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Catholic
Environmental Service Projects
As the U.S. Bishops have written,
social ministry is at the core of parish life,
not a peripheral option. Catholic parishes and
dioceses are responding to God’s call to
serve their neighbors and care for the earth through
many and varied environmental
justice projects.
Rooted in scripture, nourished by worship and
prayer, guided by Catholic social teaching, these
activities have included:
- Support for small farmers, agricultural workers,
economically stressed rural communities, and
local food systems.
- Jobs programs, neighborhood clean-ups, community
gardens, and other efforts to improve the economic
and environmental circumstances of low-income
urban residents.
- International assistance that both relieves
poverty and contributes to the health of the
environment for people in the developing world.
Care for God’s creation has been expressed
in the restoration and preservation of woodlands,
wetlands, prairies and savannas by religious communities
such as St.
Benedict Center in Madison, Wisconsin, and
the Marianist Environmental
Education Center in Dayton, Ohio.
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The Church also
promotes environmental justice and stewardship
through major national agencies:
Find
resources for service and stewardship
projects by Catholic and other congregations.
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