Center for New Creation

Seeing fracking close-up… One of the most violent forms of industrialization on the planet arrives in Western Pennsylvania, tearing up the Earth and the lives of those who live here. Can humans in this country find the will, the conscience, to give up the way of life this destruction provides for us?

Yes, and that is hard. It is painful. I was here last August, with the Sisters of the Humility of Mary at their precious place called Villa Maria. They have been here for more than 150 years and you feel it from the moment you arrive – or at least I did the first time. […]