The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox |
Today's the day: Matthew Fox's video meditation is below! |
Sister
Dorothy Stang to Be Formally Recognized as a Modern-Day Martyr 06/24/2024 |
Marlene Denardo, director of our Master’s program at ICCS and UCS years ago, alerted me recently to a new honor bestowed on Sister Dorothy Stang. When Sister Dot was a student at ICCS, Marlene and she were delighted to reunite, since Marlene had been part of her religious community of Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She had also spent many years working in Brazil, including during the years of military dictatorship
there. |
Sister Dorothy will be “the first American woman included in the Vatican memorial for modern martyrs” on January 10, 2025, a month before the 20th anniversary of her martyrdom. She will be formally recognized by the Vatican as a modern-day martyr along with Saint Archbishop Oscar Romero, St. Charles de Foucauld, and Blessed Franz Jagerstatter who was executed for refusing to fight with the Nazis. The “Sanctuary of the New Martyrs” |
|
contains relics of these persons as part of the permanent memorial to contemporary martyrs. Sister Dot’s relic will be a vial containing the blood-soaked soil from the site of her murder.* |
“The Student, the Nun & the Amazon:” Part 1 of a four-part documentary about James Newton and Sam Clements’ encounter with Sr. Dorothy Stang. Video by stringfilms. | Other awards given her posthumously include the UN Prize
in the Field of Human Rights. Books, movies, and documentaries have told her story. She is the first martyr in our creation spirituality movement and deserves to be remembered as a leader of environmental rights and rights of the poor. |
A young Brazilian Franciscan priest, who met Sister Dot two years before she died, spoke of her this way. I am deeply grateful for the gift that is Dorothy Stang to Brazil. [She] has become a ‘Saint of the People’ in Brazil, especially in the Amazon. Yesterday, we celebrated World Environment Day, and the presence of this dedicated missionary continued to resonate strongly in our programs and activities commemorating this important day. Dorothy and her
teachings remain alive in the heart of the Amazon. |
He tells of attending a recent ordination where the celebration incorporated many elements from the Amazonian region. A particularly moving moment was during the litany, where the name of sister Dorothy Stang was invoked. Yes, Dorothy was sung in the litany as a saint. And indeed, she is. We the people of the Amazon, have made |
|
Dorothy a saint. She is a North American who became a martyr in the Amazon to defend us, and we are profoundly grateful for her sacrifice. Signed, Fr Erlison Campos, OFM. I am deeply moved to learn of this honor bestowed on one of our ICCS students.
|
|
| | To view today's video, please click the
image. You will be taken to today's post on the Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox website, where you can see the meditation in a larger version and also view and post your Comments. In the sharing that follows, a kind of community is developing around the DM. If you can't reach today's post on the website directly, click HERE. If you can't reach Matthew's video on the website, try his Vimeo channel HERE. |
|
|
|
|
Responses are welcomed. To add
your comment, or read other comments and enter into dialog, please click HERE to go to our website and scroll down to the Comments field. |
Queries for Contemplation |
What does Sister Dorothy’s life and work and martyrdom signify to you? And to the movement to saving the planet in this time of Climate Change and, alas! denial of Climate Change? |
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. |
|
Matthew Fox: Essential Writings on Creation Spirituality
Selected with an Introduction by Charles Burack
To encapsulate the life and work of Matthew Fox would be a daunting task for any save his colleague Dr. Charles Burack, who had the full cooperation of his subject. Fox has devoted 50 years to developing and teaching the tradition of Creation Spiritualityand in doing so has reinvented forms of education and worship. His more than 40 books, translated into 78 languages, are inclusive of today’s science and world spiritual traditions and have awakened millions to the much neglected
earth-based mystical tradition of the West. Essential Writings begins by exploring the influences on Fox’s life and spirituality, then presents selections from all Fox’s major works in 10 sections.
“The critical insights, the creative connections, the centrality of Matthew Fox’s writings and teaching are second to none for the radical renewal of Christianity.” ~~ Richard Rohr, OFM. |
|
In the Beginning There Was Joy: A Cosmic Celebration for Kids of All Ages
The first book in the Father Fox’s Fantastical Fables series tells the story of the big bang and how humans fit into the awesome, fantastical,
cosmic picture! With artwork curated from illustrators around the world, this book expresses the joy and wonder of all peoples and cultures, planting seeds of respect, cooperation and hope to work together for the healing of our planet. "Matthew Fox has created a narrative, for every parent and grandparent, both spiritual and
scientific, that is a gift for all elders who recognize their responsibility in initiating the young ones into the grandeur of existence." Cosmologist Brian Swimme, Author of Cosmogenesis and The Universe Story "Matthew Fox has given all of us, children included, a wondrous and enchanting view of creation
and all that humanity should aspire to." - Caroline Myss, Author of Anatomy of the Spirit and A Time for Grace |
|
UPCOMING EVENTS See Matthew Fox's full calendar
HERE |
MONTHLY: Join Matthew Fox, Mariko Middleton, and Skylar Wilson of the Order of the Sacred Earth in a free virtual meeting for connection and networking with other mystic warriors. Last Tuesday of every month, 4:00-5:00pm PT.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88665302478
Meeting ID: 886 6530 2478 Learn more at www.orderofthesacredearth.org |
Join Matthew Fox in a new, live, 7-week video course hosted by the Shift Network, Cultivating Compassion in Spirituality: What Meister Eckhart & Other World Mystics Can Teach Us About Navigating Collective Turmoil. Tuesdays, May 7 – June 25, 5:00pm - 6:30pm PT. Register HERE. |
Join Matthew Fox and 11 other speakers for a 6-week course on Cosmic Water: The Radical Roots of Mystical Christianity hosted by Advaya.Life (Matthew speaks on June 18). Tuesdays, May 28 - Thursday, July 4, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT Register HERE (for 10% discount use code
FOX-WOW) |
|
Join Matthew Fox as he discusses his book Prayer: A Radical Response to Life in an Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat, Thursday, July 18, 6:00 - 7:30 pm PT.
Register HERE. |
Creation Spirituality Conversations |
Matthew Fox speaks on "Preserving Things in the Good" at the Unity of Walnut Creek Earth Day worship service held on April 21, 2024. |
|
Inspired by this post? Share your insights on Universeodon, Instagram or Twitter using the hashtag #RevDrMatthewFox and tag Matt with @RevDrMatthewFox FOLLOW MATTHEW FOX: |
|
|
|
