Eco-Challenge: Bars not bottles
There are a plethora of eco-friendly soaps, shampoos and conditioners available in bar form with zero plastic packaging.
Eco-Challenge: Pick sustainable paper products
Tissue products such as toilet paper, paper towels, paper napkins and facial tissue are found in many households. They are cheap and convenient. These products are manufactured from trees that have been growing for centuries and are turned into items that we use for seconds before we throw them away.
Eco-Challenge: Unsubscribe from junk mail
Altogether, all the promotional mail we get in our email inboxes and our physical mailboxes has a huge carbon footprint. Here are some tips for unsubscribing.
Report from the U.S./Mexico border
I am grateful for the opportunity during the month of September to be in the presence of hundreds of migrants every day while volunteering with the Kino Border Initiative. I was with four other sisters in a project called Catholic Sisters Walking with Migrants.
Eco-Challenge: Wrap responsibly
As eco-conscious earth citizens, we can do better in so many creative ways when it comes to gift wrapping. Consider these sustainable alternatives that can make gifts just as beautiful.
Border Compassion: The Bridge to Compassionate Encounters
I recently had the opportunity to visit the Posada del Migrante Shelter in Mexicali, Mexico. This shelter provides a home for up to 300 migrants, many of whom have fled their countries due to threats of violence and are seeking asylum in the United States.
Eco-Challenge: Make your cleaners greener
There are many little changes towards ecological sustainability you can make in your household. Together they can add up. This month’s Eco-Challenge focuses on making sure that your cleaning products are eco-friendly.
Nine days of prayer for a more inclusive church
Our congregation will be praying this nine-part Womanly Novena over the nine days leading up to the start of the synod on October 4.
Eco-Challenge: Reduce, reuse, recycle food waste
Our September Eco-Challenge is all about eliminating food waste. We are examining our habits related to planning meals, purchasing food and consuming leftovers.
Sisters Rising Worldwide
There are resources enough to take care of the world’s needs. Those resources just aren’t in the right places. This was the premise when Sisters Patty Johnson of St. Louis, Judy Molosky and Suzanne Jabro of Los Angeles and Irene O’Neill of St. Paul got to chatting. Together, they agreed that sisters working on the ground likely understand the root causes of the poverty around them and what’s needed to address them.