Articles from the bimonthly e-zine
In This Issue: Autumn The Chronicle (September-October 2013) From Alice Loyd Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report Summary; Climate Panel’s Fifth Report Clarifies Humanity’s Choices; Climate Panel Cites Near Certainty on Warming; What 95% Certainty of Warming means to Scientists; Politics Is Poorly Suited to Address Global Warming; We Need Climate Change Risk Assessment; Anger…
PRAYER FOR THE GRACE TO AGE WELL By Teilhard de Chardin, The Divine Milieu (found among Brother Conrad’s possessions) When the signs of age begin to mark my body, and still more when they touch my mind; When the illness that is to diminish me or carry me off strikes from without or is…
AUTUMN I love autumn, the one season of the year that God seemed to have put there just for The beauty of it. ~Lee Maynard Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance Autumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance ~Yoko Ono
The Chronicle (September-October 2013) Our readers are invited to present their own reports of what they are paying attention to in the transition from economic-industrial to ecological-cultural societies. From Alice Loyd Looking back at the past month’s news stories in light of ecozoic priorities, the lead story must be the Fifth Assessment Report of…
PASSAGE OF BROTHER CONRAD FEDERSPIEL, C.P. (Born May 28, 1924, Professed April 3, 1952, Died October 6, 2013) By Tom Keevey Brother Conrad Federspiel was a member of the Passionist Religious Order, as was Thomas Berry. He worked in many monasteries including years at the foundation in Port Burwell, Canada, where he cared for the…
HORTICULTURE AND HUMAN CULTURE By D. Paul Schafer Dr. Schafer lives in Markham, Canada, and is the Director of the World Culture Project. This summer, I watched a particular plant in our garden, a monkshood, to see if it would bloom. It had been a long, hot summer with very little rain, and this fascinating…
REPORT ON PETER LONDON WORKSHOP: “ARTISTS ARE NOT ILLUSTRATORS, RATHER ART IS A WORK OF RELATIONSHIP” By Alice Loyd CES, featuring the leadership of artist and master teacher Peter London, held its first artists’ workshop on September 27 and 28, 2013. From the first lecture through the closing exercise, the sessions were marked by…