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Intimately related – even to elements Same unifying source and purpose

At oneness with all

Living right means unconditional loving relationships

Life is a cycle – death is not the endAll of Creation accompanies us as we journey

together to make God’s Kin(g)dom come© 2009 Lucy Slinger, FSPA, Ph.D.

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Franciscan Trinitarian & Incarnation Interpretation

Creator

WordSpirit

CreationIncluding

Jesus

LOVE IS RELATIONAL

•All inclusive•Overflowing•Infinite•Unconditional

Fountain-fullnessOverflowing & outpouring

as

LOVE’S Emanation & Return© 2009 Lucy Slinger, FSPA, Ph.D.

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“Incarnation means that creation is theco-beloved of God, not a commodity for human consumption. God loves creation so much that God has entered into it in a personal way. To participate in the family of creation is the most fundamental Christian stance for those who claim to believe in the Body of Christ.” p169 Care for Creation, Delio, Warner & Wood, 2008

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BiocentricHumans part of creation made in goodness with free willreflection of God /Mystery/ Holy intimately interdependent and dependent on creation.

Love

Abundance

Gratitude

Sustainability

Inclusion

Unity - All one of the ONE

Consensus / Collaboration

Accompaniment (Franciscan) Theology© 2009 Lucy Slinger, FSPA, Ph.D.

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Anthropocentric BiocentricHuman above creationImage and likeness of GodSinful - not right relationshipsDominion stewardship

Humans part of creationmade in goodness with free willreflection of God/Mystery/ Holyintimately interdependence and dependent on creation.

Sin

Fear

Scarcity

Extraction

Exclusion

Divide & Conquer

Coercion / Competition / Cooperation

Atonement Theology

Love

Abundance

Gratitude

Sustainability

Inclusion

Unity - All one of the ONE

Consensus / Collaboration

Accompaniment (Franciscan)Theology© 2009 Lucy Slinger, FSPA, Ph.D.

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The Choice is individual!!

Love, Abundance, GratitudeSustainability

Inclusivity

Sin, Fear, ScarcityExtraction - Extinction

Exclusivity

Right Relationships

The impact is universal!!!“The human community and the natural world will go into

the future as a single sacred community or we both will perish.” Thomas Berry .CP

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Made in Go(o)dness

Made for Go(o)dnes

Daughters & Sonsof

The Divine

Gaia Theory: Earth is One Living System

Nature is the first book of God

Sentient Beings

Resilient, Numinous unfolding Nature of natural phenomena

Zero Point Field Theory

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Catholic CatechismCatholic Catechism

The sun and the moon, the cedar and The sun and the moon, the cedar and the little flower, the eagle and the the little flower, the eagle and the sparrows: the spectacle of their sparrows: the spectacle of their countless diversities and the countless diversities and the inequalities tells us that no creature is inequalities tells us that no creature is self-sufficient. self-sufficient.

Creatures exist only in dependence on Creatures exist only in dependence on each other, to complete each other, in each other, to complete each other, in the service of each other. The beauty the service of each other. The beauty of the universe: the order and harmony of the universe: the order and harmony of the created world results from the of the created world results from the diversity of beings and from the diversity of beings and from the relationships which exist among them. relationships which exist among them.

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“Safeguarding creation requires us to live responsibly in it, rather than managing creation as though we are outside it...

We should see ourselves as stewards within creation, not as separated from it.”

US Catholic Bishops “Renewing The Earth” 1992

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THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS A COMMON RESPONSIBILITYPEACE WITH GOD THE CREATOR, PEACE WITH ALL OF CREATION.

Pope John Paul IIMessage of His Holiness for the celebration of the WORLD DAY OF PEACE January 1, 1990

16. Even men and women without any particular religious conviction, but with an acute sense of their responsibilities for the common good, recognize their obligation to contribute to the restoration of a healthy environment. All the more should men and women who believe in God the Creator, and who are thus convinced that there is a well-defined unity and order in the world, feel called to address the problem. Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith. As a result, they are conscious of a vast field of ecumenical and inter-religious cooperation opening up before them. © 2009 Lucy Slinger, FSPA, Ph.D.

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""I desire that, on the part of everyone, cooperation intensify to the end of promoting the common good, development, and the safeguarding of creation, returning to the alliance between man and the environment, which must be a mirror of God the Creator, from whom we come and toward whom we are journeying.”

Sep 17, 2007 Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI

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"We cannot simply do what we want with this Earth of ours, with what has been entrusted to us.""This obedience to the voice of the Earth is more important for our future happiness ... than the desires of the moment. Our Earth is talking to us and we must listen to it and decipher its message if we want to survive.”

"We must respect the interior laws of creation, of this Earth, to learn these laws and obey them if we want to survive.” © 2009 Lucy Slinger, FSPA, Ph.D.

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Mortal sins are updated Published Mar. 10, 2008

THE Vatican has extended its list of mortal sins to include 21st-century problems and issues such as genetic experimentation, pollution, drug abuse and excessive wealth. Published in the Vatican's official newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, the revised list was revealed at the end of a week-long refresher course for priests on the sacrament of confession. Traditionally, mortal sins are those which are a breach of the Ten Commandments – murder, adultery, theft and lying, to name a few.

But now to this list has been added

genetic experimentation, tampering with the order of nature,

environmental blight - pollution, social injustice, causing poverty, accumulating excessive wealth,

and drug abuse.

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Pope Benedict XVI October 2, 2007

The Vatican is now offsetting all of its carbon dioxide emissions through a reforestation project and produces itsown electricity from solar panels on building roofs.

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United Nations Earth Charter for Sustainability

“Let ours be a time remembered for the awakening of a new reverence for life, the firm resolve to achieve sustainability, the quickening of the struggle for justice and peace, and the joyful celebration of life.”

La Crosse County & City Strategic Plan for SustainabilityLa Crosse Joint Oversight Committee on Sustainability

www.sustainablelacrosse.org- to read the plan - participate in public hearings about it.

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