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We live our commitment to be watchful stewards of the resources of our great earth, and to preserve it for the generations that will come after us . "To break the cycle of exploitation of the earth, by 2006 we will investigate, educate, and implement a system for recycling.."

(Acts of the General Chapter, 2001)

"The human community and the natural world will go into the future together as a single sacred community or we will both perish in the desert."

- Thomas Berry

We pray, Lord God, creator of all the earth, you have given us the mountains and trees, the waters and the good earth which supports our crops, our animals,and ourselves.

Never let us lose our love for our land, which is our mother.

Help us to protect the land from abuse and to enrich the soil when we abuse it.

Make our mother, the earth, fruitful again.

(Prayer from the Philippines )