Ecology at the Heart of Faith
by: Denis Edwards
Orbis Books. Maryknoll, NY. 2006.

An Excerpt from the Introduction

One of the gifts we have received from the twentieth century is a picture of Earth as our shared home. The human community of the twenty-first century can see Earth as a blue-green planet set against the darkness of interstellar space. We are able to think of our home planet in the context of the vast distances of the Milky Way Galaxy and of the roughly one hundred billion galaxies that make up the observable universe, and be led to a new appreciation of Earth’s beauty and hospitality to life. We can see human beings as part of a global community, interconnected with other species and with the life systems of our planet. This represents a precious new moment in human cultural history.

At the same time we are confronted by the damage human beings are doing to the atmosphere, the soil, … continue reading…

“When I rocked a child in pain, I comforted the suffering God.”  Follow Pat Fosarelli, M.D. along her heart warming journey away from and back home to God from the January 18-25, 2010 issue of America Magazine.  See how she is able to conquer her medical training and find answers to the overpowering questions asked from her youngest patients.

Being a Sister of a healthcare based order, I can tell you that it does in fact seem as though with every new medical breakthrough, a small portion of our faith-based healing dissipates. 

Medical technology can be explained…it is logical and can be tested and re-tested.  To many, God can not be explained or tested and re-tested.  God can not be scientifically proven in a test tube…but what about the miracles that occur in hospital rooms?  Miracles: the most wonderful, extraordinary things that cannot be explained.  Hmm… Sounds like “someone I know.”

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