CATHOLIC CONSCIENCE PRESENTS

A WEBINAR IN OUR BEAUTY OF CREATION SERIES

ECOLOGICAL CONVERSION WITH SISTER DAMIEN MARIE SAVINO

Thursday, October 14

7:30 PM EDT

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In Laudato si', Pope Francis calls us to ecological conversion, and writes that "living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue." Join us in conversation with Sister Damien Marie Savino, a Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist and Dean of Science and Sustainability at Aquinas College, as we explore:

• This call to ecological conversion and its meaning;

• The Catholic idea of integral human ecology, and its synthesis with the health, environmental and ecological sciences; and,

• The way forward for integrating care for God's creation into our daily practices of discipleship.

We will be led in this exploration by an extraordinary apostle living out her vocation as both a religious and an expert at the crossroads of theology and science.

MEET OUR GUEST

Sister Damien Marie Savino, FSE, Ph.D., is a Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist and currently serves as the Dean of Science and Sustainability at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In this position she oversees the Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geography and Environmental Studies departments and the college’s Center for Sustainability. Sister Damien Marie received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biogeography from McGill University, her Master of Science degree in Soil and Plant Science from University of Connecticut, her Master of Arts degree in Theology from The Catholic University of America and her Ph.D. degree in Civil (Environmental) Engineering from The Catholic University of America. She has lectured and written widely on Laudato Si’ and integral ecology, as well as on themes related to ecological restoration and resilience theory, ecological health, ecology and theology, and science and faith.