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THE IMPORTANCE OF INTEGRAL ECOLOGY
In November 2021, Sr. Brendalee Boisvert, Congregation Leader, participated in the meeting of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) in Montreal.
The UISG meeting provided an opportunity to look at different ways Congregations held Chapter this year with COVID-19 restrictions in place. Sr. Bonnie MacLellan, CSJ, presented on new governance models and how congregations can work with them into the future. Participants were able to speak directly with Father Alain Ambeault, the Executive Director of the CRC, who shared on immigration issues and many projects on the topic of INTEGRAL ECOLOGY that he is encouraging Congregations to support.
Photo: Sister Brendalee Boisvert
What is INTEGRAL ECOLOGY?
In his 2015 encyclical letter, “Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home”, Pope Francis appeals for a new dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet. Central to this conversation is the notion of integral ecology, a way of seeing today’s world and its numerous problems without separating the social and economic aspects from environmental and cultural ones. Everything is closely related; an integral ecology approach allows us to respect all dimensions of the current global crises and come up with better solutions: “It cannot be emphasized enough how everything is interconnected. […] It follows that the fragmentation of knowledge and the isolation of bits of information can actually become a form of ignorance unless they are integrated into a broader vision of reality.” (LS: 138)
INTEGRAL ECOLOGY and our Congregation
INTERCONNECTEDNESS WITH ALL CREATION
"To tell the story of anything, you have to tell the story of everything. It is the same story”. (Thomas Berry)
The awareness of our interconnectedness with all creation is something we as a Congregation keep in front of us in our daily living and decision making. It helps keep our vision broad and our hearts sensitive.
