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Dear friends; we've rounded up some ideas, opportunities and resources for your own journey of contemplative activism this month. As always, you can email us with your own questions, suggestions and stories too. — Passionists in England & Wales
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A group of 20 MPs currently have the opportunity to introduce a new bill in Parliament. If your MP is on the list, you can urge them to choose the Local Electricity Bill, unlocking the potential of community-scale renewable energy. Read more here.
—via our Passionist Partners, Green Christian
Many churches and communities are reacting to our rising living costs by setting up a Local Pantry. On 15 June, Church Action on Poverty present an online introduction to the scheme, sharing advice from those who are already running one.
On 18th June, join Christian Climate Action's training day in London, discussing non-violent direct action from a legal and practical standpoint, sharing strategies and encouragement. Open to both newcomers and veterans.
Our Passionist Partners, London Catholic Worker, hold monthly prayer vigils outside the Home Office, in support of refugees. The next vigil takes place on Monday 20th June, from 12.30 - 1.30pm (check the link for updates/confirmation).
—Link opens via LCW Facebook page
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Listen back to BBC Radio Wales' program on nuclear weapons, feat. Ruth Harvey, Leader of the Iona Community. The panel discuss whether nuclear 'deterrence' really works, and where this sits within Christian faith.
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"Poverty is not natural, and it is not a choice. It is the result of unjust systems and behaviour, maintained by policy."
As the number of UK households in poverty rises, Caritas Social Action Network draws on Catholic Social Teaching to ask how the church must respond.
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Deep Waters is a faith-based programme to enable people to express their feelings about climate change and biodiversity loss.
Our Partners, Green Christian, will be running the course in September this year, but it can also be run independently at any time.
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Read an exclusive extract from Austin Smith's Passion for the Inner City: Austin writes that the powerless in our society endure so much enforced 'waiting' that it amounts to a psychological violence.
—Passion for the Inner City is available from our book imprint, Lab/ora Press
In 30 years of analysis, the IPCC has never discussed the connections between climate change and colonialism—until now. Researcher Harriet Mercer explores why this is so important.
Amid our fight to protect the Earth, Green Christian's Andrew Norman reflects on the words of Robin Wall Kimmerer: “What would it be like to feel that the earth loved you back?”
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In the 1970s, two Passionist priests left their monastery to reinvent the contemplative life amid a Liverpool community oppressed by poverty and racism. Our new publishing imprint, Lab/ora Press, is re-printing Austin Smith's reflections on a decade in the inner city, first written in 1983.
"A must-read for Christian disciples, justice activists and new monastics." —Rev Dr Ash Barker
Buy now in paperback for just £5:
Waterstones | Blackwells | Book Depository | Foyles
Buy the ebook:
Kindle Store | Kobo Store
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