The time for action is now. 

2009 promises to be a pivotal year in local, state, national and global environmental issues. It is a time for courageous actions from our leaders, but all movements start and are sustained by ordinary citizens.
 

Please consider joining our ministry as we try to bring a truly Catholic prospective to the protection of our precious planet. Everyone- high schoolers to retirees are welcome and encouraged to join us.

We meet on the third Thursday of every month (except July and August). Our next meeting is June 17, 2010, at 7-9 PM at the Parish Life Center. Come pray, laugh and discover with us!

Questions? Contact Gerry Gacioch at onegreendoc@aol.com .

Community Garden

The community voted to use some of the seven acres the church owns to develop a community garden. We’re planning to start digging in the spring of 2010. We’re thinking of a gift garden, in which the efforts will go to help feed those in need. Crops are potatoes and onions that soup kitchens can readily use. There will also be individual gardens available for parishioners to plant their own vegetables. Please join us at our meetings to get involved and learn more. Information will be made available in the bulletin soon. For additional information contact the moderator onegreendoc@aol.com or for publicity jdztechw@rochester.rr.com.

Recycle Bottle Caps

Plastic bottle caps, which can’t be processed by recycling machinery, have a negative impact on our environment as they end up in landfills, oceans, rivers and sometimes in the mouths of sea animals. If you put into the Monroe County recycling blue bins, caps back on the bottles they are chopped off and with loose caps put in the land fill. However, the Care of God’s Creation ministry has a plan. Learn more

Community Supported Agriculture

The premise of The Community Supported Agriculture Program (CSA) is simple: create a partnership between local farmers and nearby consumers. Consumers support of the farm by paying in advance (at the beginning of the growing season when the farmer needs financing) and receive the freshest, healthiest produce throughout the season and keep money, jobs and farms in the local community. Learn More  about the program.

Pope Benedict and U.S. Bishops Call Us To Take Action on Global Climate Change

Photographs from the U.S. Apollo space missions show earth beautiful in the stillness of space. The earth is our home given to us by God. God trusts us to care for the gift of the earth for ourselves and for future generations. Yet, a broad consensus of modern science is that human activity is polluting earth’s atmosphere causing earth’s climate to change. This pollution (called greenhouse gas) is caused when we burn coal, oil, and natural gas in power plants, vehicles, and buildings. Scientists believe climate change is dangerous and, if it continues, human health will suffer, agriculture could be at risk, we could experience water shortages and drought, floods, coasts will be swamped by rising seas, animal extinctions, diseases, and other unpleasant impacts – all vastly changing the earth God has given us for our home.