Posts Tagged ‘Thomas Berry’
St. Gabriel’s Church, Toronto: A LEED™ Church Building Project: Part 1, The Eco-Theological Considerations
The following article is by Roberto Chiotti who is the principle architect of the Passionist’s first ecologically certified Church in Toronto. Roberto is a professional architect who also received his theological degree at the University of St. Michael’s college in Toronto. The Passionist JPIC blob will offer two blogs related to St. Gabriel’s Church. In ... Read more
A New Cosmology
Passionist “eco-theologian” Fr. Thomas Berry, CP had been suggesting that we are heading towards a new cosmological framework. His claim was that the Cenozoic Era (the era of new life the earth has experienced during the last 65 million years) was passing away and our hope for the future is what he termed the emerging Ecozoic Era. ... Read more
The Wisdom of the Cosmological Cross
In the Epistle to the Colossians St. Paul the Apostle develops a cosmological identity for Christ. In offering us these verses found in Chapter one of the Epistle Paul expands the theology of Christ’s Passion and Resurrection by placing it beyond human history: He himself is before all things, and in him all things ... Read more
The Catholic tradition of Natural Theology:
The environmental issue has brought many members of the Christian faith to reconsider the doctrinal and moral principles of their faith. Some pioneering theologians have integrated eastern mysticism along with the tradition to develop a more ecological form of Christian spirituality. Some skeptics have argued against such development based on the notion that scripture and ... Read more
Parliament of the World’s Religions
This week is observed as the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. In the spirit of Ecumenism we offer this recent experience that Fr. Kevin Dance, CP had at the Parliament of World Religions in Melbourne, Australia and the tribute that it made to Fr. Thomas Berry, CP. The Parliament of World Religions was held in Melbourne, Australia, December ... Read more
Eden and Mountaintop Removal Mining
Care for the environment represents a challenge for all of humanity. It is a matter of a common and universal duty, that of respecting a common good, destined for all, by preventing anyone from using “with impunity the different categories of beings, whether living or inanimate – animals, plants, the natural elements – simply as ... Read more
New Cosmology: Eulogy for Thomas Berry
The following is an excerpt of the eulogy that was given for Thomas Berry’s funeral in Jamaica Queens by Fr. Stephen Dunn, CP. In the beginning, the story of Genesis says. In my own life as a Passionist, I especially remember two things that date all the way back to 1951. (I won’t tell you how ... Read more
Thomas Berry, In Memoriam
The time has come to lower our voices, to cease imposing our mechanistic patterns on the biological processes of the earth, to resist the impulse to control, to command, to force, to oppress, and to begin quite humbly to follow the guidance of the larger community on which all life depends. – Thomas Berry, The ... Read more
Trinity Sunday
Readings: Deuteronomy 4:32-34,39-40 Romans 8:14-17 Matthew 28:16-20 Thoughts for your Consideration: by Fr. Phil Paxton, CP One night this past week I was watching a TV program. It was entitled “2100,” and aired on ABC. It was basically a program that tried to shed light on what would happen to the world for the rest ... Read more
Passionist and Climate Change
It was Thomas Berry who first spoke of “The Passion of the Earth”. Climate change is becoming the fiercest example of the suffering implied in that term. Berry noted that the spirituality of the “memoria passionis” first expanded its range by seeing the sufferings of the poor and disenfranchised as sharing in the archetypal sufferings of ... Read more
Recent News & Blogs
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International Day of Non-Violence
Lectionary Reflections,Passion for Justice - September 28, 2011
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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “The Wisdom to know the Difference”
Lectionary Reflections - July 21, 2011
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Good and Evil Wolf
Lectionary Reflections - July 14, 2011
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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Comprehending the Incomprehensible
Lectionary Reflections - July 7, 2011
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July 4th Reflection on Religious Liberty
Passion for Justice - July 1, 2011
