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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 allMeet Sister Linda Neil: Presenter on Earth-Concern IssuesMeet Sister Linda Neil, CSJ! Sister Linda is the first Sister of St. Joseph of ... (more) Waiting for Bees by Sister Marion C. Honors, CSJ Last spring, my newly planted vegetable garden struggled through five weeks of rain and cold. (more) Indigenous Grandmothers Join Across the World On October 11, 2004, thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers from all over the world--the Alaskan Tundra, North, ... (more) Pope Benedict's Peace Message Reinforces Obligation to Care for Creation Pope Benedict XVI's 2010 Message for the World Day of Peace, "If You Want to ... (more) Climate Change and Wildlife: a Matter of the Heart by Sister Mary Ellen Curtin, CSJ Have you noticed a change in our seasons? This year the change seemed remarkable. (more) The Copenhagen Climate Summit: Two Perspectives by Sister Clare Pelkey, CSJ The following are two perspectives on the results of the Copenhagen Climate Summit. (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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