Kathie Davey sent us this latest news:
Some members continue to take part in demonstrations on Fridays outside the Dail supporting Fridays For Future, calling for Climate Justice and Climate Action. We were also represented at the Aviva Stadium on 6th October as part of AFRI’s demonstration against the Business Fair taking place there that day. The spur for AFRI’s action was the participation of Irish companies producing missile systems with sophisticated controls for the international arms trade.
Following the Season of Creation we set up a series of meetings to discuss Pope Francis’ recent book “Let us Dream”, which sets out, from a perspective of Catholic Social Teaching, his analysis of where the world is now and the roadmap ahead. The discussions were led by Hilda Geraghty, our organist, who earlier in the year had introduced us to Pierre Teillard de Chardin in another series of meetings. About 20 members of the parish attended regularly.
On 16th October we celebrated the richness of Autumn with a Harvest Mass, with relevant hymns and prayers and a display at the altar. The fruit and veg. were later distributed to any who came forward! [see picture above]
This was followed on 18th October by a parish screening of the film “The Letter , a message for our Earth” about the meeting of Pope Francis with five climate activists bringing him up to date the extent of damage to the world by Climate Change. Those he invited came from India, Ghana, The Amazon and the Pacific.
On Saturday 12th November we responded to a call from Stop Climate Chaos to take part in a demo at the Famine Memorial on the Dublin Quays for a photo shoot to raise awareness of the seriousness of the climate crisis and the urgent need for COP 27 to take meaningful action.
We now look forward to receiving the Climate Justice Candle in the New Year.