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Franciscan Roots and Shoots of Laudato Si: Ecotheology, Catholic Social Teaching, & Caring for our Common Home
Do Catholic Christians care about non-human creation? What about environmental justice concerns? Who was Francis of Assisi, and what does he have to do with Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si'? Was he an environmentalist? How does Franciscan ecotheology inform Church Social Teaching on the environment? In this talk, our speaker will offer us an overview of a Catholic cosmological vision for the 21st century. Brother Cristofer Fernández, OFM Conv., as a GMU alum, brings his professional and religious background to this discussion about the promise of nature and how the Catholic understanding of creation invites us to consider the Earth as our common home. Retrieving from Franciscan sources the riches of the theological tradition, this talk will elaborate on why we are in one sense both in the world and of the world, and tie the tenants of faith in revelation, creation, and eschatology together in the Pope's 2015 contribution to Catholic Social Doctrine.
The speaker for this episode is a Conventual Franciscan Friar of the East Coast/Our Lady of the Angels Province. Hailing from Lorton, VA, Friar Cristofer Fernández is a fellow Patriot and alumnus of GMU! In 2017, he obtained his Bachelors of Science in Environmental & Conservation Biology from Mason...As an undergrad he was greatly involved in CCM (student ministry team), FOCUS bible studies, and other extracurriculars on campus; he was a student of the Honors College and the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, and a research scholar and teaching assistant in the College of Science. Prior to entering religious life, Friar had worked for the Department of the Interior, conducted tropical ecology research in Costa Rica, and served on the Alumni Council of the Student Conservation Association (SCA). He is a religious brother completing his graduate studies at the Catholic University of America in Theology, Religion, and Culture.
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Franciscan Roots and Shoots of Laudato Si: Ecotheology, Catholic Social Teaching, & Caring for our Common Home
Do Catholic Christians care about non-human creation? What about environmental justice concerns? Who was Francis of Assisi, and what does he have to do with Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si'? Was he an environmentalist? How does Franciscan ecotheology inform Church Social Teaching on the environment? In this talk, our speaker will offer us an overview of a Catholic cosmological vision for the 21st century. Brother Cristofer Fernández, OFM Conv., as a GMU alum, brings his professional and religious background to this discussion about the promise of nature and how the Catholic understanding of creation invites us to consider the Earth as our common home. Retrieving from Franciscan sources the riches of the theological tradition, this talk will elaborate on why we are in one sense both in the world and of the world, and tie the tenants of faith in revelation, creation, and eschatology together in the Pope's 2015 contribution to Catholic Social Doctrine.
The speaker for this episode is a Conventual Franciscan Friar of the East Coast/Our Lady of the Angels Province. Hailing from Lorton, VA, Friar Cristofer Fernández is a fellow Patriot and alumnus of GMU! In 2017, he obtained his Bachelors of Science in Environmental & Conservation Biology from Mason...As an undergrad he was greatly involved in CCM (student ministry team), FOCUS bible studies, and other extracurriculars on campus; he was a student of the Honors College and the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, and a research scholar and teaching assistant in the College of Science. Prior to entering religious life, Friar had worked for the Department of the Interior, conducted tropical ecology research in Costa Rica, and served on the Alumni Council of the Student Conservation Association (SCA). He is a religious brother completing his graduate studies at the Catholic University of America in Theology, Religion, and Culture.
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