Psalms for Morning and Evening Prayer by Catholic Church

Psalms for Morning and Evening Prayer by Catholic Church

In the United States and Canada, thousands of species of native plants are edging toward the brink of extinction, and they are doing so quietly. They are slipping away inconspicuously from settings as diverse as backyards and protected lands. The factors that have contributed to their disappearance are varied and complex, but the consequences of their loss are immeasurable.

With extensive histories of a cast of familiar and rare North American plants, The Quiet Extinction explores the reasons why many of our native plants are disappearing. Curious minds will find a desperate struggle for existence waged by these plants and discover the great environmental impacts that could come if the struggle continues.

Kara Rogers relates the stories of some of North America's most inspiring rare and threatened plants. She explores, as never before, their significance to the continent's natural heritage, capturing the excitement of their discovery, the tragedy that has come to define their existence, and the remarkable efforts underway to save them. Accompanied by illustrations created by the author and packed with absorbing detail, The Quiet Extinction offers a compelling and refreshing perspective of rare and threatened plants and their relationship with the land and its people.

Gabe Huck was a Benedictine monk who has devoted himself to peace and justice issues since 1965. A conscientious objector to war, he counseled other COs and in 1967 cheered Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s antiwar speech on Vietnam. In 1968, he walked as a mourner behind Dr. King's coffin. In 2005, he went to Damascus with Theresa and found a home among Syrians whom he found to be well practiced in kindness to refugees. Theresa Kubasak always braided social justice activism into her 40 years as a teacher, including work she did with the Woody Guthrie Archives. In 1999, she traveled to Iraq in defiance of the US/UN sanctions. At age 54, Theresa resigned from the New York Public Schools to study Arabic in Damascus. There, she founded the Iraqi Student Project with her husband, Gabe Huck, teaching world literature and writing to Iraqi refugee students, and tutoring Syrian refugees in Istanbul.

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ISBN 13	9780929650760
ISBN 10	092965076X
Title	Psalms for Morning and Evening Prayer
Author	Catholic Church
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Liturgy Training Publications
Year published	1994-08-01
Number of pages	267
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