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SPIRITUAL RESOURCES
PRAYER
Keep Connected Spiritually
REQUEST A MASS TO BE SAID AT THE SAINT KATERI SHRINE
Alternate Stations of the Cross:
Ecological Way of the Cross, prepared by the Franciscan Friars Conventual JPIC commission
Stations of the Cross in the Light of Laudato Si, sponsored by the JPIC Commission, USG-UISG
An Environmental Stations of the Cross, published by Green Church
daily Catholic Mass https://www.youtube.com/user/AnthonyCompanions/videos
AND here is a listing of streamed and archived Masses in the Diocese of Albany, in which the Shrine falls
Litany of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
Smudging and the Four Directions Blessing as part of the Penitential Rite
Franciscan prayers, including the Canticle of Creation https://www.olaprovince.org/ministries/franciscan-prayers/
Native American prayers, including the Mohawk prayer to the Great Spirit http://www.worldhealingprayers.com/2.html
Other thoughts: "The Peace of Wild Things" by Wendell Berry https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/peace-wild-things-0/
"Stations of the Cross" by John F. Lyons Jr.
"Easter" by John F. Lyons Jr.
SPIRITUAL LEARNING
Ways to Deepen Faith
how to make spiritual Communion https://archny.org/acts-of-spiritual-communion/
how to practice contemplative meditation/centering prayer https://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201311/sit-down-and-be-quiet-how-practice-contemplative-meditation-28077
ECOLOGY
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha: Patroness of Ecology and the Environment
Saint Kateri Conservation Center online library http://www.kateri.org/library/
Little Portion Farm, another ministry of Our Lady of the Angels Province https://www.littleportionfarm.org/
Laudato Si' Movement https://laudatosimovement.org/
Catholic Climate Covenant https://catholicclimatecovenant.org/
The Institute for Ecological Civilization https://ecociv.org/
GreenFaith https://greenfaith.org/
Interfaith Power and Light https://www.interfaithpowerandlight.org/
"Care for Creation" inititative of the Franciscan Action Network https://franciscanaction.org/issues/care-for-creation/
NATURE WEBCAMS
Staying in Touch with Creation
Cornell University's bird feeder at Sapsucker Woods https://youtu.be/N609loYkFJo
Northeast Florida bald eagle nest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrKkGqkQG6M
Anacapa Islands ocean (underwater) https://youtu.be/ueik_Uu4xbo
International Wolf Center https://youtu.be/SQfE_-sSdc4
Mount Diablo https://youtu.be/AlthfCT2j7Q
Anacapa Island peregrine falcons https://youtu.be/YmZv8Pfwum4
River bear watch, Katmai National Park, Alaska https://youtu.be/tp-fM_i6ToQ
pre-recorded 2-hour walking tour through Olympic National Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9frdQgL9WlQ