A
collaborative
project with support from the Sisters of the Holy Names
Dedicated
to the mission of education. Within this mission, we
promote justice and create community.
The purpose of this website is to offer educational and informational
resources in support of our SNJM commitment to becoming a transformative
presence in the world.
"We stand at a critical moment in Earth's history, a time
when humanity must choose its future...To move forward we
must recognize that in the midst of a magnificent diversity
of cultures and life forms we are one human family and one
Earth Community with a common destiny." (Earth Charter)
"We are one human family and one earth community
with a common destiny" so when we humans cause species to
become extinct and destroy the biological diversity of the
natural world, when we cause changes to earth's climate through
global warming, and when we degrade the integrity of Earth
by contaminating her waters, land, air and life with poisonous
substances, we diminish the vitality and compromise the integrity
of this One Community of Life on Earth. Fundamentally these
are moral and ethical issues and the responsibility of everyone.
The care of the natural world is also a matter of justice.
It is a matter of ecological justice as well as social and
economic justice because, as we all know, the environmental
degradation that comes from say, global warming and climate
change, always disproportionately affects adversely, the poorest
and most vulnerable people in our local communities and throughout
the world - and they are the least able to deal with it.
"Let ours be a time remembered for the awakening of a new
reverence for life, the firm resolve to achieve sustainability,
the quickening of the struggle for justice and peace, and
the joyful celebration of life." (Conclusion - Earth Charter)
Sister Mimi Maloney SNJM; Sister Katherine Gray SNJM
Letter to the Editor
The Olympian
September 2008
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