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Marie Savoie
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic
Church
Colts Neck, New Jersey
“The environment for me is the place
where I live, work, and connect with the Creator Spirit who
dwells in the depths of my being and in all that surrounds
me. GreenFaith
nourishes me with its message of care for the Earth as a
behavior central to all faith communities,” says Marie
Savoie. Marie is co-founder of St. Mary’s Catholic
Church’s Environmental Committee which, since its founding
in 1994, has been one of the most active Catholic groups
on the environment in New Jersey.
Marie has helped organize
beach cleanups, water quality testing, over ten Environmental
Expositions, the use of environmental liturgies, speaking
engagements, an energy audit, and other environmental activities
at St. Mary’s. “Working
with GreenFaith places me in a larger community which enriches
me by giving me the chance to meet others who share similar
goals, dreams and visions,” she says. “It helps
me connect more deeply with the Spirit through nature and
to be a voice for those who are victimized by environmental
injustice.”
“As a Catholic Christian Community,
St. Mary's primary purpose is to help its members center
their lives around God,” says Marie. “The
environment provides a place where we can tend to that relationship
and shape ourselves into compassionate, reverent hospitable
persons.”
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- St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
- Reformed Church of Highland Park
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- Rabbi Elliott Tepperman
- Pastor Jeff Elliott
- Kathy Abbott
- Paul Kaufman
- Sr Jeanne Goyette, OP
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