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: FSM Updates
On November 11, 2017, Mary Antona Ebo, FSM, Civil Rights legend and pioneer, passed away. On Monday, November 20, 2107, her FSM sisters, her family, and a myriad of friends and colleagues gathered at St. Alphonsus Liguori (Rock) Church to celebrate her life and mourn her passing.
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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: FSM Updates
Five FSM took part in the Holiday Open House for the Missouri Coalition for the Environment December 8.
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Category: FSM Updates, Philanthropic Initiatives
The St. Louis-based Incarnate Word Foundation, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary during 2017–2018, offered a special event November 16 at the Missouri History Museum as part of its anniversary observances. The viewing was a step toward reconnecting with the larger history of St. Louis race relations and reconsidering our perspective on them with the…
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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: FSM Updates
Sr. M. Antona Ebo, whose courageous words March 10, 1965, in Selma became a rallying cry for the Civil Rights movement, died Saturday, November 11, 2017, at her home at The Sarah Community in Bridgeton. She was 93 and had been a Franciscan Sister of Mary for 71 years.
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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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