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Fr. Max Mandl, OFM was a good friend of ours. We are pleased to see that someone else remembers him and his wisdom.
As a Catholic and working in the environmental field it was great to find this site. I am currently taking an environmental ethics class and this week I have to lead a discussion on Christian approaches to environmental stewardship, this was helpful
Thanks for a thoughtful and well-done site. My son is in Lincoln/Douglas debate in high school; the topic - economic development vs preservation/nurture of the environment. I am happy to steer him here to get a Catholic foundation for the presuppositions of the discussion.
Well done for this website. I am reading for a degree in Youth Studies at the Univ. of Malta in Europe. Regards Tony
Thanks for the site. Excellent presentation and arrangement of statements! Will be recommending it to seminarians in the Catholic Social Ethics Course. God's PEACE! Mark E. Ginter, Ph.D., Saint Meinrad School of Theology.
Thank you for the site! As a Year 12 student undertaking Studies of Religion I desperately needed information concerning the Roman Catholic's response in relation to global warming, and this site proved extremely helpful. Thanks a lot.
Great Website. I knew there had to be other Catholics with concern for environmental justice, and your page provides the links! AQ
This website was exciting and has been of incredible use to me and I liked the nice pictures.
This site is very well done and most needed. My family and I really appreciate all your time and continued hard work. Levi Landry Another Catholic Environmentalist
What a nice web-site. I really appreciated finding all the wonderful quotes from the Pope on conservation issues. Thanks! Connie, Diocese of Gaylord, Gaylord, MI
Thank you for this web site. It answers so many questions I have about the stewardship of God's magnificent creation. Andy Collins 149 Isherwood Dr. Goose Creek, SC 29445
We have just begun the New Jersey Catholic Coalition for Environmental Justice. I will send a link to this site to all my colleagues on the team. Thanks for putting these resources in an easy-to-get format. Keep up the good work! - Hugh Carola, Holy Trinity Parish, Hackensack, NJ and Program Director for Hackensack Riverkeeper
I am so honored, as a Secular Carmelite, to share in some small way, not only the Order of St. Therese, but, her love of nature in every possible aspect.
I am pleased with the WebSite. I appreciate the fact that man's responsibility to the earth and environment is pointed out in scripture. Thank you, I will return on a regular basis. Best Regards, Thomas Skayhan
Because of your web site, I'm gonna get an A on my research paper:) This is my new favorite web site! Thanks
Thanks for your help! This is the best site:)
My son is in 11th grade and has to do a paper on something to do with the environment and the Church's views. This is the only site that I could find that would provide information on this subject matter. And is it ever an EXCELLENT source of information. Thank you. Mary B.
Thank you for your website! It is so beautiful that really made my life easier. I am a Christian in Australia. Thank you very much!
This site is excellent! Made a book with those sites. Robi
Thank you for all what you do. I'm sorry, I don't speek very well english ... and so I can't tell you all I desire to tell you... But the best word is : THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I'm a contemplative sister and I will keep you in my prayers. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES. In the world today, in our Mother Church there are many who bring us "new" ideas... I was searching on internet something about Church and Thomas Berry teaching, I was looking for the clear teaching of the Church ... and it was NICE TO "MEET" YOU! sr. martina
I am part of a group seeking to set up a Diocesan Earth Care Commission - your site will be immensely useful. Thank you.
To visit this site is to visit a place of peace and beauty.
Impressive collection of resources! Keep it up! Fr. Larry Mick
What a fantastic site for all who love this planet and strive to live in harmony with the creation! Teachers have such wonderful opportunities to lead the young along paths of justice and integrity. They will find the resources of this site of tremendous assistance in their work. Thank you! Monica Vitale APRE Our Lady of Lourdes, Ingham.NQ.
Beautiful Work. There are solutions to environmental problems. Organic foods and textiles, solar and wind power, bio fuels, fuel cells, and industrial ecology can form the foundation of a modern bio-sustainable economy...Come Holy Spirit, and Renew the Face of the Earth. morris@ecologicinvestor.com
I received word about your site from Sisters Online. This is a great site. Ann Walton, csj
This is a great resource! Thank you and keep up the great work. I am from the LaVista CSG in Godfrey, IL and hope to advance the efforts of ecology through our project. Thanks again! Gary Huelsmann
Very well done site, a pleasure to navigate through, with well-organized information for those looking for materials and references, particularly scriptural supports, for adult education on the Church's position on environmental stewardship.
Thanks for your website - should be recommended to all Catholic High School students and their teachers
Its a wonderful website. Its an urgent mission really for everyone to care and replenish the Earth. Everyone is "groaning" especially our mother Earth. WE HAVE TO ACT NOW.... Dom Principe, Religious Education Instructor, St. Ferdinand College, Ilagan, Isabela, Philippines.
Congratulations on the work you do. It is not easy to find information about the earth that comes from a Catholic source other than the USCCB. Would you ever consider developing materials for the use of children. Care for the earth can start very early. Thank you.
As a Catholic in the natural resources field, your site is very much appreciated. Keep up the good work! Zeb -- Frankfort, Kentucky
What a find! I love mountains and am interested in the mountaineer Popes, and was glad to find a site with quotes from Pope John Paul II. Nancy de Flon
Kyle Fischer, I wish more people would care about conserving the earth, I really like what ya'll are doing. Keep it up.
Penelope Figgis AM Vice President of the Australian Conservation Foundation , Sydney Australia. A rich website on the fundamental issue of our times. Massive human misery and wars will result from our inability to live in harmony with the earth , I applaud all efforts of the Church to mobilize their followers to action.
Merci ST. THERESE de visiter le LIBAN je t aime trop
Thank you very much for all the information your web site has. I've been looking in so many places for information we need. Sister M. Linus Coyle email: smlc25.hotmail.com
Good to see this web site. It is paramount for us to focus on catholic social teaching and the integrity of Creation. Our prophetic task is to make Care for Creation, justice and equity a priority. Keep up the good work Br. Rick Samyn OFM Cap.
I need to do an eight page paper on the Catholic Church's teaching on pollution in the environment. Words cannot express the joy I felt after finding this web page! It is helping me along wonderfully. Thank you SO much! ~God Bless
Thanks for your help! I had an assignment on environmental issues, and you've helped me heaps. Thanks so much Kate - Sydney, Australia
A wonderful web-site, with good sources for information, reflection and action. Continue the good work! Wayne McMillan Holy Family Parish Emerton NSW
Greetings and thank you for a great website. My name is Harry Martin and I am a Permanent Deacon in the Diocese of Santa Rosa (CA). I also work for the CA Dept. of Forestry (CDF). It is a blessing to see a site and Catholics who share the realization that we are stewards and sharers in a blessed (but wounded) creation. May we live our Lord's redemptive love and restorative grace in our relationships with our fellow creatures and creation. hjmartin@mac.com
This site has just been referred to me- I am delighted and will be exploring it further! I live in Fredericton, NB, Canada and enjoy opportunities to learn and share around issues of ecology and earth science, and especially in relating theology to these topics. Eleanor McCloskey, CND
I came across your web page as I am presently doing an MA in theology and Ecology with Lampeter University in Wales in conjunction with the Columban Mission Institute, Dalgan Park Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland. I would like to thank you for all the effort you have put into building up the site and the very useful information. Wishing you all the best in your work. Derry Healy
Very inspiring - to get involved and get the faith community involved in realizing we are part of nature and nature is part of us. Thanks Eugene Malan Port Elizabeth South Africa
Very good website. I enjoyed my visit and will be back to view at greater length. I invite you to visit the website of St Theresa's Parish in Sion Mills in Northern Ireland. http://sttheresa.freeservers.com/
I'm a professional ecologist/conservationist and a Catholic, and lately have sensed that perhaps God is nudging me to bring the two together somehow, someday...Finding that there is a conservation movement within the Church, let alone this Center, was an absolute thrill. I think finding your site today has been a key marker along my path. Many thanks from the nation's capital. <flatgecko@yahoo.com>
It's the first time that I encountered your website and download a few articles for my reading. I find interesting materials for discussions with people I work in an NGO organization - Cebu Uniting for Sustainable Water (CUSW). I am Father Mar Alingasa, SVD residing in Cebu City Philippines at the University of San Carlos. Currently, I am president of CUSW which is concerned with the conservation, protection and rehabilitation of Central Cebu's major watersheds and degraded coastal aquifers.
Thank the Lord for your website. It provides good resources and hopefully, prayerfully, it will help us to awaken to our call to live in gentle courage and faith the redeeming Love of our Lord, Savior and Creator. God Bless. Harry hjmartin@mac.com
Wonderful thoughts on Catholic teaching and methods. You helped us on our school report greatly. Sincerely, Chelsea and Megan
hallo je m'appelle Chadi Lamaa et je suis un membre du comité décor dans le groupe Jésus Ma Joie au Liban .Contacter moi s.v.p : chadi_lamaa@hotmailcom + ce web est magnifique.
This is an absolutely wonderful website! I, too, am vitally concerned that we Catholics show our faith in God in our actions and attitudes towards the environment as well as towards other people. Keep up the good work! Jeri Woods, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada jeriwoods@dustyw1.com
Very helpful list of readings from Hebrew and Christian Scripture. Exactly what I needed tonight. Thanks.
Greetings from Xavier College in Melbourne, Australia. We are developing a unit for our Year 10 Religious Education course on Creation Spirituality from a Catholic perspective and your magnificent site has been of tremendous assistance. Your unashamedly orthodox site is the perfect antidote to the New Age blandishments of most other sites. Leo Walshe Head of Religious Education Xavier College Kew 3101 Australia
My name is Nicholas Pustina. Thank you for your website. As an Environmental Studies major at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and a committed Catholic, I have found much of the ecological crises blamed on Christianity and "anthropocentric" ideals. Your site is a breath of fresh air for Catholics who are concerned about the environment and its importance to the health and well being of ALL peoples.
What a wonderful web site you have created. I am so grateful to have a Catholic resource from which to explore ecology. Marci, SFO
MAY GOD BLESS OUR TRULY WONDERFUL POPE JOHN PAUL 11 HE IS LOVED BY ALL PEOPLE OF THE WORLD AND HIS LIFE HAS BEEN INSPIRATIONAL TO US ALL! I LIVE IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA AND IM PROUD TO BELONG TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH WHO HAS SUCH A WONDERFUL LEADER HERE ON EARTH....AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING PEACE AND LOVE TO THE WORLD DURING HIS REIGN. GOD BLESS HIS HOLINESS!! I THINK THE WEB SITE IS TRULY AMAZING !
"Care of the Environment " is a study topic for our RCIA group. Your site has revealed a wonderful source of information and inspiration. Peter Slate pslate@melbpc.org.au
I feel it is our profound duty as not only Catholics, but also humans, to put preserve and improve the environment. We could all do a little more to make the world we live on a better place. "We did not inherit the earth from our ancestors we are borrowing it from our children." Lise Garden
I am very pleased to find a Catholic site dedicated to the preservation of the environment given to us by God. Jaime Santillana, An engineering university professor from Peru.
Thank you for this wonderful resource. I am often disheartened because a lot of environmental movements, even within the Church, are based on new-age, 'earth spirit', ideas and not on God and His Church. I am so thankful that your web site presents Church teachings and writings of the Saints on the care of nature and the environment, while also respecting human life -the womb as the most endangered environment. Thank you for the time and effort you have put in to providing this resource. God bless you. Catholic, Conservationist and Pro-Life. Australia.
My name is Michael A. Pintavalle I live in Azusa, CA. USA Thank you for the wonderful web site. I'm a professed SECULAR FRANCISCAN interested in the ecology and the whole of GOD's creation. I am working in the regional ecology commission of the SFO. I find this site an invaluable source for the commission. THANK-YOU. PEACE AND ALL GOOD, Mike Pintavalle, SFO
GOD BLESS BL. KATERI TEKAKWITHA TO BE A SAINT. PRAY FOR US. KATERI TEKAKWITHA. ILEANA MORALES.
Enjoyed your site very much... great stuff!!
What a great site! I am hoping to start some environmental classes at my parish, and this has given me some great ideas. Thanks! It's exactly what I was looking for!
I just discovered your website. I think its wonderful to have a site that combines the two causes that have inspired and motivated me in my life, to make a contribution to a better world: 1) To leave to the next generation, after I die, a better world with less pollution and a higher culture of preservation. I love Nature and have always considered myself an environmentalist. 2) The most important, serve God through his Church and announce the True, Catholic Faith to my brothers and sisters; to make known all the spiritual richness and testimonies in our Church. I would really like to contribute to your site, and make it known to spanish speaking people. I can start translating the contents into spanish, since I´m a mexican and that´s my mother language. I hope you contact me soon
I spent hours browsing this site! from Ashleigh
It's good to know that we have a web site like this one. More Power to your organization & GOD Bless!!
Hey, my name is Paul and I'm part of the F.O.R.C.E. club at my school (environmental club). We are located in Montville, Connecticut, which is obviously in the U.S. I think that this website is very informative on the issue of saving our world's environment today and offers much inspiration for us. Good job guys.
I found your site interesting and fascinating...The site is easy to navigate and some of the graphics are awesome...Personally, I am a lover of nature...So much to learn, so much to reflect and also so much is a mystery. Certainly through the Holy Spirit your website brings us closer to God...Continue your good work and God Bless.
I'm glad I found this site! Rathwell, Manitoba
I am so delighted that there is one thing like this in the globe. Hope I could start ours in the Philippines. your center is truly an inspiration. -Ruby Mendones Student of Master in Public Management, major in Biodiversity Conservation and Management at the Development Academy of the Philippines
It would be nice to read more sections in Spanish. And also to see this guest book updated more often. Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala.
I am a a Catholic and a environmental professional who works for the local water and sewer authority. I am glad I found this site - just what I've been looking for. God is so good, He provides what we need! Mark Wyzalek Macon GA USA
I love this website it is beautiful. I had this dream that I was in heaven. 8 hour dream with no interuption. God was the only one at the gate...there was hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people in line. The gate was superior shine like the beautiful covered with then clouds. I know that there is Jesus and Mother Mary...i will never ever deny God Jesus or Mother Mary. It was just soo beautiful it difficult for me to say. But all I can say is that I am a true believer. I will never cast judgement upon anyone...i appreciate Gods work. Thought I share this thought.
Great site and exactly the information I need for a 'green spot' in my local Parish Newsletter. Congratulations.
This is a tremendous site. Keep up the fine work! Our Church and our Pope continue to encourage us to study St.Thomas Aquinas, as our "universal doctor." And so, happily, "ecothomism" has recently emerged, with the following four fine documents to get the ball rolling: 1) Jill LeBlanc's article, "Eco-Thomism", in the Journal of Environmental Ethics (Fall 1999, Vol. 21, No.3); 2)Sister Pamela Smith's PhD dissertation, "Aquinas and Today's Environmental Ethics: An Exploration of How the Vision and the Virtue Ethic of 'Ecothomism' might inform a Viable Eco-Ethic." Duquesne University, 1995. 3) Jame Schaefer's PhD dissertation, "Ethical implications of Applying Aquinas' Notions of the Unity and Diversity of Creation to Human Functioning in Ecosystems." 1994, Marquette University. 4) Willis Jenkins' scholarly article presented at the Lilly Fellows National Research Conference: "Biodiversity and Salvation: Notes for an Eco-Thomism," February 2002, full text available at Notre Dame University's web site (www.nd.edu). 5) Also interesting is the french-language book, "Biologie Actuelle et Philosophie Thomiste" by Claude Chalmel, Pierre Téqui editors, 1984. I hope that eco-thomism and bio-thomism will grow stronger in time, so that our scientific disciplines and social movements can benefit from the wisdom of St.Thomas. Best regards, François Savard, B.Sc., B.Ed., CET (theology). (M.A. candidate in philosophy, Dominican College, Ottawa, Canada. Science teacher, former governmental and corporate environmental professional.)
This site is purely inspirational, thank you for creating such a wonderful site, it was extremely helpful kindest regards, Georgina p x
Wow I live in Texas and did not know that there was a environmental group within the Catholic community Katy, Texas (suburb of Houston)
Teresa Polanco 1488 Nevada Drive Toms River, New Jersey 08753 I am a senior at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. As a Catholic, I decided to combine my faith and interest into an independent study about Christianity and the Environment. I would love to meet with your group and become further involved. Please respond back via email at trixxxs02@aol.com with any information. thank you
Great information on Kateri Tekakwitha!
I would like to join, but the "join" link takes you to a weird Yahoo Groups page. I don't get it. Do you have any contact informaion???? sorely lacking on website. My address is: allerton@adelphia.net
What can we expect from our new Pope Benedict XVI in relation to ecology? I hope he chooses this important topic as a part of his agenda
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