Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Introduction: Planetary Call and Response

1. The Green Catholic Imagination: Varieties of Companion Planting

2. Standing Their Ground: From Pioneering Nuns to Bioneering Sisters

3. It Isn't Easy Being Green: Habitat, Habits, and Hybrids

4. "Changeless and Changing": Engaged Monasticism in the Ecozoic Era

5. Nourishing the Earthbody: Sacramental Foodways and Culinary Eucharist

6. "The Tractor Is My Pulpit": Sacred Agriculture as Priestly Practice

7. Saving Seeds: Heirloom Conservation and Genetic Sanctuaries

8. Stations of the Earth: Body Prayer, Labyrinths, and Other Peripatetic Rituals

Conclusion: Stepping into the Future

Critical Mass--Earth Ministries in the United States and Canada

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index