Abstract
This article is a companion to “The Ecological Spirituality of Elizabeth Ann Seton,” which appeared in Vincentian Heritage 32:2 (2015). Using extensive quotations from Elizabeth’s letters, Sung-Hae Kim explores how she practiced ecological principles in her relationships with family, friends, and members of her religious community. Elizabeth’s relationships with her students, parents of students, other benefactors, and church leaders are also discussed. Ecological principles include mutual aid, self-governance, harmony, and balance. Elizabeth used these and others to form interconnected ecological communities. The concept of ecological community is defined, drawing from the work of the philosophers Peter Kropotkin, Henry David Thoreau, and Murray Bookchin. Ecological aspects of the Sisters of Charity’s ministry and of the community’s structure and governance are described.
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Kim, Sung-Hae S.C.
(2020)
"Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Vision of Ecological Community. Based on Elizabeth Bayley Seton: Collected Writings, Volume Two,"
Vincentian Heritage Journal: Vol. 35:
Iss.
2, Article 4.
Available at:
https://via.library.depaul.edu/vhj/vol35/iss2/4