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For Catholic Sisters Week, Green Bay Franciscans raise up their charism to care for creation
… examples of their ecological sustainability practices on social media — including their solar panel array — as well as eco-centered prayers and suggestions for ways everyone can live in … land available for people to grow their own fruits and vegetables. In 2014, they installed 686 solar panels — enough to provide roughly half the convent's electricity needs — the array was …
Mar 14, 2023
Church helps mining community evolve in dark, warming Arctic
… institution in Longyearbyen that he hopes to run as "green" as possible, including with solar panels. For several months in the spring and summer, the sun never sets in Svalbard, just …
Feb 2, 2023
In 'To the End,' four women of color fight to preserve our planet
… she exclaims, recalling what feels like a baptism. "This isn't about whether we switch to solar panels. It is first and foremost a spiritual battle." This encapsulates why the film has …
Jan 27, 2023
Catholic organization helps Mozambique prepare for and adapt to climate impacts
… Caritas has also been supporting cleaner energy infrastructure in Mozambique by installing solar-powered boreholes for those resettled in safe zones. About 60% of Mozambique's 33.3 million …
Jan 24, 2023
Catholics prioritize climate work amid Nigerian elections, but campaigners say it's off the agenda
… should be attached to the climate change agenda for the country, covers ambitious programs in solar expansion and a doubling of gas power generation among other cleaner energy sources. Yet it …
Jan 19, 2023
How Catholic institutions are building sustainability into aging infrastructure
… table and a statue of the school mascot, Rock E. Hawk. There's also consideration of adding solar panels to Sedgwick's roof. "This building's been here for 108 years, and the goal was to … . The $6 million project has expanded the retreat center to now accommodate 50 bedrooms. A new solar panel canopy sits atop carports at the monastery and provides nearly 100% of electricity for the Immaculate Conception Monastery. The solar project was designed and completed through the Catholic Climate Covenant's Catholic …
Jan 10, 2023
The unexpected way Pope Benedict helped me learn to pray with all creation
… Vatican declared pollution among the "social sins" of the world and in 2008 installed 2,700 solar panels on the roof of the Paul VI auditorium. The late pope's World Day of Peace address on …
Jan 5, 2023
The first green pope: How Benedict's eco-theology paved the way for Francis
… the glimmer of sunlight reflecting off the roof of a nearby building. The source, 2,400 solar panels atop the Paul VI Audience Hall, stands as a lasting symbol at the Vatican of the … papacy, which ended in 2013, when he became the first pope to resign in 600 years. The solar array and a hybrid popemobile were among visible actions taken by Benedict that led him to … his later years, he famously adopted use of a hybrid popemobile , and expressed a desire for a solar-powered model. In 2007, a month after the Vatican announced the solar array for the Paul VI …
Jan 4, 2023
Inflation Reduction Act clause makes it easier for churches to go green
… (the Diocese of) Richmond is doing a lot and (the Diocese of) Arlington's doing a lot of solar and energy-efficiency projects. (The Archdiocese of) New York is doing some. But a lot of … dioceses aren't focused on this yet." Parishes may be gung-ho over the prospect of installing solar panels, but "at a diocesan level it does need a buy-in from the bishop, that's for sure," … for the Passionists out of New York. We're talking to folks in Puerto Rico about residential solar projects." In Florida, where most of the state's electricity is generated from coal-fired …
Dec 9, 2022
In Advent, we hope and wait. Climate change doesn't lend itself to either.
… to have these concerns. Pope Benedict XVI was referred to as the "green pope" after he had solar panels installed on the roof of the papal audience hall. Both liberal and conservative …
Dec 3, 2022
Catholics in Puerto Rico pursue solar as preferred energy solution
… but many people across the rural municipality of Adjuntas never lost power thanks to local solar infrastructure. After Casa Pueblo made headlines for maintaining power at its headquarters … They have praised the lower cost of rooftop solar compared to solar farms and rooftop solar's ability to create local wealth and cooler buildings. In his pastoral letter, González …
Dec 1, 2022