PAX CRISTI Retreat on Food/Sustainability - SAT is LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER!

Saturday is the last chance to register for this Pax Christi retreat on Food Independence, Security and Sovereignty at the Living Water Retreat Center in Winslow ME. Contact Mary Ellen Quinn, 223-4992 or memquinn@peoplepc.comnow!

PAX CHRISTI RETREAT
OCTOBER 14-16 2011
with
DR. JOHN CARROLL

Living Water Spiritual Center, Winslow, Maine
FOOD INDEPENDENCE, FOOD SECURITY AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY: Connecting the Body, spirit and Community

featuring
Dr. John Carroll
Professor of Environmental Conservation, University of New Hampshire

Topics Addressed:
* Sustainability in agriculture and food systems
* Relationship between energy and food production
* Models being adopted in response to ethical and religious values

The retreat runs from Saturday morning through Sunday morning with options for overnight stay Friday or an extended stay through Sunday with early registrations. Enjoy the peaceful environment of the Living Water Spiritual Center. For those arriving Friday, there will be a film and informal discussion at 7 pm. Sunday morning includes a prayer service and discussion time.

Cost:
$220: Friday 4:30pm to Sunday 2pm/ 6 meals and 2 overnights
$135: Saturday 9am to Sunday 2pm/ 4 meals and 1 overnight
$55: Saturday 9am to 9pm/ 2 meals

To register contact: Mary Ellen Quinn, 91 Baker Rd., Winterport, ME, 04496 , phone: 223-4992 or memquinn@peoplepc.com
For more information about the retreat, our new Youth Scholarship, etc. please contact: Mary Ellen Quinn, or Denise Dreher: 286-9747 (Southern Maine)

Pax Christi Maine is the Catholic and ecumenical peace and social justice organization in Maine.

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Are you concerned about the future of our beautiful planet? Oeabout the control of our (the world's) food supply, the health of our children, the impact of climate change/global warming on our lives and the lives of our children and the next seven generations of all the world's children, growing conflicts over food, water and energy sources? We are!

Pax Christi members work for a just, peaceful, sustainable future for all of us.
We invite you to join us at our annual

PAX CHRISTI RETREAT
OCTOBER 14-16 2011

with
DR. JOHN CARROLL

Professor of Environmental Conservation, University of New Hampshire
Author and Editor of The Wisdom of Small Farms and Local Food
Author of: Pastures of Plenty, Sustainability and Spirituality, The Greening of Faith,Ecology and Religion, Environmental Diplomacy, International Environmental Diplomacy, The Real Dirt: Toward Food Sufficiency and Farm Sustainability in New England, Pastures of Plenty: the Future of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Conservation in New England.

Professor Carroll's current research and teaching emphasis is on the sustainability of agriculture and food systems, the relationship between energy and food production, and related ethics and values. He is a Kellogg Foundation National Fellow, the author of many books and articles, has traveled extensively and served as visiting professor at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. In the U.S. he has sought out models that incorporate and implement the ideas of Aldo Leopold and Thomas Berry. Since participating in the Templeton Foundation's Program in Science and Religion at Oxford University, Carroll has directed his attention to the spiritual aspect of environmental concerns. The result of this study is his book, Sustainability and Spirituality (SUNY, 2004). He played a key role in the formation of the New England Catholic Bishops' Pastoral on the Environment (2000) and has investigated the significant ecological roots of Christianity in particular and of the world's major religions in general.

To register contact: Mary Ellen Quinn, 91 Baker Rd., Winterport, ME, 04496 , phone: 223-4992 or memquinn@peoplepc.com
For more information about the retreat, our new Youth Scholarship, etc. please contact: Mary Ellen Quinn, or Denise Dreher: 286-9747 (Southern Maine)


Download an event flyer here:

Date: Fri, Oct 14th, 2011 - Sun, Oct 16th, 2011

Time: All Day Event

Location:
Living Water Spiritual Center, Winslow Maine

Tags: Agriculture/Food Environment/Toxics Faith and Spirituality pax christi Sustainability/Future