Eco-Challenge: Plastic Free July
Better than recycling, we can help by reducing our plastic consumption in the first place. Swap out some of the products that come into your home in single-use plastic packaging for more sustainable options.
Progress on the UN plastics treaty
The Congregations of Sisters of St. Joseph Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) attended the United Nations’ second Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) on Plastic Pollution in Paris from May 29 – June 2.
Eco-Challenge: Pick your produce plastic-free
There are many factors to consider when you decide what grocery bags and produce bags are best for you and the environment.
Eco-Challenge: Ban plastic bottles from your bathroom
There are a plethora of eco-friendly soaps, shampoos and conditioners available in bar form with zero plastic packaging.
Snapshots in Time: Stations of the Cross
During the Triduum, it seems fitting to highlight the artwork of Sister Anne Pierre Limoges depicting the fourteen stations. These beautiful, yet simple, pieces are rendered in a minimalistic line art style in ink on artist board.
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.
Eco-Challenge: Swap your laundry detergent
In April, ask yourself: “How might rethinking my laundry detergent choices be a step towards improving the environment?”
Snapshots in Time: The April Fool’s Tsunami of 1946
On April 1, 1946 a deadly tsunami hit the Hawaiian Islands, caused by an 8.6 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Alaska, 2,400 miles away.
On resurrection, solidarity and fiestas
When I lived in Peru, one of the things that I most admired about the Peruvian people are their gifts of compassion and solidarity. I found this to be especially true among people who have limited material resources.
In praise of St. Joseph, the Dreamer
Joseph dreamed. What we know of him tells us that he was a simple man, a poor man in a country occupied and controlled by a foreign army. He had little reason to dream, yet he had dreams for himself and for his family.