"The environmental challenge that we are experiencing, and its human causes, affects us all and demands our response."
- Pope Francis, February 2016, Mexico
Dear
Friends,
WATERSPIRIT
is a center committed to informing, inspiring and enabling people to
deepen their consciousness of the sacredness and interdependence of
all creation. At this time of climate crisis on our common home, we
are urging all communities of faith to act now and to advocate for
the Care of Creation.
We
are sure that it is no surprise to you that Pope Francis, in his
encyclical “Laudato Si' - On Care For Our Common Home”, calls for
a “bold
cultural revolution”
to confront the environmental crisis Earth is currently facing. We
are inviting you to heed the Pope’s call by supporting, and, if
possible, joining in the March for a Clean Energy Revolution (CER)
this July in Philadelphia, PA.
Sunday,
July 24, on the eve of the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, thousands will march and present climate action demands
directly to our current and future national leaders. Integral to
the CER and the global movement for climate action
is the voice and advocacy from the faith community.
“An authentic
faith which is never comfortable or completely personal always
involves a deep desire to change the world, to transmit values, to
leave this earth somehow better than we found it. We love this
magnificent planet on which God has put us, and we love the human
family which dwells here, with all its tragedies and struggles, its
hopes and aspirations, its strengths and weaknesses. The earth is our
common home and all of us are brothers and sisters.” - Pope Francis
Leaders
from different faith communities have collaborated and created a “A
Call to Communities of Faith and Spirit” statement for the CER with
an opportunity for faith communities to sign on to the statement
online. We invite you to review the faith statement and to consider
signing on for the community you are representing, or for yourself
individually. Here is the link to the faith statement on the CER
website: Link to Faith Statement (Please feel free to share and forward the CER Faith Statement and
information).
“The future of
humanity does not lie solely in the hands of great leaders, the great
powers and the elites. It is fundamentally in the hands of people and
in their ability to organize. It is in their hands, which can guide
with humility and conviction this process of change.” - Pope
Francis
Climate
Change is a moral, ethical and justice issue. Climate change action
is a matter of justice. Justice for poor people who will be most
severely impacted by changing weather and rising seas and who have
the least capacity to adapt. Justice for future generations who will
inherit an unstable climate and potentially catastrophic rises in sea
level, migration of tropical diseases, and disrupted agricultural
production. Justice for all of creation that is threatened by climate
change.
Together
we can magnify the moral and ethical call for climate action by
advocating for the implementation of renewable energy solutions now.
As said by Mark Jacobson of Stanford University, a leader in the
transition to renewable energy, “The main barriers to getting to
100 percent clean energy are social and political, not technical or
economic.” We urge you to support the CER and the Faith Contingent
of the March for Clean Energy Revolution.
Thank
you for your consideration of this important action on behalf of all
life and the safety of our planet, “Our Common Home”. If you
have any questions, please feel free to contact us at WATERSPIRIT
732-923-9788 or water@waterspirit.org.
For more information on the CER go to:
http://www.cleanenergymarch.org/.
In
Peace,
Sr.
Suzanne Golas, csjp
Director
WATERSPIRIT
"We can no longer remain silent before one of the greatest environmental crisis in world history."
- Pope Francis, February 2016, Mexico
- Pope Francis, February 2016, Mexico
