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June 12, 2020, Adrian, Michigan – A talk by Adrian Dominican Sisters Prioress Patricia Siemen, OP, was cited in a scholarly review of five themes brought forward by a discussion of Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home. An article by Jason King in The National Catholic Reporter’s EarthBeat section cites Sister Patricia’s closing talk at a 2019 national conference on Laudato Si’ held at Creighton University. Sister Patricia’s talk is cited in two of the themes: Work is Being Done in the Church and Work Comes from Many Corners of the Church. Read the article on the five themes of Laudato Si’.

May 20, 2020, Adrian, Michigan – A talk by Adrian Dominican Congregation Prioress Patricia Siemen, OP, in June 2019 is included in a special edition of The Journal of Moral Theology. Sister Patricia offered the concluding keynote address during the inaugural meeting of “Laudato Si’ and the U.S. Catholic Church: A Conference Series on Our Common Home,” held at Creighton University. The special edition marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and the fifth anniversary of Laudato Si’", an encyclical by Pope Francis focusing on the importance of caring for Earth.

In her article, “In Honor of Laudato Si’: Stories of Ecological Conversion in Action,” Sister Patricia writes of the need to change the story of our relationship with creation from one of dominance to companionship and notes her own conversion as a human rights advocate to one who advocates for the inherent rights of all of creation. She goes on to write about some of the environmentally sustainable works of the Adrian Dominican Congregation: from its permaculture site to its focus on the use of green energy to power the Motherhouse Campus in Adrian.

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Feature photo: Sister Patricia Siemen, OP, enjoys the view of Ecuador during the January 2014 Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature meeting.