by Joseph Stoutzenberger

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Also Available at Tau Publishing

REVIEW:

Creation Spirituality by Julie A. Ferraro

November 25, 2022

Singing with Crickets:
Meditations on Francis of Assisi and Nature
By Joseph Stoutzenberger and Frank Champine
Tau Publishing, 2022
$17.95   98 pp.

It is rather interesting that the longest chapter in this slender volume is the introduction, where the author outlines his premise that Saint Francis of Assisi remains an example to the global community in the 21st century, especially when it comes to the Catholic Church’s very recent shift toward care for creation.

Author Joseph Stoutzenberger cites the ways that recent popes have connected environmental concerns not just with the gospels, but with the “seamless garment” of life. “Ecology, for whom Francis serves as a worthy patron saint, means ‘the study of our home,’” he writes. “We have no other place to live than the lovely and intricately designed earth that is our home.”

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