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Pictures from the Earth Day Prayer Service at the Church of Loretto, Saint Marys

Sister Mary Turgi, CSC,
Director of Holy Cross International Justice Office, leads a prayer.

Sister Ann Oestreich, IHM,
Congregation Justice Coordinator, reads an excerpt from the Earth Charter Preamble.

To learn more about the Earth Charter or to endorse it yourself, please visit Earth Charter USA.
Students from Saint Marys College who were in attendance added their names to the Earth Charter and took back signature sheets for those unable to sign on Earth Day.
Members of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross took this opportunity to endorse the Earth Charter

 Sisters Aline Marie (President), Kathryn Callahan (Area II Coordinator), and Eileen Flavin (Area V Coordinator) of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross,
Judith Johns (CEO) of Holy Cross Services Corporation
and Karen Ristau (Vice President and Dean of Faculty) of Saint Marys College community sign the Earth Charter as part of the prayer service.