August Meeting
May our struggles and our concern for this planet never take away the joy of our hope. Laudato Si #244
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Minute of the July Meeting on July 22nd:
Dear Friends we began our 1 hour meeting with a reflection from Sr. Ruth (see Below) Ruth explained that she took a lot of the content for her reflection on the links between the SDGs and Laudato Si looking at SDGs 6,12,13,14 & 15.
SDG Climate change reflection with Laudato Si. .pptxWe need to regain our sense of connection and awareness of the interdependence of all that exists. Pope Francis calls us to ‘a serene attentiveness’ to nature…
............and the question Ruth Poses in her presentation.How can we develop a more contemplative attitude and a deeper sense of the sacredness of all creation?
Ruth explained that most of her preparation for this reflection used a booklet / resource created by the Justice Contacts of the Union a number of years ago. I am sharing that resource below.
SDGs-CONTEMPLATIVE DIALOGUE 22 July 2018, Final.pdfSr. Mary T explained that we should make contact with the other Focus Groups to try to find our what they have done or are doing in respect of their work to honour and advance the care / rights of the earth. We should also try to ascertain the extent to which this work cross cuts with the IPA UN Focus to "End Violence Against Women and Children". (Brian agreed to do this and to put the collated results into a powerpoint for the next meeting.
In an effort to ascertain where to next for our group we took the decision not to reinvent the wheel and that we could look to what we have prepared already ( see reflections above) and the imminent Laudato Si Action Platform as the Congregational Leadership Team have signed us all up to this programme.
Brian agreed to take a look to see what an how we can move on the Laudato Si Action Platform taking into account our SDG commitments. We also are reminded that some communities are very small and we must reasonably look at how the platform might apply in smaller as well as in larger communities.
At our meeting and for our reference we were referred to an article that appeared on the Global Catholic Climate Movement's Website.
Q & A with Sr. Sheila Kinsey, advocating for Earth through Sowing Hope for the Planet
Q & A with Sr. Sheila Kinsey, advocating for Earth through Sowing Hope for the Planet
from the Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM) on June 18th and this article can be found here
Next meeting: August 26th 2021 (One Hour).
Reflection from Sr. Pat and Carrie.
What the Other Focus groups are doing re Care For the Earth. (Brian)
Laudato Si Action Platform (an overview - Brian) and how we might see how the platform applies to each of us where we live and work,
Resources
Inflection Point by Gwynne Dyer here (This was forwarded to us by Sr. Clo Martin NL)
Embracing Care for our Common Home (aslo sent to us by Sr. Clo) - see below,
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