 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! BREAD FOR THE WORLD OFFERING OF LETTERS UPCOMING MEETING DATES!! NEW MEMBERS WELCOME!!! All Meetings and Times at Noon to 1:30 pm on the Second Floor of the Catholic Center:
ECOLOGICAL ART
High efficiency bulbs, reused flowers and fair trade coffer beans.
 HEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL Heifer International Ark Goal-$5,000 To date we have raised $5,000 dollars. WE REACHED OUR GOAL!!!  We collected 103 CFL bulbs.
PLASTIC CAPS FOR ST. FRANCIS
 Plastic Caps for St. Francis - Caps total-151,838 collected saving 23,070,000 BTU's or 186 gallons of gasoline
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
In December 2010, SMSG won the SW Ohio OHIPL Contest.
SMSG will receive $1,000 to help reduce our Parish footprint.  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 FEBRUARY Feb. 1-Archdiocese Climate Change Task Force Meets-6:30 PM in the SM-SG library
Feb. 5-IHN begins. Volunteers welcomed. DID YOU KNOW?????Feb. 5-St. Francis Pledge Resuse Craft Class from Noon to 1PM-Second Floor Community Room-register Feb. 5 Fair Trade Sales after the 8:15 and 10:30 masses. Valentine's Day treats too.
Feb. 18 Fair Trade Sales after the 4:30 mass
Feb. 19 Fair Trade Sales after the 10:30 mass COMING SOON! March 3-9AM to 4:30 PM "Proclaiming Our Human Dignity thru Solidarity", University of Dayton
Kennedy Union-Registration Fee Catholic Social Action - Archdiocese of Cincinnati March 31-OHIPL Earth Keeping Summit 8:30 AM Registration. 9:30 to 4:30 PM Location- Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau( A LEED-certified facility) 2201 Fred Taylor Drive, Duke Energy is offering free energy efficient light bulbs. If you have not received these previously, you are probably eligible. Call 1-800-943-7585. You will need your Duke Energy Account #, SS# and or phone #.  On April 2, 2011 St. Monica-St. George received $1,000 Grand prize for Southwest Ohio from Ohio Interfaith Power and Light. Steve, Nell Wulff-parishioners, Sr. Paula Gonzalez SC, and Bob Downs-members of the Board of Directors for OHIPL. 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
Catalogue Choice Stop junk mail and care for creation. www.cataloguechoice.org Catholic Mobilizing Network Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN)
proclaims the Church's unconditional pro-life teaching and its
application to capital punishment and restorative justice. CMN works in
close collaboration with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to
prepare Catholics for informed involvement in campaigns to repeal state
death penalty laws and expand or inaugurate restorative justice
programs.
http://catholicmobilizing.org Franciscan Action Network Transforming the world in the spirit of St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi. Action alerts, webinars, and resources and more. www.Franciscanaction.org Ohio Power and Light SM-SG is a member of Ohio Interfaith Power and Light. Their mission is to empower a religious response to climate change and to promote energy efficiency, conservation and renewable energy. http://ohipl.org Greater Cincinnati
Energy Alliance
A non--profit dedicated to helping you save energy and lower your utility bills. They offer energy assessments for your home and more. 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. |