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Care for Creation
Read how we are committed to education, advocacy, and action for the sale of Earth, our Common Home.
Green burials and our faith
The practice of green burial is completely consistent with the Catholic faith and its tradition of burying the dead.
Composting as an Act of Transformation
When we turn what we would normally discard (food scraps and yard waste) into fertile, living soil teeming with microbial life, this is an act of transformation.
Lessons from the bees
There are countless lessons we can learn from these tiny insects about working together and self-sacrifice for the good of the whole.
Ways to have a green Christmas this year
Our EarthCARE committee wishes everyone the blessings of Advent and a Christmas season marked by giving that enhances the life of Earth, our Common Home.
Planting and tending seeds
A beautiful spirit of collaboration is renewing the face of the Earth here in Scranton.
“Let Peace and Justice Flow Like a River.”
On the eve of September 1, 2023 IHM Sisters and friends gathered in the Friendship Garden to celebrate the beginning of the Season of Creation—September 1 to October 4.
Season of Creation: “A Mighty River”
From September 1 to October 4, 2023, our EarthCARE committee invites us to pray with and explore this year’s theme of “Let Justice and Peace Flow” rooted in the prophet Amos’ cry to, “Let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream.”