Environmental  Justice

Mission and Purpose
This ministry is a Catholic community that practices creation care as an act of faith which is defined as the adequate response to God’s Love. We encourage engagement and education for and about our environment.

Spiritual Foundation
Our work is grounded in the Church teachings on care of creation and care for the poor.

Goals
We are committed to advocating for a better environment, clean air/water and land, and the rights of all living creatures, plants and peoples to live as part of a healthy earth.

• Rain garden maintenance and hands-on work with students at Urban Academy.
  

• Collaboration with the parish to improve parish campus energy efficiency.

• Annual Care for Creation Month events each October.
  

• Sacred Water Pilgrimage, part of Pope Francis's Jubilee Year.

• Environmental Initiative (Environmental Initiative ) 

• Urban Academy (www.UrbanAcdemyMN.org) 

• Laudato Si Movement MN (https://chapter.laudatosimovement.org) 

• University of St. Thomas Sustainability (Sustainability | University of St. Thomas - Minnesota ) 

• Friends of the Mississippi River (www.fmr.org)