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The Earth Charter
The Earth Charter is a widely recognized, global consensus statement on ethics and values for a sustainable future. Developed over a period of ten years, in what has been called the most extensive global consultation process ever associated with an international declaration, the Earth Charter has been formally endorsed by over 2,500 organizations, including global institutions such as UNESCO and the World Conservation Union (IUCN). Click above to read the Earth Charter or download it in 30 different languages.
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Earth Concerns
Earth Concerns Articles view allHome/Land Committee Members Reflect on Communion within Earth CommunityA recent discussion among members of the Province Home/Land Committee revealed the diversity of approaches ... (more) Pope Francis: Good News for the Whole Earth Community by Sister Linda Neil, CSJ In my new ministry at St. Joseph,s Church in Schenectady, I have been able to ... (more) Let Us Learn Sustainability from Our Sponsored Ministry by Sister Mary Lou Dolan, CSJ Our 2013 Acts of Congregational Chapter urge us to partner with new eyes, joining "with ... (more) Provincial House Food Service Supports Sustainability by Sister Clare Pelkey, CSJ Supporting the preservation of the American family farm, reducing the carbon footprint of our supply ... (more) Adirondack Cabin Provides Exceptional View of the Overwhelming Beauty of God's Creation by Dorothy Hathway, CSJA I'm writing today from a small lake in the Adirondack mountains, five miles from the ... (more) Technology Can Help Us Contribute to the Sacredness of Life by Sister Debbie Timmis, CSJ As Lin Neil wrote in her article last month titled, "Awakening to Good News for ... (more) |
The Swamp White Oak: Earth Symbol of the Congregation
Sometime in the early 1990s, Sister Marion Honors, CSJ, who lives in The Studio at St. Joseph’s Provincial House in Latham, discovered an immense tree on our grounds in the woods near a cemetery along Delatour Road. Sister Marion eventually learned that this was a Swamp White Oak, (also known as White Marsh Oak), and most likely the tree was over 350 years old. As excitement grew over the tree, members of the Sisters of St. Joseph in the Albany Province began to use it as a logo or symbol for the province. Truly, the roots of this tree connect symbolically with our own roots, not only because of the Marquise and Madame de La Tour Du Pin, who lived in what is now the Novitiate House after they fled the Revolution in France), but also because of the fact that the tree most likely began as a seedling at the same time that Father Jean Pierre Medaille, SJ, was joining with six women in France to found the Sisters of St. Joseph! This magnificent tree was chosen to be one of the sacred spaces on our property at the Provincial House. (See Swamp White Oak section.)
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