 Welcome to the site of the Peace & Justice, Care of Creation Committee of St. Monica-St. George Parish Newman Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Here you will find the latest news and information.
We strive to raise awareness in our parish by offering
For questions, comments or to join us for a meeting, you may send an email under "Contact" or call the parish office at 513-381-6400. We hope you enjoy your visit and encourage you to check back often for updates! UPCOMING MEETING DATES!! NEW MEMEBERS WELCOME!!! All Meetings and Times: Noon to 1:30 PM-Second Floor of the Catholic Center Sept. 19th, 2010
Oct. 31th, 2010
Jan. 9th, 2011
March 13th, 2011
 Ann and Bob pose with Fr. Al and their sweet ride!  We collected 103 CFL bulbs.
PLASTIC CAPS FOR ST. FRANCIS
 Plastic Caps for St. Francis - 101,404 collected
Ohio Interfaith Power and Light
 Ohio Interfaith Power and Light is an affiliate of The Regeneration Project's national Interfaith Power and Light campaign. Our mission is to empower a religious response to climate change and to promote energy conservation, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. We focus on tangible results in religious communities - putting our faith into action. For more information on OIPL, click here. In August, 2008, St. Monica-St. George had an energy assessment taken for our parish. This assessment helped us to discover places where we could improve on our energy consumption. To see this report, click here. Cool Congregations Update
Congratulations to the contestants who have achieved all 5 steps of the St. Francis Pledge. In a small group setting we prayed together, learned about climate change, assessed our carbon footprints, acted to make changes in our lifestyles and homes and advocated with our Senators to address climate change to ensure that emerging nations have the funds necessary to adapt to changes from climate change.
We used the Low Carbon Diet by David Gershon.
Stay tuned as we work to achieve our pledged actions over the course of the next twelve months. The Cool Congregations Contest is part of our membership in Ohio Interfaith Power and Light. To learn more go to www.coolcongregations.com or www.ohipl.org
Here is our parish asssessment of our energy usage.
 Our Parish Participants in the Cool Congregations Contest!
 Cool Congregations Contestants (from left to right):
Maggi Yocis,Tom and Sally East, Jeanne Clark, Cindy Lewis, Leslie Clark, and Nell Wulff
 Tom East-How many Cool Congregations Contestants does it take to change a light bulb?
 Sally East, Dan and Cindy Lewis
| Mission
The Mission of the Peace, Justice & Care of Creation Committee is to inspire parishioners of St. Monica-St. George Parish Newman Center to live the gospel message of justice through education advocacy, charity and solidarity. Archdiocese of Cincinnati Social Action Office
The Catholic Social Action Office and Commision seek to empower Archdiocesan parishes, schools, Rural Life Conferences and other faith communities in the diocese to bring forth the Gospel call for peace ane justice by:
For more information: http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/socialaction/
UPCOMING EVENTS
by Moe Nieman I've been picturing layers and layers of crushed life.
All that is has become was-
Toys, pictures, clothes, food, lives
are now only memories for so many.
There are tears on a cheek
revealing the brokenness of a heart.
All will never be put back together
as it was Humpty Dumpty here.
I only pray that what's to come
will bring a normal that's new
to those eyes which are now
pleading to me.
ST. FRANCIS PLEDGE
To take the pledge and for more information on how to reduce your carbon footprint, go to the St. Francis Pledge Website.
 NEW WINDOWS IN OUR CENTER!!!
Our new windows will help reduce the SMSG carbon foot print. The double pane construction is energy efficient which will save energy in summer and winter. The windows can be opened to capture God's natural air conditioning reducing the need for running energy using air conditioning. Also, note the size of the glass in our windows have been reduced by putting a panel at the top, another energy saving feature.
Other websites to help you learn what you can do!
Marianist Environmental Education Center
The Marianist Environmental Education Center (MEEC) is an environmental education community in the Catholic tradition. In Mary's hope-filled spirit, we preserve and act in communion with the land and educate other communities in sustainability through ecology-based simple living, social justice and spirituality.
Empowerment Institute
Empowerment Institute’s Green Living Program helps individuals lower their environmental impact through adopting more resource efficient lifestyle practices.
www.empowermentinstitute.net (Low Carbon Diet by David Gershon)
Equal Exchange
Equal Exchange encourage consumers to purchase fair trade items, thus ensuring small farmers earn a living wage and use sustainable farming methods
New Dream News
Climate Wizard
TNC has introduced a new on-line tool that combines the latest scientific data and climate models with geographic information systems (GIS), statistical analysis, and web-based mapping to show the current situation and 50- and 100-year climate projections related to temperature and rainfall in the entire US and individual states - www.climatewizard. org
Lawn Reform Coalition
A new Lawn Reform Coalition recently launched their new website - www.lawnreform.org, This new resource includes Flickr photos of lawnless gardens, a Facebook group, printable materials for use in communities, a speaker bureau and a soon-to-be-released feature-length documentary. Promotes native plants /wildlife and sustainable gardening practices. 2660. |