Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates
Gateway Greening, an FSM collaborator that sponsors organic, sustainable community gardens in the St. Louis area, held its annual Community Agriculture Conference Sunday, February 25, 2018. Five FSM—Srs. Sherri Coleman, Jeanne Derer, André Evanicsko, Marge O’Gorman, and Sandy Schwartz—attended.
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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates, West Lake Landfill
Sr. Sherri Coleman, FSM, wrote a letter urging the complete removal of all radioactive waste at West Lake Landfill; the letter was published Monday, February 26, 2018, in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Category: Caring for Creation, West Lake Landfill
The EPA’s proposed remedy for the radioactive waste illegally buried at the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton, Mo., removes only 70 percent of the radioactive waste, leaving 30 percent of the lethal material still in place. The Franciscan Sisters of Mary, in accord with neighbors and others concerned about our environment, find this remedy unacceptable.
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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates, Philanthropic Initiatives
Sr. Judy Bell, FSM Leadership, presented Donna Coble, executive director of Forest ReLeaf, with a contribution to support construction of the new pollinator garden at Forest ReLeaf’s center in Creve Coeur Park in St. Louis County.
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Category: Caring for Creation
Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker, who for many years collaborated with eco-theologian and Earth scholar Fr. Thomas Berry, will deliver the keynote address at Our Sacred Earth, Our Common Home: Reflection and Action on Laudato Si’.
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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates, Investing for Impact
Planet Indonesia, one of FSM’s impact investing partners, has been awarded the 2017 United Nations Equator Initiative prize for advancing nature-based local solutions for sustainable development. Out of 806 nominees from 120 countries, only 15 were chosen for this honor.
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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates, Philanthropic Initiatives
On October 30, 2017, five Franciscan Sisters of Mary joined members of the James Beard Foundation for a special gala as the culmination of a day of training for chefs and food advocates. Srs. Judy Bell, Fran Haarmann, Kathy Buchheit, Irma Kennebeck, and Marge O’Gorman celebrated the collaboration of the FSM and the James Beard…
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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates
Gateway Greening, a St. Louis organization that promotes urban gardening and helps residents and schools establish community gardens, provided a farm-to-table brunch on October 29 to mark the closing of its City Garden.
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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates, West Lake Landfill
On October 19 Bridgeton residents had the opportunity to express concerns about the West Lake Landfill at a listening session that included Albert Kelly, the EPA senior advisor to Administrator Scott Pruitt, and Cathy Stepp, the new acting regional representative.
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Category: Caring for Creation, FSM Updates, Investing for Impact
The Franciscan Sisters of Mary are pleased to announce that we have signed the “We Are Still In” pledge.
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