St. Francis Pledge to Care for Creation and the Poor PRAY and
reflect on the duty to care for Gods creation and protect the poor
and vulnerable; LEARN about and educate others on both the reality
of climate change and its moral dimensions; ASSESS your
participation-as individuals and organizations-in contributing to
climate change; ACT to change your choices and behaviors
contributing to climate change and; ADVOCATE Catholic principles
and priorities in climate change discussions and decisions,
especially as they impact the poor and vulnerable.
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O Lord, hear my prayer, 2x When I call,answer me O Lord, hear
my prayer, 2x Come and Listen to me.
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2010
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CHINA
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15 million refugees due to flooding
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COLOMBIA
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Floods and landslides affected 70% of the country
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3 million refugees
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PAKISTAN FLOODING SUBMERGED ONE-FIFTH OF THE COUNTRY
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11 MILLION REFUGEES
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2011 MEXICO
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280,000 Refugees TROPICAL STORM ARLENE
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Angola 220,000 REFUGEES DUE TO FLOODING
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BRAZIL 170,000 Refugees due to Flooding
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2012
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India 6.9 million Refugees due to Flooding
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NIGERIA 6.1 million Refugees due to Flooding
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United States 775,000 displaced due to Superstorm Sandy
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2013 Philippines
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TYPHOON HAIYAN 4 Million Refugees
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Two months after Typhoon Haiyan aid agencies warned that up to
two million children were at risk for trafficking.
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By 2050, analysts predict that 150-200 million
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men, women and children or roughly one in every 45 people on
earth
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will be displaced due to environmental disasters.
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It is virtually impossible to estimate the number of people
displaced by environmental disasters who become victims of
trafficking.
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Let us take a moment to silently remember all victims of
environmental disasters of human trafficking
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and all victims of human trafficking
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As we take the St. Francis Pledge to Care for Creation and the
Poor let us invoke the Holy Spirit to guide us
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O Lord, hear my prayer, 2x When I call,answer me O Lord, hear
my prayer, 2x Come and Listen to me.
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That our public and private prayer may lead us to a deeper
concern for the gift of Gods creation and all impacted by our
lifestyles.
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That we take the time to learn about Church teaching on the
environment and climate change and the impacts of our lifestyles on
vulnerable people and all Gods Creatures.
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That we have the courage to honestly assess our own
contributions to climate change within our homes, and through our
everyday lifestyle choices.
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That we take the steps necessary to live more sustainably and
more simply as a sign of solidarity with those who suffer the
consequences of our lack of respect for Gods gift of Creation.
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That we become the voice of the poor to ensure that local,
state and national policies designed to address climate change do
not place additional burdens on the most vulnerable people at home
and abroad.
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That we may be inspired by the example of St. Francis of Assisi
the Patron Saint of Ecology and become instruments of Gods healing
for our imperiled planet and its inhabitants. We pray
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O Lord, hear my prayer, 2x When I call,answer me O Lord, hear
my prayer, 2x Come and Listen to me.
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St. Francis Pledge I pledge to: PRAY and reflect on my duty to
care for Gods creation and protect the poor and vulnerable; LEARN
about and educate others about the causes and moral dimensions of
climate change; ASSESS how I as individuals and organizations-in
contribute to climate change by energy use, consumption, waste,
etc; ACT to change my choices and behaviors contributing to climate
change and; ADVOCATE for Catholic principles of solidarity and
stewardship of Gods creation in climate change discussions and
decisions, especially as they impact the poor and vulnerable.