Care for Our Common Home Ecumenical Dialogue
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“This guide offers insights into how Catholics can bring the riches of the Catholic theological tradition to ecumenical and interreligious discussions and actions that uphold the dignity and sanctity of our environment.”
Most Reverend Joseph C. Bambera, Bishop of Scranton
Chairman, Bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
ONLINE ECUMENICAL DIALOGUE IN CELEBRATION OF THE
Ecumenical and Interreligious Guidebook:
CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME
Jointly published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops,
Catholic Association of Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officers, and Catholic Climate Covenant
THURSDAY, JULY 29, 11:00 AM – 12 NOON EASTERN TIME
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GUESTS:
REV. DR. KAREN GEORGIA A. THOMPSON is the Associate General Minister for Wider Church Ministries and Operations in the United Church of Christ and Co-Executive for Global Ministries with the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She is an inspiring preacher and theologian, who shares her skills and gifts in a variety of settings nationally and internationally, often using her poetry as a part of her ministry.
DR. JESSICA MOERMAN is a climate and environmental scientist, church planter, educator, and advocate. She serves as the Senior Director for Science and Policy at the Evangelical Environmental Network. Jessica received her Ph.D. in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences from the Georgia Institute of Technology and co-founded Grace Capital City church in Washington, DC.
MICHAEL TERRIEN, OBL. OSB chairs the Catholic Association of Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officers Care for Creation Committee. He serves on the Vatican’s Laudato Si’ Action Platform Parishes and Dioceses Working Group and directs the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Care for Creation Ministry. Michael is a trustee of the Parliament of the World’s Religions and founding member of its Climate Action Task Force.
REV. DENNIS TESTERMAN currently serves as national moderator and member of Presbyterians for Earth Care steering committee. He is a novice in the Order of Ecumenical Franciscans. His sense of place is rooted in his family’s circa-1789 Appalachian mountain cove farm in Northeast Tennessee on the land of the Cherokee.
Hosted and Facilitated by:
Fr. Walter F. Kedjierski,
USCCB, Executive Director,
Secretariat of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
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