St Joseph and The Dignity of Human Work
We are celebrating the Year of St Joseph. He is, for us Christians, an example of honesty and fidelity, a model of the father figure in the family. He is the humble and firm man who sustained the Holy Family through very difficult situations. This mosaic, portraying him as a carpenter, reminds us of the dignity of human labour. Through work, we become collaborators in the building of society, contributing to it with our various talents. Job creation and sharing of opportunities need to become part and parcel of a new economics of solidarity. Social charity, sustainability and respect for the environment will be integral elements of that model that aims at respecting the dignity of every person.
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Global Warming Can Be Stopped
Fr Shay Cullen, from Preda Foundation, affirms in his article, Global warming can be stopped that we have to take serious action now to stop climate change. “The deadline is a tipping point of global temperature that when reached could make the warming irreversible”, he says. If we continue destroying forests, burning fossil fuels in coal plants to make electricity and populating the world with billions of cattle that release methane — a dangerous greenhouse gas to the planet — we are making big trouble for humankind. The forests are threatened not only by greedy humans in Hungary, the Amazon and South East Asia, by logging and growing soya and raising cattle for beef, but by disease due to the warmer temperature where tree-destroying diseases and insects thrive. We too can change our community to be more climate friendly by protecting our local environment, speaking out against logging, planting trees, recycling, and establishing organic food gardens to feed ourselves and eat less meat. This is the challenge for our future and the future of our families and the next generation. Each of us can find a way to be involved in saving the environment in our community.”
(www.preda.org )
Dates To Remember |
April 1 – Holy Thursday; 2 – Good Friday; World Autism Awareness Day; 3 – Holy Saturday/Easter Vigil; 4 – Easter Sunday; International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action; 6 – International Day of Sport for Development and Peace; 7 – International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda; World Health Day; 11 – Divine Mercy Sunday; 21 – World Creativity and Innovation Day; 22 – International Mother Earth Day; 25 – World Malaria Day; 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work; 30 – Our Lady, Mother of Africa May 1 – St Joseph the worker; Workers Day; 3 – World Press Freedom Day; 8 – Remembrance and Reconciliation for the Victims of the Second World War; 15 – International Day of Families; 16 – Ascension of the Lord; World Communications Day; 20 – World Bee Day; 22 – International Day for Biological Diversity; 23 – Pentecost Sunday; 24 – Closure of Special Laudato Si’ Anniversary Year; 29 – International Day of UN Peacekeepers; 30 – World No-Tobacco Day |