Response to Climate Change event
‘Renewing the Earth' hosted by Social Policy Connections.
Speakers at the Climate Change event on Thursday 26 July at Newman College were Mrs Penny Evans and Columban priest Dr Charles Rue. Penny is from the citizens based Kooyong Climate Action Coalition. She spoke on the science of climate change, its implications for Australia and suggested actions to slow the change. Father Rue mapped a way for Catholics, in cooperation with other faiths, to respond to the reality of Climate Change as a faith issue. ...(full report)
Climate Change Prayer
| God, Creator and Sustainer, free us from ignorance about your gift of Earth. Inspire us to act together in respect for your gift and relate with humility to Earth's rhythms. May we welcome the truth when scientists speak of climate change, and reject false pathways designed to confuse. Help us to urge our politicians to take urgent action and moral decisions in negotiating sustainable living. Ground all our thoughts in your revealing Scriptures and the wisdom of holy women and men who have gone before us to help build a new creation as followers of your Cosmic Son. Give us a discerning spirit to work with the ecological and the human, uniting the social and the economic realities of this world, and a spirit of respect and compassion able to imagine pathways of harmony. Amen. |
