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On The Journey By Fr. Arthur Purcaro, O.S.A. Together

(l-r) Fr. John Abubakar, O.S.A. and Fr. Art Purcaro, O.S.A. in front of the statue of St. Augustine the Teacher on the campus of Villanova University

In Transition to a Better Life for all

On November 2, the Province of St. Thomas of Villanova formally signed on to the Laudato Si Action Platform, promoted actively by Pope Francis and the Vatican Department for Integral Human Development.

By signing that pledge, the Province joined the commitment made by the central administration of the whole worldwide Order of St Augustine, along with countless other religious communities of women and men throughout the

world as well as colleges and universities and representatives of other major sectors of society and the Church. All of us have come together under this pledge to begin a journey together toward a better world for all.

You can read the entire text of the Province pledge on our website, which commits us “to work toward sustainable solutions that foster integral human development by combatting hunger and poverty, restore dignity to the excluded and protect nature.” Visit: www.Augustinian.org/laudato-pledge

Sound interesting? I sure hope so.

For example, did you know that the paper our Augustinian Magazine has been using over the years is a certified FSC paper? Our Printing company, ANRO, works with PrintRELEAF – an initiative where 100% of the trees used in the paper we print gets sustainably replanted by

a global network of certified forestry partners. To put it simply, for every project we print, they replant a tree. This is a small but very significant step of many we hope to take together with you in our commitment toward a more Christian response to care for our Common Home, the environment we are stewards of.

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