National Youth Sunday 2008 :: Reclaim The Future :: Best Bits For...

Young Adults

Who cares if you’re not so young? Sustainability is for everyone and climate change affects everyone – some more than others. We have brought you the best bits from the website to bring you up to speed.

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Theology of sustainability (Word file 33K)

Theology and sustainability? Don’t worry, we won’t ask you to define them. Martin Poulsom SDB DPhil TNB* will be our guide through these most vexing issues. God, Christianity and the Church and what it all means to live sustainably. Sorted.

*Thoroughly Nice Bloke

Call of Creation (word file 659K)

The bishops wrote this document in 2002 and it’s just coming to light now. Streets ahead those bishops. This outlines just what we’re doing in the world and why it matters. We were so inspired we wrote this website. Take a look.

CAFOD videos

If you thought sorting your recycling was as hard as climate change and sustainability got, you should watch these. Three countries, one extraordinary problem. You’re part of the problem but you’re part of the solution too. Get the facts.

Day-by-day reflections

Busy with uni, work, life? Make time for your big relationship and get reflective in the run up to National Youth Sunday and through into Advent. Make some time – you’ll be better for it.

Sustainability Bible Reflection (PowerPoint presentation 2.51MB)

The Bible said some good stuff about creation. In the beginning and all that. But there’s more – a lot more. Take ten, put some Zero 7 on and take a look at what our friends in Northampton have been up to.

It’s a Wonderful World (PowerPoint presentation 1.47MB)

It really is, you know. Join some people we know around the world, mix in some quotations from Scripture and Catholic Social Teaching, and you get this.

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This is progress (PDF 995K)

This document kicked it all off in the Church in 1967. They called it Populorum Progressio; we called it prophetic. This is the accessible language edition, but you can get it in Latin if that’s your thing.

Degrees of Change

You and your mates on stage. The lights, a full house, 40 minutes til you get to the bar. Why not learn some lines and take this to your parish – it connects climate change, faith and friendship and is very good.

Planet Pulse game (opens in a new window)

Give yourself a break from the grind and take your pulse. Your planet’s pulse, anyway. What would the world be like if everyone lived like you? Click here and find out.