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Standing Up for the Rainforest and
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Its section on Sister Dorothy Stang is very valuable for it places her story in the context of that war and reports how her death, which got international attention, awakened the government to fuller action and response. | “Behind the Story: China in the Amazon Rainforest” Journalists Melissa Chan and Heriberto Araújo report on how China’s soy industry is speeding the loss of biodiversity in the
Amazon and contributing to the global climate emergency. Pulitzer Center |
Sister Dorothy’s brother David, who brought my attention to the book above shared this reflection with me, giving permission to share with our DM readership. Traveling in the Amazon for ten years helped me realize what
awesome people Chico Mendez and Dorothy Stang were/are and this book confirms certainly what I saw; great people and horrific people. I am angry that these horrific people killed my Sister Dorothy who always told me, “I love Brazil, the people of Brazil and God’s Great Creation, the Amazon.” |
“The Student, the Nun, and the Amazon,” part 3: UK student Sam Clements rides with Sister Dorothy Stang to witness the land and people she served. stringfilms | My sister Marguerite and I traveled to Belem Brazil less than two months before her murder. Dorothy received the Human Rights Award in December of 2004 from the Brazilian National Association of Lawyers. They saw Dorothy fighting for the legal rights of the poor. For me
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represents the hundreds of other activists who have been killed together with the thousands of poor who have been murdered in the Amazon. While with her she spoke out clearly to the press about this corrupt class of men in the Amazon, in the State of Para. This book will tell the story of Chico and Dorothy much better than I. There is one exception: Dorothy has an American Blood Family and we her Family also have a Brazilian Blood Family in Brazil as
she is buried in Brazil and her blood flowed in the land of the Brazilian Amazon. |
After Dorothy was murdered, a Brazilian priest slept on top of her grave for weeks to make sure her body was
not dug up and thrown into the woods. Finally, troops were sent into the area to protect the poor. Many of the poor soldiers hugged me and had their picture taken with the brother of | “The Student, the Nun, and the Amazon,” part 4: Sam Clements ends his visit with Sister Dorothy and returns to bear witness at her funeral. stringfilms. See the full documentary HERE. |
Dorothy Stang. Often they had tears in their eyes. These soldiers knew and felt Dorothy Stang. I cannot leave out also the fact that when I went to Anapu to her Celebration of Death in February, 2005, thousands of people hugged Dorothy’s brother with tears and fear for their lives, tears of unbelief, trauma that now the killers will again control their lives. |
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See Matthew Fox, Confessions: The Making of a Postdenominational Priest (2015 edition), pp. 341-343, 433, 448. And Fox, Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth. And Fox, Skylar Wilson and Jennifer Listug, Order
of the Sacred Earth: An Intergenerational Vision of Love and Action. Banner Image: Ibama and the Federal Police are fighting a criminal group responsible for illegally extracting and trading wood from the Gurupi Biological Reserve and the Caru and Alto Turiaçu Indigenous
Lands, in Maranhão, Brazil. Felipe Werneck – Ascom/Ibama. Wikimedia Commons. |
Queries for Contemplation How do these stories of Sister Dot inspire you? |
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Confessions: The Making of a Post-Denominational
Priest (Revised/Updated Edition) Matthew Fox’s stirring autobiography, Confessions, reveals his personal, intellectual, and spiritual journey from
altar boy, to Dominican priest, to his eventual break with the Vatican. Five new chapters in this revised and updated edition bring added perspective in light of the author’s continued journey, and his reflections on the current changes taking place in church, society and the environment. “The unfolding story of this irrepressible spiritual
revolutionary enlivens the mind and emboldens the heart — must reading for anyone interested in courage, creativity, and the future of religion.” —Joanna Macy, author of World as Lover, World as Self | |
Creation
Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth Fox’s spirituality weds the healing and liberation found in North American Creation Spirituality and in South American Liberation Theology. Creation Spirituality
challenges readers of every religious and political persuasion to unite in a new vision through which we learn to honor the earth and the people who inhabit it as the gift of a good and just Creator. “A watershed theological work that offers a common ground for religious seekers and activists of all stripes.” — Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice. | |
Order of
the Sacred Earth: An Intergenerational Vision of Love and Action By Matthew Fox, Skylar Wilson, and Jen Listug In the midst of global fire, earthquake and flod – as species are going extinct
every day and national and global economies totter – the planet doesn’t need another church or religion. What it needs is a new Order, grounded in the Wisdom traditions of both East and West, including science and indigenous. An Order of the Sacred Earth united in one sacred vow: “I promise to be the best lover and defender of the Earth that I can be.” Co-authored by Matthew Fox, Skylar Wilson, and Jennifer
Listug, with a forward by David Korten, this collection of essays by 21 spiritual visionaries marks the founding of the diverse and inclusive Order of the Sacred Earth, a community now evolving around the world. “The Order of the Sacred Earth not only calls us home to our true nature as Earth, but also
offers us invaluable guidance and company on the way.” ~~ Joanna Macy, environmental activist and author of Active Hope. | |
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Join Matthew Fox and special guest Caroline Myss for a 6-part course, “The Fire Inside: How John of the Cross’s Creation Spirituality and Mystical Activism Inspires Our Own”
hosted by the Caroline Myss Educational Institute. Tuesdays & Thursdays, February 7-23, 4:00pm-5:30pm PT. Register HERE. Please join Matthew Fox, Tom Stang, and the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur for a Commemoration and Rededication to the Legacy of Sister Dorothy Stang, in person or livestreamed
from the SNDdeN Cunningham Chapel, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont CA. Saturday, February 11 2:00-4:00 pm PT. For More Information & Livestream Link, email: Bvaughn@ndnu.edu Creation Spirituality Conversations |
Matthew Fox at the Center for Contemporary Mysticism discusses “Birthing a New World: Can Creation-Centered Spirituality Help Reclaim the Sacredness of the Earth?" | |
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