November/December 2018 edition of the Eco-Congregation Ireland newsletter available!

ECI logo (high resolution)Welcome to the November/December 2018 edition of the Eco-Congregation Ireland newsletter!

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Thank you to everyone who contributed items for this edition! If you have any information or stories from your congregation, parish, meeting or Eco-Congregation we would love to hear from you!  Please forward your news to us at [email protected]. Newsletters will be sent out at the end of January, March, May, July, September and November 2019. Please share and circulate the newsletter to anyone you feel may be interested!  SPREAD THE WORD!!

In this newsletter:

  • Our Climate Justice Candle – The Journey Continues!
  • ECI Climate Justice Candle visits Tuam Parish!
  • ECI Climate Justice Candle visits Ards Friary, Co Donegal!
  • ECI Climate Justice Candle visits Hillsborough Presbyterian Church, Co Down
  • Awards! Awards! Newtownbreda Presbyterian Church, Belfast receives ECI Award and hosts the ECI Climate Justice Candle all in one week!
  • Awards! Awards! SMA Parish, Wilton, Cork receives ECI Award!
  • Parish of The Three Patrons, Rathgar receives an ECI Endeavour Certificate!
  • Gardiner Street Parish, Dublin receives ECI Awareness Certificate!
  • Westport Eco-Congregation launch Christmas Post-Card Project 2018
  • An Tairseach’s Latest News
  • Diocese of Kerry takes up the challenge of plastic pollution for Season of Creation 2018
  • Update from Cabra West Parish
  • Laudato Sí Working Group News
  • Raising our Voices for Climate Action – Join the Laudato Sí Group at the Citizens’ Lobby on 5th December!
  • Latest news from Eco-Congregation Scotland
  • New Caring for Creation Video from the Church of Ireland
  • European Christian Environmental Network 12th Assembly in Katowice October 2018
  • Update from Northern Ireland Creation Care Network
  • The 4th Ballynature Day – Saturday 23 February 2019
  • Belfast Repair Cafe is one year old!
  • Reflection on the Shortest Day by Fr Hugh O’Donnell
  • Ecumenical Mission Evening in Diocese of Limerick & Killaloe – Stewardship of God’s Creation
  • The Scourge of Plastics – A Day Event at the Columban Ecological Institute, Dalgan
  • ‘Caring for the Earth, Our Common Home’ – Service in the Unitarian Church, St Stephens Green Dublin
  • World Council of Churches’ Statement on COP 24 and Just Transition to Sustainable Economy
  • Latest News from Jubilee
  • Mass of Harvest Thanksgiving held in Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Lacken, Blessington, Co Wicklow
  • Salesian Cosmology Group hosts conference on Lifestyle and Consumerism
  • Reflection from Fr Dan McCauley SMA, Dromantine Eco Spirituality Group
  • Eco Challenge!
  • Prayer for the Earth