Author: Roz Parr
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Witnessing the humanity of immigration
Creative Spirit, come descend…
Earth Day, Every Day: Sisters inspire students to be stewards of our Earth
In our Mercy schools, Earth Day, April 22, is not a one-off event to celebrate the environment. The annual commemoration underscores their dutiful year-round efforts to cultivate not only a greener planet but also more conscientious, knowledgeable and compassionate stewards of creation, our future leaders.
A Cry for the Earth: Panama and the Pastoral Letter on integral ecology
Panama has achieved a historic milestone in its fight against mining, thanks to the unrelenting will of Panamanian people who, every day for a month, took to the streets to protest against a controversial contract signed with First Quantum Minerals a Canadian mining company. This contract would have meant another 20 or even 40 years of exploitation of metals such as copper and gold in the Mesoamerican region, the most biodiverse area of the country.