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Lament, hurrah, call to action: An historic gathering of Christian ecologists...

Rich HeffernEco CatholicIn August, the summer of 1987, I covered an important conference for Praying, the bimonthly magazine on spirituality NCR once published. It’s nearly 25 years ago now. It was the...

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Thirsty for answers: Preparing for the water-related impacts of climate...

Rich HeffernEco CatholicU. S. cities should anticipate significant water-related vulnerabilities based on current carbon emission trends because of climate change, ranging from water shortages to more...

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Violence over land rights in northern Honduras challenges diocese

Rich HeffernEco CatholicBy Madeline Watkins, Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON (CNS) -- A fertile region in northern Honduras has been gaining international attention because of human rights abuses and...

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Lament, hurrah, call to action: An historic gathering of Christian ecologists...

Rich HeffernEco CatholicAt an evening prayer service toward the end of the conference, many of those attending circled around a bonfire out in the dark to pray. For an hour or more, petitions were...

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School Sisters of Notre Dame present eco-education in the Milwaukee area

Rich HeffernEco CatholicWe are in the midst of a massive up-welling of human potential, creativity, anger, and frustration." -- Barbara Marx Hubbard, futuristYou know about rising food and gas prices,...

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A more supple notion of who God is

Rich HeffernEco CatholicAs a kid raised in a large family with what he calls “healthy neglect,” the late Passionist Fr. Thomas Berry roamed the woods and fields around his home in Greensboro, N.C. At...

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How Christian and secular ecologists have moved from criticism to common ground

Rich HeffernEco CatholicFr. Bud Grant's regular column on the National Catholic Rural Life Network Web site discusses the relationship between Christian and secular ecologists over the last half...

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Richard Rohr and the 12 Steps: Going out to 'the inner room'

Rich HeffernEco CatholicBREATHING UNDER WATERSPIRITUALITY AND THE TWELVE STEPSBy Richard RohrPublished by St. Anthony Messenger Press, $15.99A quarter century ago, Franciscan Fr. Richard Rohr gave a...

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'Subdued by what we conquered': Pope Benedict's understanding of nature...

Rich HeffernEco CatholicBy David DeCosseDavid DeCosse is director of campus ethics programs at Santa Clara University in California.The whale flashed its bulk, like an island in the brilliant sun. The...

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A weekly message from your local hens

Rich HeffernEco CatholicI had lunch last week with Holy Cross Br. David Andrews, who is former director of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and now a representative at Washington-based Food...

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Lament, hurrah, call to action: An historic gathering of Christian ecologists...

by Rich Heffern Eco Catholic In August, the summer of 1987, I covered an important conference for Praying, the bimonthly magazine on spirituality NCR once published. It’s nearly 25 years ago now. It...

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Thirsty for answers: Preparing for the water-related impacts of climate...

by Rich Heffern Eco Catholic U. S. cities should anticipate significant water-related vulnerabilities based on current carbon emission trends because of climate change, ranging from water shortages to...

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Violence over land rights in northern Honduras challenges diocese

by Rich Heffern Eco Catholic By Madeline Watkins, Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON (CNS) -- A fertile region in northern Honduras has been gaining international attention because of human rights abuses...

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Lament, hurrah, call to action: An historic gathering of Christian ecologists...

by Rich Heffern Eco Catholic At an evening prayer service toward the end of the conference, many of those attending circled around a bonfire out in the dark to pray. For an hour or more, petitions...

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School Sisters of Notre Dame present eco-education in the Milwaukee area

by Rich Heffern Eco Catholic We are in the midst of a massive up-welling of human potential, creativity, anger, and frustration." -- Barbara Marx Hubbard, futuristYou know about rising food and gas...

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A more supple notion of who God is

by Rich Heffern Eco Catholic As a kid raised in a large family with what he calls “healthy neglect,” the late Passionist Fr. Thomas Berry roamed the woods and fields around his home in Greensboro,...

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How Christian and secular ecologists have moved from criticism to common ground

by Rich Heffern Eco Catholic Fr. Bud Grant's regular column on the National Catholic Rural Life Network Web site discusses the relationship between Christian and secular ecologists over the last half...

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Richard Rohr and the 12 Steps: Going out to 'the inner room'

by Rich Heffern Eco Catholic BREATHING UNDER WATERSPIRITUALITY AND THE TWELVE STEPSBy Richard RohrPublished by St. Anthony Messenger Press, $15.99A quarter century ago, Franciscan Fr. Richard Rohr...

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'Subdued by what we conquered': Pope Benedict's understanding of nature...

by Rich Heffern Eco Catholic By David DeCosseDavid DeCosse is director of campus ethics programs at Santa Clara University in California.The whale flashed its bulk, like an island in the brilliant...

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A weekly message from your local hens

by Rich Heffern Eco Catholic I had lunch last week with Holy Cross Br. David Andrews, who is former director of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and now a representative at Washington-based...

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