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Religious Communities and Centers on the Land Identified
_Historically religious communities have been leaders in constructing new forms of community
within which the moral life could be sustained. Today, as in the past, many religious communities
are developing new ways of living and forming new relationships with creation to establish
sustainable communities. The National Catholic Rural Life Conference presents the following
thumbnail descriptions of more than 50 of these communities as a way of fostering similar
innovations amongother communities with the hopes that they may lead the rest of society toward
sustainable life styles and practices.
Resources for Sustainable Communities and Centers on the Land
_A list of resources available from National Catholic Rural Life Conference to help build sustainable
communities on the land.Religious communities on the land will find these useful, but any group or
organization interested in community vitality will find these resources helpful or inspirational..
New Models for the Church
_New Models for the Church By Sister Kathleen Storms, SSND
Catholic Families on the Land
_Rural sustainable living and building strong Catholic families and communities
The Green Seminary Initiative
_The Green Seminary Initiative fosters efforts by theological schools to incorporate care of creation into
the identity and mission of the institution such that it becomes part of its ethos. The initiative encourages
schools to work in five program areas: education, worship, building and grounds, community life and
personal discipleship, and public ministry. Specific resources for this initiative are housed at the Lutheran
School of Theology Chicago through the Web of Creation.
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