Listen to this episode to learn more about what the church teaches about the death penalty and ways you can take action. To learn more about on this topic, check out the link belows which are mentioned in this episode.

Orlando Hall letter: https://catholicsmobilizing.salsalabs.org/orlandohalltrumpbarraction/index.html

Respect Life Month Toolkit: https://catholicsmobilizing.org/respect-life (helpful even though it's the end of the month, good resources that can be used year-round!)

Just Mercy Study Guide: https://catholicsmobilizing.org/just-mercy-catholic-study-guide

National Catholic Pledge to End the Death Penalty: https://catholicsmobilizing.org/action/pledge

Summary of new study about race and the death penalty: https://catholicsmobilizing.org/posts/report-explores-death-penaltys-roots-slavery-and-lynching-cases-racial-bias-persist (full report from Death Penalty Information Center can be found here: https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/reports/Enduring-Injustice-Race-and-the-Death-Penalty-2020.pdf)

In this episode, Jasmine Bush, 2nd grade teacher at St. Anthony Catholic School, joins Father John and I to reflect, pray, and fast for an end to racism.

October is Respect Life Month, a time for Catholics to reflect more deeply on the sacred dignity of human life. We begin this series on respecting all life by reflecting on abortion as a direct threat to life. 

Listen to my conversation with Fr. John about St. Francis and what we can learn from his care for creation.

In this episode, I speak with Nichlas Shaal about music and creation. To learn more about the songs performed in this podcast, and to purchase recordings please visit www.ocp.org. 

Permission to reproduce/perform this music is obtained from  ONE LICENSE, License #A-700000. All Rights Reserved. 

Tend the Ground

Curtis Stephan

Text inspired by Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’. Text and music © 2016, Curtis Stephan. Published by Spirit & Song®, a division of OCP. All rights reserved.

Litany for the Earth

Barbara Bridge

Text based on “A Prayer for the Earth” by Pope Francis, from Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home. Text and music © 2016, Barbara Bridge. Published by OCP. All rights reserved.

In this episode, I speak with Fr. Scott Baier about creation references in the liturgy.

In this episode, I speak with Matt Cato about CST on creation.

In this episode, you will meet Cherice Bock, creation justice advocate for the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon. From our conversation, you will learn the biblical basis of creation as well as what St. Agustine of Hippo taught on the subject.  To learn more about Cherice and EMO, see the links below.

EMO's Creation Justice page on the EMO website: https://emoregon.org/creation-justice/

The specific link to the Season of Creation event mentioned in the episode: https://emoregon.org/event/season-of-creation-webinar/

The direct link for registering via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsc-6vqzMpH9coJEmPORaZeQ38WWPhPA2z

Facebook page for creation justice: https://www.facebook.com/emocreationjustice

Facebook page for Oregon Interfaith Power & Light: https://www.facebook.com/OregonInterfaithPowerandLight

Celebrate with us the Season of Creation (Sept. 1 - Oct. 4) by learning about: biblical basis of creation, the teaching on creation by the early Church Fathers, catholic social teaching on creation, liturgical references, Franciscan spirituality and much more!  

In this episode, Fr. John and I talk about the upcoming Catholic Social teaching webinar series. if you haven't registered, you can do so here: https://bit.ly/CSTRegistration