a pivotal year in the direction of our communities and our countries, no matter where we live
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Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting – Part Three
In preparing to vote, you are called to action. You are invited to ponder the message in the document, “Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting,” and then share the talk with three to five others
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Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting – Part two
In preparing to vote, you are called to action. You are invited to ponder the message in the document, “Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting,” and then share the talk with three to five others
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Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting – Part One
‘In preparing to vote, you are called to action.’
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Call to Action: The Call to Holiness in an Election Year
During a recent gathering with young people, Cardinal Cupich was asked how our faith should inform our politics and our voting decisions. Responding with wisdom, Cardinal Cupich invited the group to reflect on Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, “Gaudete et Exsultate” (“Rejoice and Be Glad”). He went on to point out that in this magisterial document,…
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Call to Action: Write Opinion Editorials for local media outlets
Next, decide on the focus of your story. Will you focus on the impact of weather abnormalities on your local community?
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Tips for writing effective Letters to the Editor
(Note: The following blog has been adapted from “24 Reasons to Hope: of The Climate Reality Project”) Solving the climate crisis is within our grasp, but we need people like you to be the voice of reality. Because it’s our planet that is in danger. Our future is at stake. And we do have a…
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Call to Action: Make Your Voice Heard!
To assist members of our Providence Community to do these concrete actions, the Advocacy Team of the Climate Change Task Force will provide resources for you to make your voice heard as we prepare for the 2020 elections
The Sisters of Providence Political Engagement Team is an arm of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Climate Change Task Force. Members of the team are Sister Marilyn Kofler, Sister Barbara Battista and community friend Cynthia Sartor.