entitled: laudato see, translated means: care hello and welcome to most say it -- mosaic. care for our common home, and on april 23, 2016, the archdiocese of san francisco will be hosting a workshop and everyone is invited. it will explore how to respond to the invitations extended by pope ranches in this document. i will be speaking with steven miller, one of the organizers of the workshop. he is the dream team chair at st. francis in san francisco.

steven and i will be discussing the workshop on april 23, and join us and take another step into the year of mercy. ,,

november 20, 2016. today wel step more deeply into the year of mery ex welcome back to mosaic. we will continue our journey in the year mercy, going through december 20, 2016, and we will step deeply into the year mercy and we will discuss the issues stated by pope francis last may. i invite you to begin with me in prayer. in the name of the father, the son and the holy's hair, and we recall that we are now always in god's presence. we say this prayer for our

earth. all-powerful god, your presence in the universe, and in the smallest of creatures and embraced with your tenderness, and put out upon as the power of your love that we may protect the life and beauty, and phyllis with peace that we can live as brothers and sisters, that harming none one. fill precious in your eyes. bring healing to our lives, that we may touch the world and not prey upon it, and that we may not pollution and destruction, and touch the hearts of those that look only for gain at the expense of the poor and the earth. teach us to discover the worst of each thing, to be filled with awe and contemplation, and to

recognize that we are united with every creature as we make this journey into your light. we thank you for being with us each day. we pray in our struggle for justice, love, and peace, a bin. -- amen. i love that he ins that document with that prayer, and this verse was written in 1740, originally written by the pope to inspire the bishop. written to promote the work of the church, and usually addressing topic of concern at that time. since the industrial revolution, the catholic church is instituting social encyclicals, that seek to help us to live as one human family more holy. this last encyclical was issued

last may, and the 10th social encyclical, and this is unique in that it was issued to every person living on the planet, and the letter provides an overview of the environmental purpose from a religious point of view. i have steven miller joining me today, one of the organizers of the workshop coming up on april 23 which will examine with us.>> i am with the state trisha -- saint teresa bible of paris. >> that is right, and you're on the bible team at saint teresa's, and the workshop is at saint ann's. i want the first begin by

asking what this means to you and how did it inspire you personally? >> for years with my work in marin county in my work at the parish in saint teresa's i have been focused on education and around the climate crisis. and we have a top-down directive and a called to action from the holy father to act and to internalize, and localize the climate issues that all of us on this planet are facing. it's the official church social teaching on the climate crisis, and it is giving us all permission to act. >> definitely. the thing that i was most struck by this document, and personally inspired, is that the pope is constantly saying we and our, stressing that we are all connected. and that is emphasized again and again that this is our

home, the planet earth, and that we are also connected. what are your reflections, and have you feel personally challenged by this document?>> pope francis is calling us all to connect with this logical conversion. the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the most poor and vulnerable in the bay area and across the planet. for the first time we are seeing new population of climate refugees. that is our responsibility to address. we need to be mindful of how we act locally, and how are our actions impact the planet and others.>> definitely. one problem he identifies in the document is what he calls the ante post centrism where we think we are the most important human being. our culture in the u. s., and i seated myself, to only think

about my needs and my goals, and that is such a challenge to think about the we end the connectedness of all of us. i saw how he talks about the remedy, and really cultivating this interior attended is -- attentiveness of heart to be present with every creature, person, being. >> that's right. we have all of the resources we need to sustain the planet, but we need to act in a connected pattern, not just our needs in the bay area or in the united states, but across the planet.>> right. and i love how he does this. how he says we have to prayerfully change ourselves as well as all of these things that you are talking about. how do we cultivate a certain attitude for spiritually, and then going out to change how we interact with the world.

>> we need to be internalizing the culture of conservation and environmental mindedness, but we also have to act. it's not enough to believe and inspired, but we must also act. >> we will talk about the different ways we will begin to take action when we come back, and we hope that you join us. thank you.

welcome back to mosaic and we are discussing the newest encyclical, care for the common home. with me is steven miller, the organizer of the upcoming workshop, and being held april 23, 2016 at the saint ann's parish in san francisco.

we spoke about what the document is and the spiritual imitation to we have found in this, let's talk about the practical pieces. in the encyclical the holy father stresses time again how the environmental crisis deeply affects the war, and discusses the issue of water, pollution, diversity in the city, decline in the quality of life, global inequality, and the suspected paradigm. and it sounds very bleak, and he says that there is much to be sorrowful about, but that there is also reason to have hope and joy. i know with a theology background for myself, and the thing that resonated the most, where i found hope was the models that he lifted up. the model of jesus, saint francis. and how they work selling love with all of god's creation, and

jesus went off in referred to the creation, and remind people to be like the lilies of the field. so many different references to nature, that jesus was in nature and mindful of nature. that really resonates with me spiritually, but i would love to hear from your perspective, and where do you find practically the source for hope ? >> i am practical and how i approach thing. jesus and saint francis are universal models, but we can have a local more practical model for raising awareness and taking action through improving the environmental performance and the pears, engaging parishioners around education and actions in our community. in this faith-based community and elsewhere. in connecting all of us in the area, the region, the planet, around the environmental crisis. the beauty is that we don't

have to figure this out for ourselves, and we see the diocese of san francisco and those engaging in some impressive programs and approaches that others can replicate and taylor for themselves. at saint teresa's, we just finished the greenhouse gases and emissions and we found there was a 7% greenhouse emission savings in year-over- year because of the actions that we took with our parish, our clergy. that is exciting, and we want to do more. i was talking some people in palo alto that have facility eyes to their facility, and another parish is looking at local sustainable food access. in marin, looking at theology and spirituality, and how to inspire others. these things are happening. let's just get it out there. >> that is incredible.

in the document he talks about one of the ways that we can resolve this, and he does believe, and i believe, that this is fixable. that this environmental crisis is fixable. >> it is urgent, we need to act, but there is time to act. >> one thing is dialogue, and the other is education. it sounds like in some of the parishes in the bay area, the dialogue is happening on the parish level, and now this workshop gives us the opportunity to talk with one another. >> and within the parish connection. it was not until i had the support of my pastor to be more vocal and we found out from a leading scientist that is in our parish, and now an integral part of our green team. talking about environmental issues, and we have number of directors that are looking for resources and ways to take action to reduce their carbon footprint, and listening and

hearing what the needs are. in education, looking at these young students through the seniors, and how can we inspire, inform and provide the information resources for taking action. once you have the information, you have the responsibility to act, and we want to support everyone in the cause. >> that is fantastic. talk to us and tell us what the green team does. >> we were thinking of this more expensively, it's a great thing that is not thinking of just recycling and composting. it's thinking and looking at the needs, interests and talents in the parish in terms of people and the situation, and in terms of the community, and where can parishioners take action. and we get the input of ideas, and coming up with specific and tangible projects and initiatives, and practice for

taking action. >> if there are parishioners that are watching this they would like to get something started at their parish, what would you encourage them to do? >> come to our workshop on april 23 and we will talk more about it. and you can also go to our website www.sfarch.org/green. and we talk about the greenhouse gas emission inventory, and how we got there.>> the holy father talks about the ecological education and spirituality. >> the basis is the scientific knowledge, and pope francis is building on the data that is out there, and bring it to a new level of consciousness and spirituality. >> definitely. when he is talking about the ecological conversion, there is

a comment, i think taken from the bishop in africa where they were saying that they got together and were talking about the environmental crisis. they were reflecting on the deserts, and the deserts on the globe are getting vaster because of the desert of our heart getting vaster. and i thought of hildegard, this wonderful woman from the 12th century and now the doctor and of the church, and she would talk about this greening power. it was almost like she was making up her own definition of the word before greening and green teams, and recycling and all of that. for her it meant to be healthy as a person. but she also painted, and she had beautiful paintings where she was trying to reflect how everything in the cosmos is

connected. every person is connected to the earth and every other person, and the earth is connected to the rest of the universe, and enjoy for this -- in order for this to be healthy, you have to have that greening within yourself and in your society. >> that's right. we may be facing more expenses of the deserts, and where folks have limited access where they need to live a healthy. and other areas of the planet may be rich and flush with that. we need to bring our planet back into a stasis and stable state. one way to do that is to act locally, and figure out ways to take the local action that can benefit more broadly.>> we will talk more about your upcoming workshop on april 23 when we come back, please join us. thank you.

welcome back to mosaic where we are diving into the meeting and implications to the nearest encyclical care for our homes. with the organizer of the upcoming workshop, steven miller. let's talk about your upcoming workshop. i think this is a wonderful opportunity, especially when we see the holy father encouraging us to have dialogue with one another, and with those of a different faith, and those that are scientists and politicians, he wants everyone to be part of the dialogue. i think it's wonderful that we start here, and providing this workshop that will give us an opportunity to talk to one another and give us ways to respond. can you speak more about it and talk about the format. >> thank you.

april 23 is the start of the archdiocese in a wide like dog -- why dialogue, and care for creation, and we should be leading in the bay area. the leading model across the country and and elsewhere for the archdiocese. april 23 is meant to be the start for that, saturday, april 23 and a free event. you need to webster at our website, and we will have spanish translation available for those that may need it. we are very excited to have the archbishop provide an invocation for the event. before we hear from the keynote reverend doctor kenneth weir, focusing on the spirituality connection in our church and our faith lives. we will hear the panel, case

studies from archdiocese, in san francisco on what is happening, and the models that we would like to get out there, and we will be having a group discussion. then we will roll up the sleeves and get their hands dirty with three workshops, focusing on improving the environmental performance of the fairs, and dr. gail campbell will be leading that. specifically, there are very tangible steps and methods for looking at your paris, buildings and operations, and how the congregation uses the facilities. you and i will be leading in sessions engaging the parishioners from the gun to the old, and having facilitated conversations around that, and some of the approaches. what is happening already, what's working and what can be adopted, and also looking more broadly at the members from the catholic relief services talking about broader environmental justice issues

and connecting more broadly with the communities. that will be the format of the morning. it will start bright and early i believe it is 9 am and running through 12:30 pm.>> fantastic, and i am excited about presenting with you. the demographic that i work with, 18 to 40 years old it is an important issue. it's something on their radar, and they want to take action, and this is a wonderful way to engage with the demographic. >> that's right. just a reminder if you cannot join us on april 23, we have a wealth of resources, and we have these presentations at our website as sfarch.org/green.>> this is just the beginning, and you are hoping there will be more.

>> we are committed that there will be more, and there has to be more. we are hoping that april 23 will inspire and provide ideas for the other parishes, or developing and establishing care for the creation team in figuring out what they need and what to do with that effort. and moving forward. in october, before the end of the year of mercy, we look to reconvene those that are interested in the archdiocese and have the characterize asian teams come back together and talk to us about what they have done, their successes and challenges, and what they think of as the next step.>> that is great that there is already follow up being planned. >> april 23, 9 am to 12:30 pm, and it is free. people should register.>> by april 8 i believe, we are asking for folks -- april 15 for the folks to register. sfarch.org/green and we are

preparing for who is attending.>> it sounds like it will be very interactive. >> we are starting brought in with the spiritual message, and we will quickly get down to the concrete actions, models and how you can adopt these for your parishes, and seeking commitment from everyone at the workshop. one thing they will take back to their parents, their faith community, in terms of idea, in terms of action. >> thank you so much for being with us here today, and my pleasure talking with you about this. thank you all for joining us on this episode of mosaic and we hope to see you on april 23 at saint ann's. and we pray for our global planet hopefully we will see you on april 23. have a good day.

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