Some people might consider concern and care for Mother Earth something new and trendy. Far from it! As far back as 1877, Gerard Manley Hopkins was deeply touched by the violence done to all creation by people. This is clear in his most famous work, GOD’S GRANDEUR.
Laudato Si
On Gaudete Sunday the world awoke to good news which people may call a miracle. Approximately two hundred individual nations listened to one another. They mirrored ever so surely or tenuously (only time will tell) Pope Francis’ call to listen to one another. The Paris Summit on Climate Change “recognized that we are compelled to heed” […]
Notre Dame Sister Kathleen Ryan is the Director of the Diocese of Cleveland Social Action Office. She is responsible for creating and implementing programs and pursuing legislative advocacy for peace, social and economic justice. She is beginning her 25th year at Catholic Charities and the diocese after a nineteen year teaching career. She recently was named Coordinator of the Sisters of Norte Dame, Chardon, OH, Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation Committee. 
The Sisters of Notre Dame of Chardon, Ohio, belong to an international congregation of more than two thousand apostolic women religious. We are one in mind and one in heart for the transformation of the world in Christ. 