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Dublin Sisters Share their Garden for Laudato Si’ Week
The sisters in our Dublin Community find God in all places, but they especially love to be close to the Creator in the beauty of their garden. Sr Mary Jo spends time feeding the birds that visit the garden, and Sr Julie loves her wild flower garden (pictured...
Ecological Missionary Rosary
Adapted with thanks from the Laudato Si’ Missionary project by Sr. Annarosa Crippa, OLA. As part of the OLA “Green Community” Campaign, we are praying the Missionary Rosary during Laudato Si’ week. We’d love you to join us in asking the Spirit to open the hearts of...
Pentecost 2021
This week-end we celebrated the feast of Pentecost, which takes place 50 days after Easter Sunday, it’s a very special Feast in the life of the Church and the Christian Community, and it represent the official birthday of the Church. The Advocate promised by Jesus...
Trees, Biodiversity and Community Tree Mapping
All life on earth is bound up with trees: they are critical to biodiversity. Our native woodland is home to a wealth of wildlife from shade-loving plants and delicate fungi to nesting birds, mammals and insects. Trees and woodland ecosystems in particular provide...
Community Gardening
Biodiversity Awareness 17 – 23 May – Day 3 The Experience of Green Spaces for Health Green Spaces in urban areas are important places of safety for all sorts of wildlife species, they offer an urban refuge, and they are a valuable support for our...
OLA Feast Day 2021
We are excited to be celebrating the Feast Day of Our Lady of Apostles this week and as we have been doing with so many celebrations this last year, we held a prayer meeting on Zoom. It was a truly international affair with attendees from across Africa and Europe and...
Does Biodiversity Matter?
Biodiversity Biodiversity Awareness 17 – 23 May – Day 3 Biodiversity Our educational resources, Biodiversity, Food Chains and Food Webs and What is an Ecosystem? explained that ecosystems rely on diversity in food chains and food webs to sustain thriving habitats....
What is an Ecosystem?
Biodiversity Awareness 17 – 23 May – Day 2 xxxx As we learned in yesterday’s resource, Biodiversity, Food Chains and Food Webs, the biodiversity of a habitat refers to species richness and abundance of plant and animal species in that habitat. Biodiversity and the...
Biodiversity, Food Chains and Food Webs
The biodiversity of a habitat refers to species richness and abundance of plant and animal species in that habitat. The biodiversity is important because the greater it is, the greater the interaction between the different species, and the greater the stability of the...
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