Earth Month 2023: Simple Living
This Earth Month, we invite you to reflect on one of The Vatican’s Laudato Si’ Goals: “Adoption of Sustainable Lifestyles.” Or more simply put, simple living.
Our faith impels us to respond boldly to the cry of our dear neighbor. We invite all members of our community to take action with us.
This Earth Month, we invite you to reflect on one of The Vatican’s Laudato Si’ Goals: “Adoption of Sustainable Lifestyles.” Or more simply put, simple living.
In April, ask yourself: “How might rethinking my laundry detergent choices be a step towards improving the environment?”
This month, ask yourself: “How might refusing plastic straws be a step toward improving the environment?”
Palm oil is the world’s most produced and most versatile vegetable oil. So why are we focusing on it as one of our monthly eco-challenges?
At the same time that we reduce our plastic consumption as individuals and as a congregation, our sisters continue to advocate for system solutions to cut back on plastic production globally. The United Nations is advancing this issue, and we are following their work closely.
In January, ask yourself: How might altering my red meat meal choices lead to improving the environment?
How environmentally friendly is your Christmas going to be this year? Here are a few ideas to help you make interesting alternative choices.
In this season of Thanksgiving, may we consider ways to give thanks for the creation around us. May we practice gratitude for the abundance given to us in the created world.
Considering your own paper product usage, what might you change right now? Think about which products you could use less of, use a different quality or even do without.
The Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet in collaboration with the Fe y Alegría (Faith and Joy) School in Tacna, Peru have created a tree-planting program in this desert area: Trees for Tacna.
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet are a congregation of Catholic sisters. We, and those who share our charism and mission, are motivated in all things by our profound love of God and our dear neighbors. We seek to build communities and bridge divides between people. Since our first sisters gathered in 1650, our members have been called to “do all things of which women are capable.” The first sisters of our congregation arrived in St. Louis, Missouri in 1836, and we now have additional locations in St. Paul, Albany, Los Angeles, Hawaii, Japan and Peru. Today, we commit to respond boldly to injustice and dare to be prophetic.