How Botany Could Save the World Social Distancing with John Muir in My Own Backyard As I step outside my kitchen door and take in a large breath of fresh spring air I happen to glance down and notice an excellent example of Taraxacum officinale peering up at my out of the decorative rock surrounding my front [...]
“Truthfully, I believe this Creatio Experience changed me as I know it also changed my relationship with the Lord.” While most trips are often forgotten about after a short time, I can honestly say the “high” of the trip wore off shortly after mission (as it generally does) but that is not to say my […]
“Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.” - St. Augustine of Hippo The scientific data and number of studies concerning climate change are overwhelming. There are climate change deniers and advocates. There are thousands of theories about what’s going wrong (or [...]
Giving drink to the thirsty! Hear the reflections on a recent Creatio Adventure Mission to Huaraz, Peru by Eric Robinson of Polycarp’s Paradigm. Eric shares on what lead him to join Creatio on this mission and his encounter with Christ through his fellow missionaries and the locals. Ever wonder why we are called to mission? […]
“Creatio has made an alliance with Creation to bring young men and women to God, and eventually to Christ, through beauty and love. Creatio is an initiative of the Holy Spirit to evangelize the youth appealing to what they have in their hearts: a longing for true beauty.” -Bishop Jorge Rodriguez The following text was [...]
“Praise be to you, my Lord, through all your creatures” – St. Francis Whether as a student in environmental studies or a lay Catholic trying to navigate the current social climate, there are some days that I just look at the colossus of environmentalism and doubt where to start. From the extremely political messages […]
‘Verso l’alto’ is a quote from Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, which means ‘To the Heights’, or ‘Towards the High’. It is a stunning phrase, filled with depths of both inspirational and religious meaning. To those, such as Bl. Frassati, who love mountains, this quote primarily appeals to that inexplicable longing for climbing the mountains and [...]
Gandalf: “You’ll have a tale or two to tell when you come back.” Bilbo: “You can promise that I’ll come back?” Gandalf: “No. And if you do, you will not be the same.” -from The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien When was the last time you had an adventure? Did you go for a camping trip […]
“Wonder is one of the wildest elements and qualities on the massive scale of human experience. Just a pinch of it stops time. The world halts. The eyes fill. You become, for a small time, everything you truly are.” -Victoria Erickson I’m pretty sure you’ve been bored before. Maybe you were sitting in a doctor’s [...]
By: Rebecca Keeven Climate change, the “garbage patches” in the oceans, air pollution, 250+ million tons of trash created by Americans each year… If you’re like me, these big problems might overwhelm you and quickly consume your thoughts with hopelessness… “I’m not an environmental scientist, how am I going to help fix these issues?” While [...]
