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BY ISN STAFF<\/strong> | June 19, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

Jesuit institutions and organizations, including the Ignatian Solidarity Network, and other Ignatian network members, have joined nearly 600 U.S. Catholic institutions in signing the <\/span>Catholic Climate Declaration<\/span><\/a>, affirming the Paris Agreement and supporting actions to meet its goals. Signatories include dioceses, communities of men and women religious, health care systems, universities, parishes, and schools. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Declaration responds to President Trump\u2019s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Agreement, is in solidarity with the <\/span>U.S. bishops\u2019 position<\/span><\/a>, and is consistent with the calls for climate action from Pope Francis and his predecessors, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Saint John Paul II. The Declaration was organized by Catholic Climate Covenant (CCC), a Washington, D.C.-based organization that partners with seventeen national Catholic institutions including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The Declaration also joins the wider We Are Still In campaign organized a year ago. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe recognize that the Catholic Church calls for local action and systematic advocacy to reform systems and structures,\u201d shared Fr. Daniel Hendrickson, S.J., president of Creighton University. \u201cIn this tradition, The Jesuit order calls its universities, in particular, to work for justice by taking prophetic public positions on social issues and public policy.\u201d\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe affirm the Catholic teaching that climate change is an urgent moral issue that threatens both human life and dignity, unjustly burdens the poor, and damages our common home,\u201d he continued.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since signing the American College and University Presidents Climate Agreement in 2010, Creighton University has reduced greenhouse emissions from purchased electricity by 25%, has installed solar and wind collection systems, established a sustainabilities studies program, and incorporated ecological sustainability throughout its new 10-year strategic plan.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have certainly seen at Creighton University our young people galvanized in a very meaningful way with [Laudato Si\u2019],\u201d said Fr. Henrickson. \u201cThis has created a new conversation and a way for our students, faculty, and staff to step forward and keep embracing this very important issue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Dan Misleh, Catholic Climate Covenant executive director, said: \u201cLaudato Si\u2019 was a high-water mark for the Church\u2019s decades-long engagement in the climate issue. This Declaration builds on a flurry of action this past year and helps to consolidate and expand on the numerous activities already happening in the U.S. Catholic community.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Even while the signatories noted that progress on climate change has been imperiled by President Trump\u2019s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, Sister Sharlet Wagner, CSC, the president-elect of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), said, \u201cClimate change is not a political issue but a moral issue. God\u2019s creation is in peril by our own actions. Yet we know it is a gift for us to enjoy, safeguard, and protect for future generations.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the summer and leading up to the Global Climate Action Summit in September, the Covenant will gather commitments from signers to the Declaration and share those during the event.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nIgnatian Solidarity Network Member Signatories:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Colleges and Universities:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Canisius College
\nCollege of the Holy Cross
\nCreighton University
\nFairfield University
\nFordham University
\nGeorgetown University
\nGonzaga University
\nJohn Carroll University
\nLe Moyne College
\nLoyola University Chicago
\nLoyola University Maryland
\nLoyola University New Orleans
\nRegis University
\nRockhurst University
\nSaint Louis University
\nSaint Peter’s University
\nSanta Clara University
\nSeattle University
\nSpring Hill College
\nUniversity of Scranton
\nUniversity of Detroit Mercy
\nUniversity of San Francisco
\nVillanova University*
\nXavier University<\/p>\n

High schools:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Cheverus High School
\nCreighton Preparatory School
\nFordham Preparatory School
\nDe La Salle High School*
\nLoyola Academy
\nMarquette University High School
\nWalsh Jesuit High School
\nXavier High School<\/p>\n

Parishes:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Church of Saint Ignatius Loyola (NYC)
\nChurch of the Gesu (OH)
\nSaint Alphonsus Rodriguez Church
\nSaint Ignatius of Loyola Parish (MA)
\nSaint Ignatius Loyola Parish (CA)<\/p>\n

Other Jesuit Network Signatories:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
\nIgnatian Solidarity Network
\nJesuit Conference of Canada and the United States
\nJesuit Refugee Service\/USA
\nJesuit Social Research Institute Loyola University New Orleans
\nJesuits of the US Central and Southern Province
\nJesuits USA West Province
\nKino Border Initiative
\nLoyola Press
\nMarquette University Center for Peacemaking
\nMaryland Province of the Society of Jesus
\nUSA Midwest Jesuits
\nUSA Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus<\/p>\n

*non-Jesuit ISN member institution
\n[Please see signatory list<\/a> for a complete listing of participating Jesuit communities and student organizations and non-ISN member Jesuit schools and parishes]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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