Begun in 1970, Earth Day has mobilized millions of people worldwide in efforts to safeguard our planet and to work towards a healthier and brighter future for all. This year’s theme for Earth Day is Planet vs. Plastics. Plastics pose a serious health risk to humans and to all living creatures.
This year’s theme is a “call to arms” to the whole global community – individuals, organizations, governments, countries – to work diligently toward phasing out all single use plastics by 2030 and a 60% reduction in the production of plastics by 2040.
Let us take time to honor and celebrate our beautiful planet on Earth Day. This special day reminds us once again of the importance of environmental conservation and sustainability and of our responsibility to do all we can to raise awareness, inspire change and foster a deeper connection with nature. Let us unite with the whole global community to protect our Earth-home now and into the future.
- For further information about the 2024 campaign, visit the Earth Day website
- To sign a petition supporting the Treaty limiting global plastic production, click on this link
- For our reflection prepared for use on Earth Day, click on this link
Iniciado en 1970, el Día de la Tierra ha movilizado a millones de personas en todo el mundo en un esfuerzo por salvaguardar nuestro planeta y trabajar por un futuro más sano y brillante para todos. Este año, el tema del Día de la Tierra es El planeta contra los plásticos. Los plásticos suponen un grave riesgo para la salud de los seres humanos y de todos los seres vivos.
El tema de este año es una “llamada a las armas” a toda la comunidad mundial -personas, organizaciones, gobiernos, países- para que trabajen con diligencia en la eliminación progresiva de todos los plásticos de un solo uso para 2030 y en una reducción del 60% en la producción de plásticos para 2040.
Dediquemos tiempo a honrar y celebrar nuestro hermoso planeta en el Día de la Tierra. Este día tan especial nos recuerda una vez más la importancia de la conservación del medio ambiente y la sostenibilidad, así como nuestra responsabilidad de hacer todo lo posible para concienciar, inspirar el cambio y fomentar una conexión más profunda con la naturaleza. Unámonos a toda la comunidad mundial para proteger nuestro hogar, la Tierra, ahora y en el futuro.
- Para más información sobre la campaña 2024, visite el sitio web del Día de la Tierra
- Para firmar una petición de apoyo al Tratado que limita la producción mundial de plástico, haz clic en este enlace
- Para ver nuestra reflexión preparada para el Día de la Tierra, haz clic en este enlace

She was received into the novitiate and given the name Sister M. Camillus Joseph on the feast of Our Lady of Mercy in the same year. Her novitiate companions were Sister M. Ligouri Carmody and Sister M. Ignatius Guinane, two young women from Limerick, Ireland, along with another Newfoundlander, Sister M. Clare Tarrahan, who haentered the community a year earlier.
Mary Ellen’s religious name was Sister Mary de Chantal, a name that became legendary over her nearly sixty years of Mercy ministry in Newfoundland. In September 1961, less than a year after her Profession of Vows, Sister M. de Chantal went to Brigus as a member of that founding community. In 1866 she became Superior of Mercy Convent in St. John’s, the second sister to hold that position since the death of Sister Francis Creedon. During her time of office, two new Mercy foundations were established – Conception Harbour and Petty Harbour. In 1861 she went to Burin as Superior of St. Anne’s Convent.
Given the right kind of conditions, it is possible to enter Holy Week from the inside rather than the outside – not as a series of commemorative events surrounding the final days of Jesus’ earthly life, but as a way of actually accompanying Jesus on His timeless passage through death to the very source of life and back into this world, with the unshakable certainty that “nothing can separate us from the love of God.”