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EcoPhilly's Mission:

As part of the Laudato Si' Movement, our mission is to establish a network of creation care teams throughout the Archdiocese of Philadelphia that achieve measurable improvements in their local environment.

A Message from the Most Reverend Nelson J. Pérez, D.D.
Archbishop of Philadelphia

“In 2015, Pope Francis issued Laudato Si as a universal call for each of us to embrace personal responsibility for the care of God’s creation in the natural world around us. We all share a personal and societal duty to heed the Holy Father’s call.

I am grateful to this team for developing ecophilly.org inspired by Laudato Si, which provides information about the many threats to God’s creation and useful tips on how we can do our part to protect and to preserve this precious gift.
Please engage with these efforts to care for God’s creation."

Meditation

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Meditation

A meditation on the natural spaces in our own lives that may speak to us with an invitation to transform our lives in a way that better cares for, and nourishes, the earth. www.ecophilly.org www.nicholascollura.com

Conservation

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Conservation

Often, ecological action and contemplation touches political divisions in our world and in our church. We at EcoPhilly do speak of climate change but also emphasize other, interconnected ecological crises: the biodiversity crisis, for instance, and deforestation. We believe in empowering every faith community, "liberal" or "conservative" or something else, to find its own entry-point into these issues. We all need to work together and there's enough work to do. www.ecophilly.org

Care for Creation

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Care for Creation

Why should people of faith care about ecological spirituality and action? This is a brief trailer suggesting that it's a core value of Christianity and a great need of the world. Reach out to us for more information if you'd like to join a faith-sharing community of Christians with an ecologically based spirituality. www.ecophilly.org

Change Agent Churches

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Change Agent Churches

An introduction to the creation care work of EcoPhilly and an encouragement to help your faith community to become, in the words of Dr. Valerie Miles-Tribble, a "change-agent church." www.ecophilly.org

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