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Patty Gillis, Laudato Si’ animator for Holy Cross Province, shares how she has become more trinitarian and contemplative in learning how to love as God loves and see the world as God sees it. “Ecological conversion is just another step in the religious conversion we all experience when we fall in love with God.”
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The Passionist Solidarity Network reflects the Passionist charism of remembering Jesus’s Passion by entering into solidarity with the crucified of today: the Earth and those who are marginalized, minimized and minoritized by our social, political, and economic systems.
Thomas Berry, Eco-theologian and Passionist Priest, shares how a moment of reflection in nature as a child became a defining moment of his life attitude, his mindset, and the and the causes to which he dedicated his life.
Take a moment to enjoy nature this week, snap a photo that evokes God’s presence in Creation for you, and share it on our Facebook page. Pope Francis would be one of the influential Catholic voices in recent years reiterating the need to step outside our known world, and reframe it through the eyes of those on the margins of society. It's an idea that lies at the heart of the Passionist movement. Nicholas Postlethwaite from the Passionists, and post-evangelical poet David Benjamin Blower talk about the places they've lived - and while admittedly speaking from their own experience, they discuss their attempts to adopt a new narrative, where they themselves are not at the center. They talk about how that's changed them, as well as discussing the politics involved in self-awareness, privilege and ideology.  rtin Newell has previously spent time in prison after activism with the Plowshares movement, a Christian pacifist and nuclear disarmament group. Martin talks about peace-making and why taking action that can lead to a prison sentence is an appropriate and faithful thing for Christians to do in times of crisis. In the second part, we hear further reflections from Martin on the biblical rationale for risking prison time, and hear from him and some friends about real lived experiences of (brief) prison sentences. Each segment is approximately 30 minutes.
Watch Part 1 - https://youtu.be/h8HZLdX4EtQ Watch Part 2 - https://youtu.be/v_iyBnhXeJQ Photo © Sean Hawkey / WCC |
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