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Fr. Séamus Finn, OMI, Offers a Faith Perspective at Responsible Mining Leadership Forum October 21st, 2026
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“I am participating in the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) Responsible Mining Leadership Forum, being held in London, England, October 19–21, 2026, as a representative of the Mining and Faith Reflections Initiative (MFRI).”
“The Mining and Faith Reflections Initiative (MFRI) looks to a global mining sector that contributes to a just, dignified and flourishing life for all people and ecology. It supports global faith communities and convenes courageous, trusted dialogue encouraging continued transformation in the mining sector to ensure it serves the needs of humanity and ecology now and into the future.”
(Fr. Séamus Finn, OMI)
PROGRAM REPORT: https://bit.ly/4iwISQM
WEBSITE – Mining and Faith Reflections Initiative: https://mfri-global.org/
WEBSITE – International Council on Mining and Metals: https://www.icmm.com
GLOBAL MAP CAPTION: Global mine locations mapped onto vulnerability of biodiversity
Oblates Daily Prayer October 21st, 2026
Every day the Oblate Community and Family in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales publish a short reflective morning prayer video, created by members. Please join in daily from where you are.
Visit their Youtube channel for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/@TheOblates
Wise Builders: A Prayer with Magnifica Humanitas October 14th, 2026
Wise Builders: A Prayer with Magnifica Humanitas
Prepared by Fr. Rohan Dominic, CMF — Coordinator, Claretian Missionaries Team @ the United Nations
Pope Leo’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity), invites us to reflect on human dignity and the ethical challenges of artificial intelligence, from its effects on work and relationships, to questions about who controls data and whose interests technology serves.
As technology advances, how can we ensure that it protects human dignity and serves the common good?
🙏 Explore this resource with us and take a moment to pray and reflect that AI’s development and use are guided by human dignity, moral responsibility, and the common good
DOWNLOAD PRAYER: https://bit.ly/4zy5qXk
2026 Season of Creation Final Reflection October 2nd, 2026
(Reflections by Maurice Lange, Justice & Peace Director at Presentation Sisters & founder of the Oblate Ecological Initiative)
We are ending the Season of Creation with this last Reflection inspired by Pope Leo’s letter and theme for the observance:
“They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks” — (Isaiah 2:4)
REFLECTION: “…God does not leave us without the means of healing and transformation.” Along with this assurance, Pope Leo encourages us in our call to safeguard ecosystems…and, he also challenges us to imagine.
Safeguarding and imagining. Safeguarding requires God’s gift of strength. Imagining is plainly counter-cultural.
As we near the end of this Season of Creation:
-What “ecosystem” are you actively safeguarding?
-Devote at least twice as much time to imagining as you currently do!
ACTION: Leo links the imagining of a world beyond war with our faith in the coming of God’s kingdom. Author Philip José Farmer once said “Imagination is like a muscle”. Strengthen your ability to imagine & envision! Here are some exercises! (https://www.thedailymeditation.com/imagination-exercises)
“Because Christ’s promises appeal to our imagination: they help us to imagine in a new way our lives, our history and the future of humanity.” – Pope Francis in an Audience, 5/27/23
FULL REFLECTION: https://bit.ly/3TeImgQ
Visit the Presentation Sisters, US Province’s WEBSITE: https://pbvmunion.org/…/laudato-si-action-platform…/
Fr. Raymond Cook, OMI Reappointed as Provincial Superior of the US-Province October 1st, 2026
On September 24, 2026, the Superior General
with the consent of the Council, appointed
Fr. Raymond Clark COOK as Superior of the US Province
for a second term
OMI JPIC extends Congratulations & Prayers to Fr. Raymond Cook, OMI on his reappointment as Provincial Superior of the US-Province
