{"id":149124,"date":"2025-12-07T18:13:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T17:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cgfmanet.org\/infosphere\/eco-spiritualita-e-fondamenti-cristiani-ispettoria-irl\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T22:23:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:23:00","slug":"eco-spirituality-and-christian-foundations-province-irl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cgfmanet.org\/en\/infosphere\/eco-spirituality-and-christian-foundations-province-irl\/","title":{"rendered":"Eco-Spirituality and Christian Foundations \u2013 Province IRL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tipperary (Ireland).<\/strong> On 22 November 2025, at the Conference Center in Tipperary, the Cosmological Group<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0delle Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice dell\u2019Ispettoria N. S. Regina d\u2019Irlanda<\/em> (IRL) ha organizzato la conferenza di chiusura dell\u2019anno.<\/p>\n

Eco-Spirituality and Christians Foundations<\/strong> is the theme of the Conference, explored in depth by Fr. Diarmuid O’Murchu, Missionary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (MSC), in which the FMAs of the Dublin and Limerick areas participated, with colleagues and lay collaborators who have walked a journey of faith with FMAs to understand how Jesus’ message is perfectly inclusive when it comes to the well-being of the community living on Planet Earth.<\/p>\n

In his presentation, Fr. Diarmuid examined the biblical passage from Genesis 1:1-31 as a primary covenant with creation. Everything God created was ‘good’. The Earth is a gift from God to His people. \u201cJesus clearly stated that He did not want to call us ‘servants, but friends’ (Jn 15:15). We are invited to be co-disciples with Him and to take care of all of God’s creation, taking into account the cultural elements that were part of Jesus’ reality,\u201d<\/em> he affirmed.<\/p>\n

Speaking about how Jesus refers to the term Kingdom of God more than 100 times, leading to an understanding of how it is at the heart of His message. He then quoted theologian Sister Elizabeth Johnson CSJ, \u201cSince the reign of God is especially attentive to the needy and outcast, Jesus showed a partisanship for suffering people that we can today interpret as extending to encompass the earth and its myriads of distressed species and ecosystems.\u00a0 His ministry reveals a wideness in God\u2019s mercy that includes all creation\u201d<\/em> (\u2018Creation and the Cross\u2019 2018).<\/p>\n

American theologian Rodger Haight SJ, uses the term \u201ckingdom\u201d instead of \u201ckingdom of God\u201d, stating that \u201cThe rule of God refers to the intention of the Creator, the way God desires creation to be, especially human existence in a community that includes relationship with the wider life of the planet\u2026 The rule of God symbolises being drawn into the mystery of God\u2019s intention for the universe of how human beings should live.\u201d<\/em> (Faith and Evolution, 2019).<\/p>\n

\u201cJesus was clearly committed to caring for everyone without exception\u201d <\/em>\u2013 the speaker explained \u2013 \u201cHis ministry is marked by the breaking of cultural norms and boundaries, by the inclusion of everyone, regardless of their social status. His attitude to commensality and healing marked his mission. He clearly denounced the religion of empire, the power that oppressed the poor and needy, but he proclaimed the reign of God to all who had hearts to hear his Word.\u00a0 His parables continue to teach us through three essential elements: Story, Allegory (story is being used to teach a religious lesson), and parable (a hidden subverted meaning that the adult hearer must discover for themselves).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Lastly, Fr. Diarmuid invited the participants to consider the Earth Charter<\/strong> \u2013 a collective document that enunciates the values and principles through which sustainable development can be achieved \u2013 by comparing it to the first chapter of Genesis, discovering how it can be a model for translating eco-spirituality into daily practice for the sanctification and empowerment of both people and the planet.\u00a0 \u201cLet us make man in our image and likeness, so God created man in His image, male and female He created them\u201d<\/em> (Genesis 1:26-28). \u201cAffirm the right of peoples to have their spirituality, knowledge, land and resources and to their related practice of sustainable livelihoods\u201d <\/em>Earth Charter (12b) \u201cEarth, our home is alive with a unique community of life\u2026The protection of Earth\u2019s vitality, diversity and beauty is a sacred trust\u201d<\/em> (Earth Charter, Foreword).<\/p>\n

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