mother earth'S ARCHIVE

• Handing Over the Microphone

  
  

  • By Annemarie Barrett
  • On June 24, 2015

  “Les invitamos a escuchar a nuestras hermanas. Abrimos este espacio para que ellas puedan compartir sus experiencias. Ahora este espacio es para ellas.”  “We invite you all to listen to our sisters. We open this […]

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• Throwback Thursday in honor of Laudato Sii: Mother Earth Teaches

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On June 18, 2015

  Today Pope Francis releases his environmental encyclical “Laudato Sii,” whose name comes from Saint Francis’ of Assisi’s Canticle of Creation. In celebration, we reshare last summer’s series “Earth Mother Teaches: Digging Deeper into Faith, Community […]

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• Rooted in Mother Earth

  
  

  • By Annemarie Barrett
  • On March 27, 2015

  Life as a Franciscan missioner is full of transition and change. We learn to expect the unexpected and that we are never in control. And the more I reflect on it, the more I realize […]

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• “Necesitamos menos ciencia y más Pachamama”

  
  

  • By Annemarie Barrett
  • On January 16, 2014

  Continuing our series Sacraments and Social Mission: Living the Gospel, Being Disciples, current missioner Annemarie Barrett writes about her relationship with the Earth, its presence in her life, and her ongoing conversion. When I am […]

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• Spirit, Body, and Earth: A Missioner’s Transformation

  
  

  • By Annemarie Barrett
  • On January 14, 2014

  Continuing our series Sacraments and Social Mission: Living the Gospel, Being Disciples, current missioner Annemarie Barrett writes about her relationship with the Earth, its presence in her life, and her ongoing conversion. I did not […]

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• Sacraments and Social Mission: The Eucharist as Mystery

  
  

  • By Annemarie Barrett
  • On January 13, 2014

  Continuing our series Sacraments and Social Mission: Living the Gospel, Being Disciples, current missioner Annemarie Barrett writes about her relationship with the Earth, its presence in her life, and her ongoing conversion. As a Catholic, […]

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• Mission Monday: Community Gardens in Bolivia

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On April 22, 2013

  As a Franciscan organization rooted in the commitment of caring for creation, Earth Day is a very special time for us. We are especially joyous today because our newest lay missioners in Cochabamba, Bolivia have […]

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• Franciscan Friday: Coming Together to Be Good Stewards

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On March 15, 2013

  We wrap up this week’s Walking in Solidarity theme of “Investing in Solidarity: Stewardship of Resources” with a reflection by Br. Hermann Borg, OFM, a German friar serving in Kenya with the Mother Earth Network. […]

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• The Earth Day that Pachamama led an anti-litter campaign

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On April 22, 2012

  Missioner Jean Lechtenberg dressed up as Pachamama for Earth Day 2008 in Carmen Pampa, Bolivia To the indigenous peoples of the Andes, everything is inhabited by spirits – rocks, trees, mountains – but Pachamama is […]

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