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St. Francis Convent, home of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross, is situated near Wisconsin's Bay of Green Bay, which flows into Lake Michigan. (Randy Kostichka/Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross)

For Catholic Sisters Week, Green Bay Franciscans raise up their charism to care for creation

As part of Catholic Sisters Week 2023, the congregation has been sharing examples of their ecological sustainability practices on social media as well as eco-centered prayers and suggestions for ways everyone can live in greater harmony with the rest of creation.

Holy Spirit represented in a stained glass window (Unsplash/Mateus Campos Felipe)
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Reclaiming the Holy Spirit and renewing the face of the Earth

By Susan Smith
A young woman stands on a hillside looking over a poor section of Nairobi, Kenya, April 19, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS/Reuters/Thomas Mukoya)
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God created everything good. Is there a possibility for restoration?

By Nancy Watenga
A tapestry showing 12th-century German abbess St. Hildegard of Bingen hangs from the facade of St. Peter's Basilica prior to the opening Mass of the Synod of Bishops for the new evangelization in St. Peter's Square Oct. 7, 2012, at the Vatican. (CNS)
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Why St. Hildegard's spirituality of 'viriditas' is extraordinary

By Nameeta Renu

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Medical Mission Sisters in India create center for quiet and healing amid the wonder of God's creation

To make of our lives something beautiful

Q & A with Sr. Mary Elizabeth Clark, writing mealtime prayers for 'ecological conversion'

St. Francis Convent, home of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross, is situated near Wisconsin's Bay of Green Bay, which flows into Lake Michigan. (Randy Kostichka/Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross)

For Catholic Sisters Week, Green Bay Franciscans raise up their charism to care for creation

As part of Catholic Sisters Week 2023, the congregation has been sharing examples of their ecological sustainability practices on social media as well as eco-centered prayers and suggestions for ways everyone can live in greater harmony with the rest of creation.

Holy Spirit represented in a stained glass window (Unsplash/Mateus Campos Felipe)
Faith

Reclaiming the Holy Spirit and renewing the face of the Earth

By Susan Smith
A young woman stands on a hillside looking over a poor section of Nairobi, Kenya, April 19, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS/Reuters/Thomas Mukoya)
Faith

God created everything good. Is there a possibility for restoration?

By Nancy Watenga
A tapestry showing 12th-century German abbess St. Hildegard of Bingen hangs from the facade of St. Peter's Basilica prior to the opening Mass of the Synod of Bishops for the new evangelization in St. Peter's Square Oct. 7, 2012, at the Vatican. (CNS)
Faith

Why St. Hildegard's spirituality of 'viriditas' is extraordinary

By Nameeta Renu

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Medical Mission Sisters in India create center for quiet and healing amid the wonder of God's creation

To make of our lives something beautiful

Q & A with Sr. Mary Elizabeth Clark, writing mealtime prayers for 'ecological conversion'

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Upon seeing Lisa Elmaleh's camera, the Catholic sisters and volunteers at migrant shelters whom Elmaleh met along the U.S.-Mexico border "understand they're being documented in a historic way." 

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The tree survives because it has adapted to the intruder — the cables. (Sue Paweski)
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What the truth of a tree taught me during this pandemic

There is no thought of life returning to pre-pandemic times in a year or so. An awareness of the fragility of life is making an indelible mark on our souls. I wonder how our lives will continue to be changed.

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