Our advocacy coordinator Cynthia Gonzales recently spoke with The Wilderness Society 🌳 to share her experience with working with migrant families that find employment in the oil and gas fields. Click here to learn more about her story! bit.ly/3MXTjfp

“The Earth cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her.” -Pope Francis, Ladauto Si (#2)

Pope Francis acknowledges that “the majority of people living on our planet profess to be believers. This [then] should spur religions to dialogue among themselves for the sake of protecting nature, defending the poor, and building networks of respect and fraternity” (LS #201).

The “cry of the Earth” and the “cry of the poor” are not separate problems. Rather, these two problems our planet faces are interconnected, and we need your support to help solve them.

Happy Juneteenth! We celebrate the hopes and dreams, and freedom and dignity of Black Americans. May we work towards progress together.

“The forest is like a supermarket, they can get everything from the forest, but when the forests are gone, then the people cannot really do their livelihood in their native village.”

🚨 Advocacy alert! 🚨 Join us and our partners in placing climate justice at the heart of our prayers, advocacy, and action during this #SeasonofCreation! Learn more here: catholicclimatecovenant.salsalabs.org/acallforclimat…

Celebrate the Season of Creation with us on Columban Britain's channel! Explore our video, dedicated to fostering awareness and action for our beautiful planet. Join us in prayer and reflection as we honour the environment!

Can you identify places of ecological injustice or those impacted by climate change in your area?  #SeasonOfCreation #MightyRiver #SOC2023

“Whoever wishes to come after me etc”. Maybe we think taking up the cross mostly implies accepting the inevitable misfortunes of life; in the life of Jesus, it mainly involves accepting the consequences of announcing the Kingdom of God in a world clinging to its own power.

fb.watch/n1C_3ZoD3l/?mi… Today we joined KBI / IKF and NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice and The Hope Border Institute and St. Columban Mission for Justice, Peace & Ecology to deliver 9,000 Catholic signatures from all 50 states in support of immigrants #welcomewithdignity #Immigration #Catholicsocialteachings

We’re at the Capitol today with our coalition partners to call on Congress to Invest in Welcoming Communities!

On Day 6 of the IPL-Sisters of Mercy retreat, we ended our pilgrimage with a prayer for healing and call for new beginnings. This year is the centennial both of Carlsbad and of the first oil well in the #PermianBasin. #extractivism #colonialism tinyurl.com/2abh3wac

Migrant and Refugee Sunday – September 24, 2023 The title for the Holy Father’s annual message for Migrant and Refugee Sunday 2023 is “Free to choose whether to migrate or to stay”. Click here for Columban Prayerbooks: bit.ly/3e7o1k6

🚨 Pope Francis announced the name of the #SecondLaudatoSi, which will be "Laudate Deum" during a meeting of Latin American university rectors, with whom he reflected on various topics such as migrations, climate change and exclusion👣

🚨Advocacy Alert!🚨 We need your help! Join us and our partners in asking the Biden Administration to forgive debt of developing nations and stop fossil fuel expansion at #COP28. Learn more, including concrete ways you can help here: godsplanet.us/advocacy #SeasonOfCreation

3 Ways You Can Honor the #SeasonOfCreation 1. Prayer and meditation. 2. Find a community group working for environmental justice in your area. 3. Advocate and take action for a more sustainable future. How will you celebrate? ⚡️♻️ #PowerofCCHD bit.ly/3CXXTXL

Sending prayers that the Synod.va considers our little sisters and brothers, the plants and animals. #synod2023

BREAKING: Pope Francis released a new document taking direct aim at climate change deniers and castigating Western nations, particularly the United States, for "irresponsible lifestyle[s]" causing irreparable harm to the planet. ncronline.org/earthbeat/fait…

If you are following Catholic news today, you see two lines of coverage. One is about the future of the church. One is about the future of the planet. Pope Francis brings them together is his first tweet this morning about #FrancisofAssisi, whose feast we celebrate today.