Laudato si powerpoint

presents

LaudatoSí

May 22 – June 26,2016

An art exhibit celebrating the one year

anniversary of Pope Francis’s encyclical “On Care for Our Common

Home.”

The Spirit of God has filled the universe with possibilities and therefore, from the very heart of things, something new can always emerge:  

“Nature is nothing other than a certain kind of art, name ly God’s art, impressed upon things, whereby those things are moved to a determinate end…

Pope FrancisLaudato Sí, 80(Quoting from St. Thomas Aquinas)

…It is as if a shipbuilder were able to give timbers the wherewithal to move themselves to take the form of a ship”.

One Great Communion I

Corlita Bonnarens, RSM

Watercolor

From panoramic vistas to the tiniest living form, nature is a constant source of wonder and awe.  It is also a continuing revelation of the divine.

Laudato Sí, 85

 Colored Pencil

Corlita Bonnarens, RSM

Sacred Elements

Through our worship of God, we are invited to embrace the world.  Water, fire, and colors are taken up in all their symbolic power and incorporated in our act of praise.   

Laudato Sí, 235

Watercolor

Earth Angel

Corlita Bonnarens, RSM

The Spirit of God has filled the universe with possibilities and therefore,from the very heart of things, something new can always emerge…

…something new can always emerge:nature is nothing other than a certain kind of art, namely God’s art.

Laudato Sí, 80

Watercolor 

Cosmogenesis 

Corlita Bonnarens, RSM

Josephine Niemann, SSND

Fiber Art

Creation

All powerful God, you are present in the whole universe and inthe smallest of your creatures. You embrace with tenderness all that exists. Laudato Sí, Prayer for Our Earth

Acrylic 

Mary Beth Kemper, CPPS

Passion of Creation

If we approach nature and theenvironment without this opennessto awe and wonder, if we no longerspeak the language of fraternityand beauty in our relationshipwith the world…  

…our attitude will bethat of masters, consumers,ruthless exploiters, unable to setlimits on our immediate needs.   Laudato Sí, 11

The Stalkers Threat— Pollution

Maria Liebeck, DCAcrylic

Underground water sources in manyplaces are threatened by pollution produced by mining, farming and industrial activities.

Laudato Sí, 29

SculptureWe drink from our own wells

Ann Francis Monedero, OSF

The exploitation of the planet has already exceeded acceptable limits. . .the quality of available water is constantly diminishing. . . 

Laudato Sí, 27-30

Moses in the Reeds

Maria Liebeck, DCAcrylic

Angel of the Wetlands with Turtle

Glynis Mary McManamon, RGSAcrylic on plywood

…[W]etlands convertedinto cultivated land losethe enormous biodiversitywhich they formerlyhosted. 

Laudato Sí, 39

Angel of the Mountain Forests with Black Chamois 

Glynis Mary McManamon, RGS

Acrylic on plywood

Because of us, thousands of species will no longer give glory to God by their very existence, nor convey their message to us. We have no such right.

Laudato Sí, 33

Fiber Art

Global Warming

Josephine Niemann, SSND

Acrylic on plywoodAngel of the Arctic

with Polar Bear

Glynis Mary McManamon, RGS

Climate change is a global problem with grave implications: environmental, social, economic, political …It represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day.   

Laudato Sí, 23 & 24

OilSurvival of the Sacred Leaf

Maria Liebeck, DC

. . .[C]ountries which have clear legislationabout the protection of forests continue to keep silent as theywatch laws repeatedly being broken.” 

Laudato Sí, 142

Oil pastel and watercolor

Woman Tree Culture – Fading Fast

Maria Liebeck, DC

The disappearance of a culture can be just as serious, or even more serious than the disappearance of a species of plant or animal.

Laudato Sí, 145

Mixed Media

Reconciliation

Regina Shin, RSCJ

The replacement of virgin forestwith plantations of trees, usually monocultures, is rarely adequately analyzed…

…Yet this can seriously compromise a biodiversity which the new species being introduced does not accommodate.

Laudato Sí, 39

Watercolor pencils

Tears for the Earth

Corlita Bonnarens, RSM

Inequality affects not only individuals but entire countries. . .the disproportionate use of natural resources…  Export of solid waste and toxic liquids to developing countries…

Multinationals – after ceasing their activity and withdrawing – leave behind great human and environmental liabilities,…

…such as unemployment, abandoned towns, the depletion of natural reserves, deforestation, the impoverishment of agriculture, open pits, and pollution of rivers. Laudato Sí, 51

Acrylic on plywoodAngel of the Kalahari Desert

with Fennec Fox 

Angel of the Prairie with Prairie Dog

Glynis Mary McManamon, RGS

The external deserts In the world are growing,because the internal deserts have become so vast. 

For this reason, the ecological crisis is also a summons to profound interior conversion.   

Laudato Sí, 126

Oil

Polynesian Madonna

Maria Liebeck, DC

Mary the Mother who cared for Jesus, now cares with maternal affection and pain for this wounded world. Laudato Sí, 241

Watercolor In The Garden

Corlita Bonnarens, RSM

Tilling and keeping the garden (Genesis 2:15) means caring, protecting, overseeing and preserving.  This implies a relationship of mutual responsibility between human beings and nature. Laudato Sí, 67

WatercolorProtectors of

God’s Handiwork

Corlita Bonnarens, RSM

Living our vocation as protectors of God’s handiwork is essentialto a life of virtue; it is not an option or secondary aspect of our Christian experience.

Laudato Sí, 217

Watercolor  Christ Son/Sun

Corlita Bonnarens, RSM

Inner peace is closely related to care for ecology and for the common good because it is reflected in a balanced life style together with a capacity for wonder which takes us to a deeper understanding of life.

Laudato Sí, 225

WatercolorThe Seasons  

Corlita Bonnarens, RSM

Christians must realize that their responsibility within creation, and their duty towards nature and the Creator, are an essential part of their faith. 

Laudato Sí, 64

SculptureEve

Ann Francis Monedero, OSF

 . . .[I]t is we as human beings above all who need to change.  We lack awareness of our common origin, of our mutual belonging, and of a future to be shared with everyone…

…a great cultural, spiritual and educational challenge stands before us…  Laudato Sí, 202

Mary Beth Kemper, CPPS

Creation: Everything is Related

Acrylic on Canvas

Because all creatures are connected, each must be cherished with love and respect, for all of us as living creatures are dependent on one another.

Laudato Sí, 42

Acrylic on repurposed cabinet door

Protectress of the Poor 

Glynis Mary McManamon, RGS

…[I]t is essential to show special care for indigenous communities and their cultural traditions…For them, land is not a commodity…

…but rather a gift from God and from their ancestors who rest there, asacred space with which they need to interact if they are to maintain their identity and values…

…When they remain on their land, they themselves care for it best.

Laudato Sí, 145

Buon FrescoDancing Cosmos I  

Dancing Cosmos II 

Mary Beth Kemper, CPPS

The universe as a whole, in all its manifold relationships, shows forth the inexhaustible riches of God.

Laudato Sí, 86

Green Hand Survival

Maria Liebeck, DCOil

Each organism, as a creature of God, is good and admirable in itself… Laudato Sí, 140

Glynis Mary McManamon, RGS

Angel of the Australian Bush with Budgerigars 

Angel of the Amazon with Macaw

Acrylic on plywood

…[T]here is the recognition that God created the world, writing into it an order and a dynamism…

… Jesus says of the birds of the air that not one of them is forgotten by God. How then can we possibly mistreat them?…

I ask all to recognize and to live fully this dimension…In our relationship to other creatures and the world around us...

…In this way we will help nurture that sublime fraternity with all creation which St. Francis of Assisi so radiantly embodied.

Laudato Sí, 221

WatercolorCompassionate Heart of

Creation 

Corlita Bonnarens, RSM

Creation can be understood as a gift from the outstretched hand of the Creator of all, and as a reality illuminated by the love which calls us together into universal communion. 

Laudato Sí, 76

Oil on canvas

Untitled #93

Rev. Thomas W. Wyrsch

Creatures tend towards God,

and in turn it is properto every living beingto tend towards other things,so that throughout the

universewe can find any number of constant and secretly Interwoven relationships.

This leads us not onlyto marvel at the manifold connectionsexisting among creatures,but also to discovera key to our ownfulfillment.

Laudato Sí, 240

The human person grows more, matures more and is sanctified more to the extent that he or she enters into relationships, …

…going out from themselves to live in communion with God, with others and with all creatures…

…Everything is interconnected, and this invites us to develop a spirituality of that global solidarity which flows from the mystery of the Trinity.

Pope FrancisLaudato Sí, 140

Laudato Si was exhibited at the Good Shepherd Gallery in Ferguson, Missouri from May 22 – June 26, 2016.

The following artists participated:

Corlita Bonnarens, RSM(Religious Sisters of Mercy)

Mary Beth Kemper, CPPS(Congregation of the Most Precious Blood)

Maria Liebeck, DC(Daughters of charity)

Glynis Mary McManamon, RGS(Religious of the Good Shepherd)

Ann Francis Monedero, OSF(Order of St. Francis)

Josephine Niemann, SSND(School Sisters of Notre Dame)

Regina Shin, RSCJ(Religiosa Sanctissimi Cordis Jesu or Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus)

Rev. Thomas W. Wyrsch(Priest – Archdiocese of St. Louis, Missouri)

All art in this presentationis used with permission of the artists, and remains the intellectual property of those who created it. It may not be used without express permission of the artist. Contact rgsicons@yahoo.com for inquiries.

Laudato Si web exhibit, © 2016 bySisters of the Good Shepherd – Province of Mid-North America.