Other Religious Orders

There is a strong movement today to network, to link and affiliate. A project or center might not be staffed exclusively by member of one order. Individual religious from different congregations join local and national conservation groups. The Maryknoll project in Baguio, The Philippines, includes on its staff members of the Redemptorist and Divine Word orders. The Sisters of Charity, Religious of the Sacred Heart and Passionists have projects and centers similar to those run by the Dominicans.

            The Global Education Association is an international network and resource for ecologically related issues. Within GEA, The Religious Orders Partnership includes more than 150 orders. Their aim is to cooperate in using their resources of schools, universities, health care facilities, community services, retreat centers and churches to further a concern and care for the earth. Most religious orders include ecology within their programs for social justice.

			Further Reading
			Maryknoll
			Religious Orders and Ecology
			Franciscan Reverence of Creation Resources
			OFM JPIC Home Page

Copyright, Bron Taylor and Jeffrey Kaplan, The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (London: Continuum, forthcoming 2004).