Caring for God's Creation
"Seeing creation as God's gift to humanity helps us understand our vocation and worth as human beings....Contemplating the beauty of creation inspires us to recognize the love of the Creator."   Pope Bnedict XVI's World Day of Peace Message for 2010: To Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation #2.

Mission of Holy Trinity Environmentl Stewardship Group
ESG's Mission Statement stresses witnessing and living out the values of Catholic Social Teaching that call all of us to protect human life and the environment.  We will do this by furthering environmental awareness within the Holy Trinity Parish Community and throughout the region by promoting and conducting activities that fufill our Catholic responsibility to provide stewardship of the environment.

Our Mission Statement is based on our Catholic faith's belief that all of creation is a gift from God and St. Ignatius' theological insight that creation "...is given in order that we might experience more deeply God's love for us and love and serve God in return." ("Principle and Foundation" of the Spiritual Exercises)
     

Work Plan for 2011
-  Conduct an energy assessment of Holy Trinity physical plant and evaluate recommendations.
-   Identify Holy Trinity's generated waste streams and propose mitigation or elimination as appropriate.
-   Provide Holy Trinity Parish community with environmental information and links to resources through the ESG pages on the parish website.
-   Involve the Holy Trinity community in interfaith efforts concerned with environmental issues (eg, Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light, Diocesan Environment Outreach Committee etc.).
-   Provide educational programs on environmental stewardship.
-   Involve the Holy Trinity parish community with other faith-based communities in environmental protection activities.

Additional Resources
-  Church leaders speak out
-  Environmental Stewardship

Measure your ecological footprint
Take a quiz that estimates the amount of land and ocean area required to sustain your consumption patterns and absorb your waste on an annual bais.

Further information
Ken Sala, Chairperson ESG. kssala@verizon.net