Put Your Faith Into Action

This is a cross-post from Mission Energy, manager of the Catholic Energies program.

Highlights of our latest news:

• The Inflation Reduction Act: A Game-Changer for Nonprofits on the Path to Sustainability

• Catholic Energies Updates

• Featured Impact Story: Catholic Diocese of Richmond

• Meet the Mission Energy Team: Jamal Durrant

• Clean Energy Legislation and Industry News

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This is a cross-post from Mission Energy, manager of the Catholic Energies program.

Highlights of our latest news:

• 2023: record-high natural disasters, rising utility energy prices, and Inflation Reduction Act incentives for nonprofits underscore opportunities for energy resiliency and cost insulation

• New Catholic Energies development partnerships underway

• Celebrating completed installations at Marian Catholic High School, Holy Family Passionists Retreat Center, the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, The Christian Brothers Center, and St. Michael’s Cemetery

• Nonprofit community centers and health systems explore on-site solar, battery energy storage

Pope Francis’ Laudate Deum is an appeal to all, outlining the real and urgent need for humans to address climate change on an individual, local national, and international scale. It is a reminder that climate change is a moral issue, and that we have a responsibility to care for God's creation and to protect the poor and vulnerable. It is also a message of hope, reminding us that we can overcome this challenge if we work together.

Many Catholics, increasingly aware of the environmental impact of fossil fuels, are at the forefront of a "green revolution," heeding the call of several popes to explore and implement alternatives.

The installation, which is expected to be operational in early 2024, will meet approximately 65% of the school's energy needs with renewable energy. The project aligns with Marian Catholic’s deep values in environmental stewardship and its belief that Catholic schools must be innovative, outside-of-the-box thinkers that bring notoriety to their schools and communities.

The Passionists St. Paul of the Cross Province, a global religious order, held an interfaith prayer service today to celebrate their new solar panel installation at their Jamaica, Queens headquarters, on a campus shared with Immaculate Conception Church.