The series will take place on Tuesdays,
September 8, 15, 22 and 29
6:00 – 7:30 pm
UNM Continuing Education
1634 University Blvd NE
South of I-40 & Menaul (East of I-25)
North of Indian School
WHAT’s HAPPENING?
Learn about, reflect on, and imagine the future of the Catholic Church under the inspiration of Pope Francis
Four unique sessions led by Professor Richard L. Wood, UNM Department of Sociology and former director of the UNM Religious Studies Program (Dr. Wood is an active Catholic and serves as a pro bono advisor to the U.S. Bishops’ Catholic Campaign for Human Development)
WHO’s INVITED ?
- D+E+I Members from nearly twenty parishes College Students, Parish Councils, Faculty, Religious, Deacons, Priests, Catholic Center
- Groups focusing on Social / Gospel Justice, Religious Formation, and Ecumenism
- Your friends and neighbors
Email your name and contact information to D+E+I: contact@DEIabq.org, or call Shirley Theriot 505.243.0525. Complimentary Registration; Donations accepted
New Mexico Interfaith Dialogue to Host Session on Laudato Si
The discussion will center on messages about intertwined social and environmental ecology that may be included in the Popes addresses to Congress September 24 and the United Nations the following day. Father Joseph Brinton, the new Rector of St. Michael’s, will join in the discussion for at least part of the meeting.
The monthly meetings have been moved to a later time to allow people who work to participate, and to accommodate Muslim Asr prayer time.
While Laudato Si has received a lot of attention lately, other faith communities have issued statements on climate change and environmental protection. Here are links to A Rabbinic Letter on the Climate Change Crisis (2015), Jewish Values and the Position of the Reform Jewish Movement on Climate Change (2009), Islamic Declaration on Climate Change (2012), Islamic Faith Statement on the Ecology (2003), Islamic Declaration on Sustainable Development (2002), and Episcopalians Confronting Climate Change. Here is a comprehensive list of Climate Change Statements from World Religions from The Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University.
