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Celebrate National Pollinator Week: June 17-23 June 19th, 2024
Join us in celebrating National Pollinator Week 2024 at La Vista Ecological Learning Center and everywhere! Pollinator Week is a celebration of the vital role that pollinators play in our ecosystems, economies, and agriculture.
Benefits of Native Pollinator Gardens
01 – Offset threats to the monarch butterfly migration
02 – Assure pollinators a diverse food source throughout the season
03 – Provide herbicide-free nectar for a variety of pollinators.
Pollinators are responsible for every third bite of food we eat, and because their disappearance creates a hole in the ecosystem, we consider this effort important in contributing to the integrity of creation.
2023 OMI JPIC Year in Review February 8th, 2024
In this video we are recap some of our activities in 2023, as we look forward to exciting opportunities in 2024. We express gratitude for the collective efforts that brought us together in 2023, making a positive impact on our world. Let’s carry this spirit into this new year.
Video: Laudato Trees planting program enlists Catholic properties to help increase DC’s canopy October 27th, 2023
(VIDEO includes interview with Fr. Séamus Finn , OMI)
Several trees were recently planted at OMIUSA property in Washington, DC by Laudato Trees program, in partnership with local nonprofit Casey Trees.
The collaborative effort seeks out Catholic locations to plant trees to increase green spaces around Washington, DC and “as a way to more deeply ingrain Laudato Si’ and church teachings around environmental justice across the Washington Archdiocese.”
National Catholic Reporter Article: https://bit.ly/45Op16f
United In Faith – The Oblates Daily Prayer April 13th, 2023
Every day we publish a short reflective morning prayer video, created by members of the Oblate Community and Family in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Please join us daily from where you are.
Visit our Youtube channel for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/@TheOblates
In the Spirit of Laudato Si: Missionary Oblates Connect Communities with the Environment September 7th, 2022
In his encyclical Laudato Si’– On Care for Our Common Home (2015), Pope Francis wrote, “Whether believers or not, we are agreed today that the earth is essentially a shared inheritance, whose fruits are meant to benefit everyone. For believers, this becomes a question of fidelity to the Creator, since God created the world for everyone. Hence, every ecological approach needs to incorporate a social perspective which takes into account the fundamental rights of the poor and the underprivileged.” View the Vatican’s Laudato Si Action Platform online.
The COVID 19 epidemic has shown that our lives and actions are inextricably linked to those around us, including the environment. The seven-year Laudato Si‘ Action Platform offers a fresh opportunity for each of us to commit to complete sustainability in the spirit of Laudato Si. Oblates JPIC is promoting the following works from Oblates and allies in the province as a step toward integral ecology.
Watch a video introducing OMI JPIC’s Laudato Si Action Report.
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to scroll through OMI JPIC’s Laudato Si Action Report.
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