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  • That inner spark we call joy

    That inner spark we call joy

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    She wrote in one of her books, “Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.” When her letters were made public during her beatification process, only then the people understood how much spiritual suffering she had endured. The lady said how much she appreciated the girl’s greetings and how her sunny disposition made her feel joyful as well.In the same manner that a joyful person can positively lift another person’s spirit, a grumpy person can ruin the day for us.When people around us are grouchy, and constantly criticize others for every little misstep, we tend to feel discouraged and depressed. Augustine puts its best: “Our hearts are restless, O God until it rests in you.” Inner joy is possible when our heart is in the right place and possesses the right things; when we live fully the very purpose for which God has created us.

  • Withdrawing from companies with environmentally destructive practices

    Withdrawing from companies with environmentally destructive practices

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    In the global landscape, one must notice the tremendous feat that happened on a weekend this month: days ahead the highly anticipated Climate Ambition Summit of the United Nations, over 600,000 people across the globe mobilized for a united call to phase out fossil fuels—fast, fair, and forever. Efforts of civil society to communicate with those backing gas expansion in the VIP through financing are also paying off: in its last annual meeting, the German asset manager DWS announced that it has moved away from investing in San Miguel Corporation due to the company’s massive plans for destructive gas projects, including in the biodiversity rich VIP. Today, fossil gas and also coal still figure significantly in the latest proposed Philippine Energy Plan of the Department of Energy (DOE) well into 2050—a time when we should have already long transitioned to 100% renewables if we were to meet the 1.5°C climate ambition.

  • Full text: CMSP official call to stop mining in Brooke’s Point

    Full text: CMSP official call to stop mining in Brooke’s Point

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    “The urgent challenge to protect our common home includes a concern to bring the whole human family together to seek a sustainable and integral development, for we know that things can change.” (Laudato Si’, 13, Pope Francis) The Conference of Major Superiors of the Philippines- CMSP (formerly the Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines – AMRSP), both men and women major superiors, delegates and representatives of our mission partners met in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan on September 11-15 and 25-29, 2023, respectively. We believe the claims of the indigenous people, local residents, environmental defenders and advocates that this mining activity is not only bringing irreversible damage to the protected land and natural resources, but also irreparable harm to health, life and culture of the people themselves. and the Ipilan Nickel Corp., the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the local and national government leaders to respect the protected ancestral area of the indigenous people of Brooke’s Point by the National Integrated Protected Area System (NIPAS) which was reiterated through the writ of Kalikasan issued by the Supreme Court in August this year.

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