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By Sr. Maamalifar M. Poreku (MSOLA), Executive Co-Secretary of the JPIC Commission USG and UISG A prophetic edge for Catholic investors is urgently needed to enable a paradigm shift away from economic systems geared towards the maximization of profit at all costs.   ECONOMIC DOMINANCE  The capitalistic intention to control economic power has led to aContinue reading “The Prophetic Edge of Our Role as Catholic Investors”

At the Francesco Collaborative, we routinely set out to accompany faith-filled organizations and people who long to be prophetic with their investments. Time and time again, we’ve come to understand that integrating our deepest held values, beliefs, and commitments with our finances is not a “project.” It’s a journey. It requires us to look squarelyContinue reading “A Livable Future Investment Framework”

As People of Faith, we share common guiding principles and values. And together – by the way we put them into practice in our lives – we shape the culture. We know we are a People with a shared destiny, and we gather to reflect, pray, and endeavor together to build “heaven on earth,” toContinue reading “Charting a Wise Future: The Need for Moral Imagination from Faith Communities”

“I will point to the intimate relationship between the poor and the fragility of the planet, the conviction that everything in the world is connected, the critique of new paradigms and forms of power derived from technology, the call to seek other ways of understanding the economy and progress, the value proper to each creature,Continue reading “The Mystery of the Trinity and Integral Ecology”

Below is a transcript of reflections on ecological economics shared Nov 4, 2022 with a group gathered by the Mary Ward JPIC Office. It seems we are at a moral turning point in the unfolding of our human and planetary story.  And I believe we are all called to be protagonists in the turning!  PersistentContinue reading “Stewarding an Ecological Economy”

I’m walking across the muddy grounds of Eremo delle Carceri, breathing in the clean scent of the mountain air that rises just above Assisi– an ideal setting for contemplating the week’s events.  The Economy of Francesco’s global gathering just came to a close, and I’m basking in gratitude for the days of encounter with protagonistsContinue reading “An Incarnate Economy: Reflecting on the first gathering of the global Economy of Francesco Movement”