Feb 28, 2024 | Care for Creation, Environmental Racism, FAN, Issues
In 2023, our Working for Environmental Justice campaign focused attention on three regions in our nation – the Permian Basin and Chaco Canyon in New Mexico; St. James, Louisiana; and Chester, Pennsylvania – as case studies of ongoing environmental injustice. At three...
Sep 1, 2023 | Care for Creation, FJC News, Resources
The Southern California Franciscan Justice Circle has been meeting, praying and discerning throughout 2023 in a process inspired by Laudato Si’ Spirit, to create a Laudato Si’ Action Plan. The plan they made is not only for them to use but designed as a...
Aug 18, 2023 | Care for Creation, FAN, Issues
A Montana judge has sided with 16 youth activists finding that the state violated their right to a “clean and healthful environment,” which the state constitution guarantees. The activists, between ages 5 and 22, alleged the state’s pro-fossil fuel...
Aug 18, 2023 | Care for Creation, FAN, Issues
Each year from September 1 to October 4, the Christian family unites for a worldwide celebration of prayer and action to protect our common home. As followers of Christ from around the globe, we share a common call to care for creation. We invite you to consider...
May 2, 2023 | Care for Creation, Environmental Racism, FJC News
On Mother Earth Day, April 22, 2023, 14 people gathered together at Caesar’s Park on the Milwaukee River to do a river walk. The group gathered was unique, composed of four Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity who had traveled from Manitowoc, a Capuchin friar...
Dec 7, 2022 | Care for Creation, FAN, Issues
As Franciscans, we are called to care for all of God’s wondrous creation. Our brother, Pope Francis, invites all people of good will to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor. On January 18, 2023 FAN hosted a screening of The Letter, a film...
