ECOSPIRIT & EARTHCARE

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The  Spirituality  & Sustainability Global Network (SSGN)  seeks  to inspire, educate, and network eco-spiritual leaders and activists, especially emerging young leaders, from across all the spiritual traditions of our entire human family, 

for personal, local, and global eco-spiritual and eco-ethical transformation. 

SSGN was established by a group of eco-leaders who participated in a series of Spirituality and Sustainability interfaith conferences held  at the Vatican in Rome and in Assisi, Italy,  the medieval home of Saint Francis, patron saint of ecology. 

The conferences had a special focus on the ecological cosmovision of the late Fr. Thomas Berry, who taught that evolution is a 

mystical unfolding of cosmic co-creativity 

in which  all creatures reveal the sacred presence of our loving Creator.

Pax Romana / Catholic Movement for Intellectual & Cultural  Affairs - USA (CMICA) is a member of  

Pax Romana's international movement of lay Catholic leaders in two branches: 1)  intellectuals and professionals, and 2) university students. Pax Romana  is made up of  83 national movements

in 75 countries. 

Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II were, prior to becoming pope, Pax Romana Chaplains respectively for Italy and Poland. 

The late Jesuit John Courtney Murray was the founding Chaplain of CMICA, and the late Gustavo Gutierrez, considered the founding father of Liberation Theology, was the long-time Pax Romana Chaplain for Latin America. 

CETE   supports spiritual, theological, and ministerial formation that transforms communities. 

It fosters creative relationships with degree programs in theology or ministry that emphasize academic quality, spiritual formation, and community engagement in a spirit of inclusion and diversity, whenever possible working with programs accredited by the Association of Theological Schools.

Grounded in a practical theological approach, CETE discerns the signs of the times to strategically identify emerging leadership.