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Epiphany Catholic Church
June 17th 2018
Epiphany Parish Vision Statement: “To offer every person in our community a life-changing encounter with Jesus”.
Father’s Day
High School Youth Ministry
Youth ministry will take a break from
regularly scheduled Sunday evenings
for the Summer. There will be a couple
of socials. Watch the bulle!n for more
informa!on.
Sheldon & Kristen Bane 309-212-6478
Age 5 through 2nd Grade
Epiphany offers a CLOW for children
age 5 through 2nd Grade during the
9am Mass in the Cenacle Room. Chil-
dren are dismissed a#er the Opening
Prayer of Mass. Volunteers needed:
qualified adults who have taken the
Safe Environment Class and submi%ed
to a background check; contact Yvonne
Tabb.
Children’s Nursery
Epiphany offers
a Nursery ser-
vice (for tod-
dlers to age 3) during the 9 am Mass
(8:45-10:15am) in the Kathryn Marie
Albee Learning Center (enter at the
canopy entrance). Volunteers needed:
qualified adults who have taken the
Safe Environment Class and submi%ed
to a background check; contact Stacy
Berry.
Toddlers to age 3
Ministries across the Generations
“The future is in your hearts and in your hands.” St. John Paul II
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The Bloomington/Normal Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) program will be
hos!ng their annual summer TEC retreats for High School students ages 15-
19. TEC retreats are a life-changing opportunity for teens to reflect on their
rela!onship with Christ by taking part in medita!ons, group discussions,
prayer services, sta!ons of the cross and reconcilia!on. All the while, they
will be having fun and fostering long-las!ng Chris!an friendships (and
ea!ng great food)!
There are separate retreats: the area Boy’s retreat is June 23rd
-25th
, and the
Girl’s retreat is from July 14th
-16th
. Both retreats are overnight and held at
Central Catholic High School in Bloomington, IL. The cost is $75 per per-
son. For more informa!on, or to register for a retreat, visit
bn-tec.org
Registra!on for each retreat will end the Monday prior to each weekend.
Epiphany offers
cateche!cal
program for 3
and 4 year olds
during the 9 am Mass in the Kathryn
Marie Albee Learning Center (enter at
the canopy entrance). Volunteers
needed: qualified adults who have
taken the Safe Environment Class and
submi%ed to a background check; con-
tact Yvonne Tabb.
3 and 4 Year Olds
Li"le Magi
To Par!cipants at the Mee!ng for Execu-
!ves of the main Companies in the oil and
natural gas sectors, and other energy relat-
ed businesses (9 June 2018)
I offer you a warm welcome at the conclu-
sion of your Conference on “Energy Transi-
"on and Care for our Common Home” held
here in the Va"can.
Clearly, we are challenged to find ways of
ensuring the immense supply of energy re-
quired to meet the needs of all, while at the same "me developing
means of using natural resources that avoid crea"ng environmental
imbalances resul"ng in deteriora"on and pollu"on gravely harmful
to our human family, both now and in the future.
Air quality, sea levels, adequate fresh water reserves, climate con-
trol and the balance of delicate ecosystems – all are necessarily
affected by the ways that human beings sa!sfy their “thirst” for
energy, o#en, sad to say, with grave dispari!es.
It is not right to sate that “thirst” by adding to other people’s physi-
cal thirst for water, their poverty or their social exclusion. The need
for greater and more readily available supplies of energy to operate
machinery cannot be met at the cost of pollu"ng the air we breathe.
The need to expand spaces for human ac"vi"es cannot be met in
ways that would seriously endan-
ger our own existence or that of
other living species on earth.
It is a “false no"on that an infinite
quan"ty of energy and resources
are available, that it is possible to
renew them quickly, and that the
nega"ve effects of the exploita-
"on of the natural order can be
easily absorbed” (Laudato Si’, 106).
The energy ques"on has become one of the principal challenges, in
theory and in prac"ce, facing the interna"onal community. The way
we meet this challenge will determine our overall quality of life and
the real possibility either of resolving conflicts in different areas of
our world or, on account of grave environmental imbalances and
lack of access to energy, providing them with new fuel to destroy
social stability and human lives.
Hence the need to devise a long-term global strategy able to provide
energy security and, by laying down precise commitments to meet
the problem of climate change, to encourage economic stability,
public health, the protec"on of the environ-
Pope Francis
Oil and Gas Executives
Gift of Treasure
June 10, 2018..………..…….$18,892 E-giving…………..…………….…..$5,360 Special………………………..………$922 Parish Endowment……..………..$175 School Endowment……….….......$40 Capital Improvement………...…$707
Weekly Budget……….…........$24,000 YTD Budget (50 weeks).$1,200,000 YTD Income………………...$1,242,027 YTD Balance……………….......$42,027
Please Remember the Parish in your Will
Mass and Reconciliation Incense is used at 9am Sunday Mass
At Communion, come up in Father Eric’s line for Gluten-free Hosts
Sunday, June 17 ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30am People of the Parish 8:30am Reconciliation 9:00am Clara & Issa Benyamin 11:00am Reconciliation 11:30am Taimooraz Taimoorazy 5:00pm Reconciliation 5:30pm Harry, Bernice, Mary Lucille Wood Monday, June 18 Weekday Lectors: Karen Bordewick & Mike Lootens 7:00am Margaret Sproull 7:30am Reconciliation Tuesday, June 19 Weekday Lectors: Kim & Mike Hilgenbrinck 7:00am Thomas & Margaret Kelley 7:30am Reconciliation Wed., June 20 Weekday Lectors: N. Weidenbenner & K. Kinate 7:00am Ken Carter 7:30am Reconciliation 5:00pm Reconciliation 5:30pm Sydney Herrick Thursday, June 21 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious Lectors: Daryl Menke 7:00am For the President 7:30am Reconciliation Friday, June 22 Weekday Lectors: T. Shilgalis & V. Shroyer 7:00am Albert & Roma Humenick 7:30am Reconciliation Saturday, June 23 Weekday Lectors: Marty & Gerry Brogla 7:30am All Souls Memorial 8:00am Reconciliation 3:00pm Reconciliation 4:00pm Lisa Emmert Sunday, June 24 THE NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST 7:30am Betty Underwood 8:30am Reconciliation 9:00am Mildred & Jon Perl 11:00am Reconciliation 11:30am Rich Keranko 5:00pm Reconciliation 5:30pm People of the Parish
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There is no !me to lose:
We received the earth
as a garden-home from
the Creator; let us not
pass it on to future gen-
era!ons as a wilderness!
· Fr. Eric Powell 660-7860 [email protected]
· Deacons: Mark Cleary 531-1062 [email protected], Michael An 454-9409 [email protected]
· Parish Corporation Trustees: 452-2585. Don Bernardi, Mike Kabbes
· Parish Senior Leadership Team: Staycee & Murray Hynes, 824-8117 [email protected]; Julia & Roger Nalewajka, 825-6288 [email protected], [email protected]
· Parish Office: 452-2585. Domine King, Joyce Tellman, [email protected]; Angie O’Connor [email protected]
· Bulletin Ads: Due Friday Noon, nine days out. [email protected]
· Epiphany Catholic School Principal: Mike Lootens 452-3268 ext 301 [email protected]
· Epiphany Catholic School Leadership Team: 452-3268. Mike Lootens, Father Eric, Chris Niebur, Karen Overby
———————— · ACTS Ministry: Men and Women’s In-Parish
Retreats [email protected]
· Adoration Chapel Coordinator: Lyn Fedden, 309-824-3443 [email protected]
· Alpha Ministry: A Reintroduction to Jesus Christ, Julia Nalewajka, 825-6288
· CCD Coordinator: Mary Ellen Kiley [email protected]
· Children's Sunday Ministries (Little Magi): Yvonne Tabb [email protected]
· Director of Information Technology Mike Essington [email protected]
· Finance Council: Joe Morrow
· Ministries Scheduler: [email protected]
· Music Directors: Sean & Jennifer Stevens [email protected]
· Nursery: Stacy Berry 314-623-6223 [email protected]
· Parish Communications: Kristen Bickett [email protected]
· RCIA: Rite of Christian Initiation, Rich Sealy [email protected]
· HS Youth Ministry: Sheldon & Kristen Bane [email protected]
Staff Listing ment and integral human development.
It is important that serious efforts be made to transi"on to a greater use
of energy sources that are highly efficient while producing low levels of
pollu"on.
This is a challenge of epochal propor"ons. At the same "me, it is an im-
mense opportunity to encourage efforts to ensure fuller access to ener-
gy by less developed countries, especially in outlying areas, as well as to
diversify energy sources and promote the sustainable development of
renewable forms of energy.
We know that the challenges facing us are interconnected. If we are to
eliminate poverty and hunger, as called for by the United Na"ons Sus-
tainable Development Goals, the more than one billion people without
electricity today need to gain access to it. But that energy should also be
clean, by a reduc"on in the systema"c use of fossil fuels. Our desire to
ensure energy for all must not lead to the undesired effect of a spiral of
extreme climate changes due to a catastrophic rise in global tempera-
tures, harsher environments and increased levels of poverty.
As you know, in December 2015, 196 Na"ons nego"ated and adopted
the Paris
Agreement,
with a firm re-
solve to limit
the growth in
global warming
to below 2°
cen"grade,
based on prein-
dustrial levels,
and, if possible,
to below 1.5°
cen"grade.
Some two-and-
a-half years
later, carbon
dioxide emis-
sions and at-
mospheric con-
centra"ons of
greenhouse
gases remain
very high. This
is disturbing
and a cause for real concern.
Yet even more worrying is the con"nued search for new fossil fuel re-
serves, whereas the Paris Agreement clearly urged keeping most fossil
fuels underground. This is why we need to talk together – industry, in-
vestors, researchers and consumers – about transi"on and the search
for alterna"ves. Civiliza"on requires energy, but energy use must not
destroy civiliza"on!
Coming up with an adequate energy “mix” is essen"al for comba"ng
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Pope to Oil and Gas Executives: Time for Clean Alternatives June 9, 2018
· American Heritage Girls: Epiphany Troop Ashley Harcharik [email protected]
· Bereavement Ministry: Help in time of Sorrow [email protected]
· Boy Scouts: Epiphany Pack 25, Tim Hendrickson 824-7038 [email protected]
· Charismatic Prayer Group: Deacon Michael An 454-9409 [email protected]
· Elizabeth Ministry: Women’s Practical & Spiritual Support Amanda Wesselmann 765-412-6124 [email protected]
· Faith in Action: Volunteer Support for Area Seniors Sandy Holcomb [email protected]
· Funeral Committee: Reception following Funerals Maggie Veselack 452-1886
· Girl Scouts: Gina Leffers 451-0141 [email protected]
· Hospitality Committee: Receptions following Mass Karen Bordewick [email protected]
· Knights of Columbus: Men’s Fraternal & Service Org Matt [email protected] or 452-0035
· Natural Family Planning Teaches Fertility Awareness
· Sympto-thermal method: Elizabeth Rariden 287-8069 [email protected]
· Sympto-thermal method: Michelle Koetters (815) 954-9088 [email protected]
· Creighton Model: Erica Miller 661-6060 [email protected]
· Outreach (& Financial Planning): Orlando Lopez [email protected]
· Parish Carnival: Plan June Parish Carnival Mike Essington 309-200-7253 [email protected]
· Perpetual Adoration: Schedules Chapel Adorers Lyn Fedden 824-3443 [email protected]
· Parish Prayer Chain: Send prayer requests to office or... [email protected]
· Sanctity of Life Committee: Promotes the Dignity of Every Human Person from Conception to Glory Robin Poston [email protected]
· Servants of the Shepherd: Adoration & Fellowship Cathy Nalewajka 830-6722 [email protected]
· Troops of Saint George: Epiphany Troop Chris Miller (217) 778-7334 [email protected]
· Uncoupled Catholics: Social & Service Fellowship Angie Eilers 830-8215 [email protected]
· Welcome Team: Welcome & Hospitality to Visitors Jean Lewis [email protected]
· Women's Fellowship & Service: Sharon Sweeney 530-5715 [email protected]
Parish Organizations pollu on, elimina ng poverty and promo ng social equality. These as-
pects are o"en mutually reinforcing, since coopera on in the energy
field affects the relief of poverty, the promo on of social inclusion and
the protec on of the environment. These are goals that, if they are to be
a%ained, demand respect for the rights of peoples and of cultures (cf.
Laudato Si’, 144).
Any exploita on of the environment that would refuse to consider these
long-term issues could only a%empt to s mulate a short-term economic
growth, but in the long run would certainly have a nega ve impact,
affec ng intergenera onal equality and the process of development.
As a result of your efforts, progress has been made. Oil and gas compa-
nies are developing more careful approaches to the assessment of cli-
mate risk and adjus ng their business prac ces accordingly. This is com-
mendable. Global investors are refining their investment strategies to
take into account environmental and sustainability ques ons. New ap-
proaches to “green finance” are beginning to emerge.
Progress has indeed been made. But is it enough? Will we turn the cor-
ner in me? No one can answer that with certainty, but with each
month that passes, the challenge of energy transi on becomes more
pressing.
Poli cal decisions, social re-
sponsibility on the part of
the business community and
criteria governing invest-
ments – all these must be
guided by the pursuit of the
long-term common good and
concrete solidarity between
genera ons. There should be
no room for opportunis c
and cynical efforts to gain
small par al results in the
short run, while shi"ing
equally significant costs and
damages to future genera-
ons.
There are also ethical rea-
sons for moving towards
global energy transi on with
a sense of urgency. As we
know, everyone is affected
by the climate crisis. Yet the effects of climate change are not evenly
distributed. It is the poor who suffer most from the ravages of global
warming, with increasing disrup on in the agricultural sector, water in-
security, and exposure to severe weather events.
Decisive progress on this path cannot be made without an increased
awareness that all of us are part of one human family, united by bonds
of fraternity and solidarity. Only by thinking and ac ng with constant
concern for this underlying unity that overrides all differences, only by
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Community News & Notes Page 6
EPIPHANY AUCTION
Save the Date. The 23rd Annual Epipha-
ny Auc!on will be September 22. Plan-
ning has started, but we are looking for
commi"ee members. If you are inter-
ested in being part of the commi"ee,
please contact schoolclub
@epiphanyschools.org.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNI-
TIES AT EPIPHANY CATHOLIC
SCHOOL
The following employment opportuni-
!es are available at Epiphany Catholic
School beginning in August. Please con-
tact Mike Lootens at
further informa!on or to express inter-
est. Interviews for these posi!ons will
be the week of July 9th.
· Lunch Recess Supervisor – Monday-
Friday from 11:15 am-1:15 pm
· Cafeteria Server – Monday-Friday from
11:15 am-1:30 pm
· Classroom Teaching Assistant – Mon-
day-Friday, hours vary, Teaching License
preferred
FAMILY PLANNING
Natural Family Planning is a great way
for married couples to be"er under-
stand their fer!lity to help with family
planning. Whether you’re newly en-
gaged or have been married for years,
we encourage you to a"end our three-
class series on the Couple to Couple
League’s Sympto-Thermal Method of
Natural Family Planning. This method is
not the outdated calendar or rhythm
method. Couples who a"end our class
will learn to recognize the no!ceable
signs of fer!lity to work with God in the
natural way He designed our bodies to
either achieve or avoid pregnancy. It’s
natural, safe, effec!ve, and truly em-
powering. Our next class series is from
3:15-5:15 p.m. June 24, July 22, and
August 19 in Epiphany’s Cenacle Room.
Visit ccli.org to register. If you have any
ques!ons, contact Michelle Koe"ers at
mkoe"[email protected].
UNCOUPLED CATHOLICS
Looking for a way to meet other single,
divorced or widowed Catholics for fun
and fellowship; then this is the group
for you! June 30 (Saturday) We're help-
ing at Midwest Food Bank, 2031 Ware-
house Rd, Normal, from 9-11 am. We
need at least 12 people to help. Contact
Angie at 309-830-8215 to sign up, or
with ques!ons, by June 27. For ques-
!ons and sugges!ons or to be added to
(or removed from) the mailing list,
please email uncoupledcatho-
BEATLES TRIBUTE SHOW
Enjoy a scenic trip to Starved Rock for
the Beatles Tribute Show on July 9,
2018. A hot lunch buffet is includ-
ed. Check-in is at 11:30am at the
Starved Rock Lodge. Cost is $40.00 per
person and transporta!on is by car
pool. RESERVATIONS AND PAYMENT
DUE BY July 2, 2018. Make checks paya-
ble to YOUNG AT HEART and mail to
Don & Mary-Margaret McHugh, 406
Northridge CC Est., Normal, IL. 61761
NO FOOD OR DRINK PLEASE
Food and Drink should never be brought
into the Adora!on Chapel. Crumbs are
drawing ants, and there have been spills
on the pews and carpet. Children
should be brought out of the chapel if
snacks are on the schedule during your
visit.
CHARISMATIC RENEWAL
CONFERENCE
The Catholic Charisma!c Renewal is
hos!ng it's Diocesan Annual Conference
!tled, "Jesus Christ, Light of the World"
July 27-28, 2018 at the Spalding Pastoral
Center in Peoria. The Most Reverend
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, C.S.C. will be the
Mass celebrant and give the Welcoming
Address. The speakers will be Fr. Mark
Goring CC, current Director of the Cath-
olic Charisma!c Center in Houston, Tex-
as and Maria Vadia, who is ac!ve in the
Catholic Charisma!c Renewal of the
Archdiocese of Miami and the founder
of "Jesus is Lord" Chapter of Magnificat.
Saint John Paul II Perpetual Eucharistic
Adoration Chapel
At this !me, we have
commi"ed adorers for all
hours in the Chap-
el. Thank you to all those
serving in the chapel for your dedica-
!on and commitment, it is greatly ap-
preciated. If you would like to serve in
the Chapel, we can always use subs for
all hours.
As a reminder, please do not bring
food/drinks into the Chapel.
Lyn Fedden, Coordinator, 824-3443,
The Eleventh
Sunday in
Ordinary
Time -- June
17, 2018
“The kingdom of God is like a mustard
seed.” Has Christ sown the seed of your
voca!on within you? Might it be to
grow in holiness as a priest or in the
consecrated life? Call Fr. Tim Hepner at
(309) 671-1550, or write:
Intercession: For a growing trust in the
presence of the Lord and His call to men
and women to serve Him and His
Church as priests, deacons and in the
consecrated life, we pray to the Lord.
Supporting Vocations The Raridan family will receive the Vocations Crucifix and Chalice next Sunday, June 24, at the 9:00 Mass. If you or your family would like to receive the Vocations items, please call Bob Schopp at 888-9696 (The Dwelling Place) or the Epiphany Church office at 452-2585 to schedule a
weekend.
Dan Due!, founder of Two-Twelve Min-
istries in San Antonio, Texas, will be the
Praise and Worship Leader. For registra-
"on brochure go to www.ccr-cdop.org
or to register online go to ccr-cdop.org/
Conference.html. Any ques"ons, please
call Pat Bray at 309-663-7485.
ST MARY’S GARAGE SALE
601 W. Jackson St., Bloomington, Thurs-
day, June 14 8 A.M.-7 P.M. Friday, June
15 8 A.M.-5 P.M. Saturday, June 16 8
A.M.-Noon Ques"ons? Please contact
Nicki Wiltz, 309-826-4426 or email
They are children of God! We welcome our newly Bap-tized!
Rose Charity Keil - daughter of
Benjamin and Elizabeth Keil
Bridget & Daniel Reeland and
family
Yemi Gomez-Vega & Antonio
Junez
Tiffany Cobler
Nishad Jose & Reshmi Enchana$l
and family
Molly and Cameron Cordts
Angela Amico & Shad Arington
and family
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In 1968, the astronaut William Anders looked out from
his moon-circling Apollo 8 capsule and saw the mo!led
blue Earth emerging over the gray lunar horizon. It was
the first #me anyone had seen an Earthrise, and the pic-
ture he snapped became iconic.
In it, our world appears lonely and fragile set against the
blackness of space. Fi$y years later, Mr. Anders’s picture
remains a visual shorthand for the pressing need to save
the planet from our worst behavior. But what if we’ve
misunderstood the real meaning of that image? What
does it even mean to “save” the Earth?
If Mr. Anders’s spaceship had crested the moon 55 mil-
lion years earlier, he would have found a sweltering jun-
gle planet so warm it was almost en#rely devoid of ice
and snow. On a visit around 700 million years ago, he
would have stared at a “snowball” Earth almost en#rely
covered in miles-thick layers of ice. And if he touched
down on our planet three billion years ago, his first expe-
rience, should he take off his flight helmet, would have
been a quick death by asphyxia#on. That Earth, already
home to life, had air but no oxygen.
All these versions of the Earth have one thing in com-
mon: They were all profoundly shaped by life. It was life
ac#ng through microbes that helped set off some of
Earth’s “snowball” phases. It was life in the form of blue-
green bacteria that first gave Earth its oxygen atmos-
phere. Ever since the Russian geochemist Vladimir Ver-
nadsky coined the term “biosphere,” scien#sts have
come to see life as an equal player in the drama of
Earth’s history.
The biosphere is a cosmic power in its own right. It’s a
planetary force that channels vast energies flowing from
the sun and transforms them into ceaseless rounds of
blind evolu#onary innova#on. That power gives Earth
and its biosphere a long-term resilience we must now
fully imagine if we are to come to terms with the climate
change we are driving.
We speak of “saving” the Earth as if it were a li!le bunny
in need of help. We show images of gaunt polar bears on
mel#ng ice floes to elicit guilt and environmental ac#on.
But those images and stories blind us to the reality of
this remarkable moment in Earth’s history.
Our planet does not need our saving. The biosphere has
endured cataclysms far worse than us — and a$er mil-
lions of years thrived again. Even the Earth’s five fear-
some mass ex#nc#ons became opportuni#es for the bio-
sphere’s crea#vity, driving new rounds of evolu#onary
experiments. That, a$er all, is how we big-brained mam-
mals ended up domina#ng the Earth rather than our di-
nosaur predecessors. As the great biologist Lynn Margu-
lis once put it, “Gaia is a tough bi....” In the long term,
the biosphere will handle pre!y much anything we
throw at it, including climate change.
What Earth’s history does make clear, however, is that if
we don’t take the right kind of ac#on soon the biosphere
will simply move on without us, crea#ng new versions of
Earth Will Survive. We May Not. By Adam Frank for the NYT, June 12, 2018
Dr. Frank is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester.
Earthrise: William Anders’s photograph of the
Earth taken from the Apollo 8 spacecra$ in 1968.
Nature photographer Galen Rowell declared it
"the most influen#al environmental photograph
ever taken".
itself in the changing climate we’re genera!ng now. So
we must be honest. The problem is not saving the Earth
or life writ large, but saving our cherished civiliza!on.
From that perspec!ve the nature of our choices changes
significantly.
The last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago, and the
planet entered a long, stable period of mostly warm,
mostly wet condi!ons. Scien!sts call this geologic epoch
the Holocene. Our en!re history of civiliza!on fits within
it. All our revolu!ons in farming, city building and indus-
try happen in the Holocene. But the Holocene is ending
now, and it’s ending because of us. Human impact, most
notably climate change, is altering how the planet func-
!ons.
In response, scien!sts see a new epoch in Earth’s evolu-
!on rising, which they call the Anthropocene. But cre-
a!ng a long-term sustainable version of civiliza!on in the
Anthropocene raises a new and profound set of ques-
!ons that remain hidden to us when we stay fixated on
saving the Earth.
What, for example is nature? From the biosphere’s per-
spec!ve, a city is fundamentally no different from a for-
est. Both are the result of life’s endless evolu!onary ex-
periments. And forests, like grasslands, insects and oxy-
gen-producing microbes, were once a evolu!onary inno-
va!on. In that sense we, and our project of civiliza!on,
are not a plague on the planet. We are just what the
biosphere is doing now. The ques!on then becomes
what changes must we make to s!ll be “what it’s do-
ing” many millenniums from now?
A civiliza!on of our scale will always have effects on
the biosphere. To imagine otherwise is to ignore the
laws of planets we’ve so recently discovered (laws of
physics, chemistry and biology). It also ignores the bio-
sphere’s own history in which pervasive, “successful”
species always have an impact. Our mission cannot be
to eliminate impact, which would be impossible short
of a human die-off, but to have the right kind of re-
duced impact.
We must come into some as-yet-unimagined coopera-
!ve rela!onship with the biosphere in which all boats
rise. This means understanding what makes the bio-
sphere — with us s!ll in it — more robust, innova!ve
and resilient. But it is unlikely that every species on
Earth now will make that journey with us. It might well
turn out that microscopic phytoplankton ma$er far
more to this kind of healthy biosphere than our be-
loved polar bears. We are going to face hard choices
with deep ethical consequences. Pretending we can
just extend the Holocene in perpetuity without those
consequences may lead to a greater disaster than fac-
ing them with insight.
This recogni!on — that in the long term the Earth will
abide without us — does not absolve us from the need
for urgent ac!on. It is not an excuse for climate denial
or ecological hooliganism. It also does not mean we
are free to just impose suffering on Earth’s other crea-
tures. Instead, it’s an acknowledgment of the true
scale of our planetary responsibili!es.
It means we must become the agent for something the
Earth has not seen before — a biosphere that is also
awake to itself and can act for its future with both com-
passion and wisdom.
Adam Frank, an astrophysics professor at the University
of Rochester, is the author of “Light of the Stars: Alien
Worlds and the Fate of the Earth.”
The Lord’s Day Music Guide Page 10
MUSIC FOR ALL MASSES EXCEPT THE 7:30AM MASS
MASS SETTING 13-22 Spirit & Song Mass of Renewal
GATHERING 219 Spirit & Song In this Place
OFFERTORY 270 Spirit & Song 10,000 Reasons
COMMUNION
MEDITATION
942
337
Worship
Spirit & Song
Many and Great Open My Eyes
SENDING FORTH Back Cover Adoro Te Devote
MUSIC FOR THE 7:30AM MASS
GATHERING 578 Worship How Great Thou Art
SENDING FORTH Back Cover Adoro Te Devote
Sound Technicians Needed! If interested in being
trained to use the Parish's sound equipment, please
email Sean Stevens to set up a training session. No pri-
or experience necessary!
Musicians Needed! If you are interested in singing or
playing any instrument with one of the Liturgical en-
sembles, we are always looking to add people!
CHOIR! All are welcome! No age requirements or ex-
perience necessary! Stay tuned for our next Choir
Weekend, or contact us for more info (Registra"on
necessary; see email below).
TEENS! Teens in the Youth Ministry program are wel-
come to join the 5:30pm ensemble on the first Sunday
of each month. (Registra"on necessary; see email be-
low)
PRELUDES! Preludes are an entry point into the music
ministry and will provide musicians of all skill levels an
opportunity to grow in confidence and their abili"es as
they prepare to join an ensemble.
For more informa!on contact Sean & Jennifer Stevens
al solidarity, can we set out really and resolutely on the road
ahead.
Unlimited faith in markets and technology has led many
people to believe that shi"s in economic or technological
systems will be sufficient to remedy the current ecological
and social imbalances. Yet we must acknowledge that the
demand for con$nuous economic growth has led to severe
ecological and social consequences, since our current eco-
nomic system thrives on ever-increasing extrac$on, con-
sump$on and waste.
Reflec"ng on these deeper underlying cultural issues leads
us to think anew about the very purpose of life. “There can
be no renewal of our rela"onship with nature without a re-
newal of humanity itself” (Laudato Si’, 118). Such renewal
calls for a new form of leadership, and such leaders must
have a clear and profound realiza"on that the earth is a sin-
gle system and that humanity, likewise, is a single whole.
Dear brothers and sisters, I appeal in a par"cular way to you,
as men and women so greatly blessed in terms of talent and
experience. It is my hope that, having demonstrated your
ap"tude for innova"on and for improving the lives of many
people by your crea"veness and professional exper"se, you
will use those skills in the service of two great needs in to-
day’s world: the care of the poor and the environment.
Embracing this challenge will entail immense responsibility,
and require for God’s gracious blessing and the good will of
men and women everywhere. There is no $me to lose: We
received the earth as a garden-home from the Creator; let
us not pass it on to future genera$ons as a wilderness (cf.
Laudato Si’, 160).
—Francis
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