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Our Green Issue  Editor's note: As concern for the environment raises new heights, it's worth exploring what Christians are doing about the crisis, and what Christian theology has to say. This package of stories highlights some of the ways Christians, particularly Roman Catholics, are grappling with the issue.
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The real Santa was a man of faith |
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Written by Sara Loftson, The Catholic Register
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Friday, 14 December 2007 |
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 While the original Santa Claus has been morphed into the secularized patron saint of shopping malls, some people are trying to peel away the layers of gift wrap to reveal the true St. Nick.
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Greening our sacred spaces |
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Written by John Bentley Mays
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Tuesday, 28 August 2007 |
 St. Joan of Arc |
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Leadership needed |
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Written by Gerard Kennedy, Catholic Register Special
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Tuesday, 28 August 2007 |
There is a powerful moral imperative for politicians of this generation when it comes to the environment. It is a call for leadership, for a consequential change in the way our society relates to nature — for a society that may not yet want it.
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Humanity, nature go hand-in-hand |
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Written by Mary Marrocco
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Tuesday, 28 August 2007 |
 Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
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Spirituality connected to the Earth |
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Written by Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
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Tuesday, 28 August 2007 |
 Ecotheology, a spirituality deeply connected to nature, reverence for the Earth, a strong conviction that the environmental crisis is a religious crisis of faith and morals — none of this should seem exotic, revolutionary or unorthodox to practising Catholics, according to University of St. Michael’s College liturgy professor Chris McConnell. In fact, it should be as familiar as the Mass.
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Forest project keeps space green |
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Written by Robert White, Catholic Register Special
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Tuesday, 28 August 2007 |
The resurrection of an old-growth forest is growing one square metre at a time.
The Jesuit Collaborative for Ecology, Agriculture and Forestry started fund-raising for the Old Growth Forest Project in November 2006 and has raised $70,000, half in the $20 for a square metre donation. One anonymous donor sponsored $35,000 worth of square metres.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 28 August 2007 )
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Northern culture threatened by melting ice caps |
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Written by Sara Loftson, The Catholic Register
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Monday, 27 August 2007 |
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 An ice-fisher from Sachs Harbour, NWT, and a sugar-cane farmer from the Fiji Islands have more in common than some may think.
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Spiritual journey includes love of the land |
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Written by Robert White, Catholic Register Special
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Tuesday, 28 August 2007 |
 GUELPH, Ont. - In a recent Ignatius Loyola News newsletter, Fr. Jim Profit, S.J., wrote, “After working in the garden all day, I felt tired, stiff and sore, yet completely revived and bore my dirty fingernails with pride. Working with soil is an experience of the soul for me…. There is something about this land that invites the experience of community, life and God.”
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 28 August 2007 )
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Organics good for body and soul |
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Written by Caitlin Badger, The Catholic Register
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Tuesday, 28 August 2007 |
 It’s not just about avoiding pesticides any more. In fact, if you choose wisely, the food you eat can help to ensure more than just your own health. According to Community Sharing Agriculture farmer Heather Lekx, choosing to eat organic foods should also help to put your conscience at ease.
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Jesuit feast celebrates the bountiful harvest |
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Written by Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
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Tuesday, 28 August 2007 |
Mary Sojczynsky is looking forward to chowing down at the fourth annual Organic Harvest Feast at Guelph’s Ignatius Jesuit Centre Sept. 15.
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Finding the sacred in the tundra |
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Written by Joseph Sinasac, CR Publisher and Editor
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Tuesday, 28 August 2007 |
 BURLINGTON, Ont. - For 32 summers, Prof. Josef Svoboda and a small band of students would trundle off from Toronto to Canada’s far north where they would spend their days measuring tiny flowers, counting samples of small plants and monitoring weather patterns and the melting of glaciers. And in the long evenings under the midnight sun, they would talk about life, the universe and God.
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Cap-and-trade system keeps markets honest |
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Written by Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
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Monday, 27 August 2007 |
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 If capitalism can save the planet, it’s running out of time in Canada where market-based approaches to greenhouse gas reduction have yet to be tried.
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Di Caprio takes us to environmental hell |
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Written by Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
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Monday, 27 August 2007 |
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 The Redemptorist Fathers used to be famous for three-day parish retreats. Many of the older men in the order can tell stories of years they spent driving town to town, spending a week in each parish they visited concluding with a marathon of preaching.
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World’s poor feeling effects of climate change |
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Written by Jennifer Burke, Catholic News Service
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Monday, 20 August 2007 |
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 ROCHESTER, N.Y. - When Hippolyt Pul was a young boy, farmers in his home country of Ghana often referred to the feast of the Ascension as “the feast of the bean leaf.”
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Kairos conference to tackle climate change |
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Written by Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
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Monday, 27 August 2007 |
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 As Kairos — Canada’s national, ecumenical social justice coalition — rolls out its newest campaign, suburbanite and activist Dorothy Wilson is excited.
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D&P: environmentalists from day one |
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Written by Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
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Monday, 27 August 2007 |
 The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace has helped finance 49 projects or organizations around the world with an environmental focus between 2002 and 2007. |
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