"To reverence creation in a spirit of interconnectedness with all that is, living responsibly." Sisters of Charity Assembly '95
"Women's religious communities along with everyone else, are called to accept a new role. . . that of stopping the devastation that humans are inflicting on the planet. Otherwise the natural world will not survive in any integral manner."
Thomas Berry, author of Stream of the Earth and The Great Work
We established our office of Ecological Concerns in the late 1990s in response to our Vision 2000 statement "to reverence creation in a spirit of interconnectedness with all that is, living responsibly." This office provides a way to educate others about the interdependence and mutual relationship of all life on our planet. Sr. Mary Ann Garisto serves as director.
The main goals of our ecological concerns ministry are education and consciousness raising. We organize and participate in workshops, discussion groups, advocacy work, consultant work and are involved in various organizations dedicated to the earth's preservation.
