10/20/2008
Resources on Fair Trade
By Division of Peace and Justice
In October of 2008 a resource cd on Fair Trade was sent to our parishes to be used as a tool in the education
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07/18/2008
Recommended Reading
By Louise Shawkat
A New Climate for Theology-Sallie McFague says that theology plays a part in climate change. It helps us question our maneuvers of denial and attempts at self justification.
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT-Erich Maria Remarque/ A World War I story that records the daily experiences of a 19 yr old, Paul Baumer. A wonderful translation about the horrors of war and how human beings are changed and our Dark Side is revealed.
RED BADGE OF COURAGE-Stephen Crane/A Civil War story. Henry Fleming, a Union soldier experiences the reality of war, its disarray, bloodshed, and our dark nature. Crane is acknowledged as the initiator of the literary movement of realism and symbolism.
Books by Matthew Fox, Ph.D.
The Hidden Spirituality of Men: Ten Metaphors to Awaken the Sacred Masculine Fall 2008
The A.W.E. Project - Reinventing Education, Reinventing the Human 2006
A New Reformation—Creation Spirituality and the Transformation of Christianity 2006
Creativity: Where the Divine and the Human Meet 2002
Prayer: A Radical Response to Life 2001, OR, PREIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS On Becoming a Musical, Mystical Bear 1972
One River, Many Wells: Wisdom Springing From Global Faiths 2000
Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Lessons for Transforming Evil in Soul and Society 1999
The Physics of Angels—with biologist Rupert Sheldrake 1996
Natural Grace—with biologist Rupert Sheldrake 1996
Confessions: The Making of a Post-Denominational Priest 1996
In the Beginning There Was Joy (Illustrated children’s book) 1995
Passion for Creation, The Earth-Honoring Spirituality of Meister Eckhart 2000, OR, PREIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS Breakthrough, Image Books, 1980
Wrestling With the Prophets: Essays on Creation Spirituality and Everyday Life 1995
The Reinvention of Work: A New Vision of Livelihood For Our Time 1995
Sheer Joy: Conversations with Thomas Aquinas on Creation Spirituality 1992
Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth 1991
The Coming of the Cosmic Christ: The Healing of Mother Earth and the Birth of a Global Renaissance 1988
Hildegard of Bingen’s Book of Divine Works, Songs and Letters 1987
Illuminations of Hildegard of Bingen 1985
Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality 1983
Meditations with Meister Eckhart 1982
Manifesto for a Global Civilization with physicist Brian Swimme 1982
Western Spirituality: Historical Roots, Ecumenical Routes (edited by Matthew Fox) 1981,
Whee! We, Wee All the Way Home: A Guide to a Sensual, Prophetic Spirituality 1981, 1999
A Spirituality Named Compassion 1979, 1990, 1999
Religion USA, Religion and Culture by way of Time Magazine 1971
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03/26/2008
What's Just About Fair Trade?
By Louise Shawkat
Fair Trade verses Free Trade
Free trade allows the open, free market to determine who will succeed. Results? With no guidelines, the poor and disenfranchised often get left behind.
Coffee farmers are typically some of the poorest people on the planet. We expect them to grow the most fragrant and delicious coffee and then individually pick each ripe coffee cherry by hand. In the end, they are rarely paid a living wage for these efforts. Cooperative Coffees develops direct relationships with partner-producers based on fairness and an open exchange of information.
Fair Trade guarantees these folks a livable, fair wage. If the international coffee market price for a pound of coffee goes below this fair trade price (which it often does), we pay the farmers the higher fair trade price. If the coffee market goes above the fair trade price, the farmer gets the higher price.
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