1. stewardship
• Environmental Protectionism
• Ecological Degradation
• Human Ecology
• Octogesima Adveniens
• Centisimus Annus

2. Creation
1. Day and Night
2. Sky and Seas
3. Waters/Dry Land
4. Sun and Moon
5. Birds and Fish
6. Animals, Human
7. Rest

6. MAN:
intelligent and responsible stewards
God has entrusted humankind with the
responsibility of “subduing” the earth and
having dominion over it.

7. “Let us make man in
our image, after our
likeness. Let them
have dominion over
the fish… birds…
cattle… and over all
the wild animal and
all the creatures
that crawl on the
ground.”
Gen 1:26

8. 1.Respect the
particular goodness
of each creature
2.Do not destroy
Nature for power
MAN’S DUTIES and greed
AS 3.Care and Cherish
RESPONSIBLE Mother Earth and
STEWARDS all its resources

10. environmental protectionism

11. It is the duty of all
who look to God
as the Creator to
protect the
environment by
restoring a sense
of reverence for
the whole of
creation.

12. Octogesima Adveniens
• Pope John XXIII
• 80th Anniversary of
Rerum Novarum
• “80 years”
• 14 May 1971
• Preservation of the
Environment

13. Ecological Degradation
Man is suddenly becoming aware that by
an ill-considered exploitation of nature he
risks destroying it and becoming in his turn
the victim of this degradation.
OA 21

14. Ecological Degradation
Science and Technology must be at the
service of humanity and the protection
of the environment.
Scullion, 1994

15. Ecological Degradation
Disrespect for the
environment will continue
as long as the earth and
its potential are seen
merely as object of
immediate use and
consumption to be
manipulated by an
unbridled desire for profit.
Pope John Paul II

16. Environmental Problems

18. Centisimus Annus
• Pope John Paul II
• 100th Anniversary
of Rerum Novarum
• “Hundredth year”
• 1991

19. The ecological
question
emphasizes human
responsibility to
future generations.
CA 37

20. “Not only has God given the earth to
man, who must use it with respect for the
Social good purpose for can itcreate
original structures which was
environments conducive to
given to him, but man too is God's gift to
man. He must therefore respect the
sin which impede with which he
natural and moral structure full human
realization.
has been endowed.”
CS 38

21. Serious Problems of Modern
Urbanization
Irrational destruction
of the natural
environment, we must Specific
also mention the more structures of sin
serious destruction of which impede the
the human full realization of
environment. those who are in
any way oppressed
by them.

22. What can
we do
now?

24. Commitment

25. Principle:
“No one is too young or
too old to help.”
-Efren Peñaflorida

26. •Influence
•Integrate
•Inspire
•Develop