Environment and Ecology Archives

Climate Despair and Liturgical Hopefulness

Liturgical hopefulness does not look for some other world to which we can “fly away” as this one burns

A Pilgrimage to the Earth

September 15, 2021 Mark Roosien Eastern Liturgy Environment and Ecology Liturgical Spirituality Ritual Studies Saints / Mary

The earth itself, the Alaskan earth—St Herman’s earth—was my relic, my pilgrimage souvenir. A sign of hope amidst corruption.

Awareness, Wisdom, Will: A “Culture of Care”–in Liturgy

December 10, 2020 Rita Ferrone Environment and Ecology Liturgy and Virtues Pastoral Theology

Cardinal Parolin’s brief but trenchant suggestions for a conference on climate change led me to reflect on the question of how we develop a “culture of care” in liturgy.

Reclaiming Collective Repentance: What Can We Learn from Lost “Disaster Prayers”?

October 1, 2020 Other Voices Environment and Ecology Pastoral Theology Penance-Reconciliation

Through ritual actions and prayers of repentance in times of disaster, the church is invited to offer itself in service to those most afflicted by natural calamities and to denounce, through the act of repentance, the collective sin that exacerbates those afflictions.

Creation, Day Seven: For God and Creation, a Day of Rest

September 26, 2020 Teresa Berger Environment and Ecology

What we need to live into, not least in this time of ecological emergency, is the reality of a larger, universal, planetary communion: by reason of our createdness, we are kin with everything that is created. Maybe keeping Sabbath is one way to begin to live into this vision.