San Isidro Environmental Project, Phase II

Dioceses of New Mexico

The San Isidro Project Phase follows the 1998 release of the NM bishops environment pastoral, Partnership for the Future, and the very successful 1998 state wide ecumenical conference on the environment and Catholic social teaching. In 1999, the San Isidro Project conducted a series of four mini leadership retreats in various locations throughout the state. The purpose of the retreats was to bring the NM bishops’ message closer to the parishes and to organize a broader network of Catholics and ecumenical partners to address New Mexico environmental concerns. The Project also hosted a state wide conference in Las Cruces on the Feast Day of St. Frances (October 4. 1999) on the theme of economic growth, the environment and the poor.