eConnections - May 2016

Connecting Peace, Ecology & Justice from the Gospel Perspective 

This month - May 2016In our noisy, busy, consumerist culture, it is increasingly challenging to practise listening. Listening is a sensory, but also a spiritual experience, especially in stillness. We listen with our ears, but also with our hearts and with our minds. (read more)
Anne Lanyon
Co-ordinator of the Centre for  Peace, Ecology and Justice

Contents:

	Peace, Ecology and Justice Repeatedly, participants who live in areas of conflict said, “We are tired of war.” For the Church to promote nonviolence – to deepen its understanding of and commitment to nonviolence – seemed obvious and essential. Listening: A Skill for Nonviolence and Just Peace (read more) Appeal to the Catholic Church to Re-Commit to the Centrality of Gospel Nonviolence (read more) Divest-Invest: Listening to the Questions and Some Ways Forward (read more)
	Reflection - Listening and discerning We do need periods of listening and discerning – listening to the world, to our hearts, to God’s spirit; discerning what transformation needs to take place in us not just as a community of believers but as individuals because Pentecost is not a one-size-fits-all. (read more)
	Growing a Culture of Peace Bulletin - For Parishes and Schools Listening to God, Listening to Oneself, Listening to Nature: Take time daily to pay attention to nature. Listen to what it is saying in the birds, the insects, the clouds, the sky, the ground under your feet. (Download PDF Bulletin)
	News from the Centre We said a sad GOODBYE to our Faith Ecology Network (FEN) Assistant Coordinator, Hannah Cifuentes. Columban Fr Charles Rue attended Parliament House Sydney for updating talks on the free trade agreement, Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). FEN made a significant contribution to the Australian Christian Meditation Community Seminar on the Environment. (read more)
	Take Action Take action to stop the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement proceeding. Columban experience of Free Trade Agreements are that they are unhealthy for the poor and unhealthy for nature. Write to your Local Member of Parliament today! (read more)

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• May 2016
• April 2016
• March 2016
• January/February 2016
• December 2015
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• October 2015
• September 2015
• August 2015
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• June 2015
• May 2015
• April 2015
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