VINE & BRANCHES – TREX PLASTIC BAG CHALLENGE
WE DID IT! – Between Saint Catherine-Saint Lucy and Saint Giles Parish and Ascension and Saint Edmund Parish, we have reached our goal of 1,000 pounds of plastic. The committees of Vine & Branches and H.O.M.E will determine the best placement for the bench.
Thank you to all who have participated in the effort. We will be ending the collection at the end of this month of May 2025. THANK YOU!!
The Trex Corporation has been challenging groups to collect plastic which will be used to produce some of the many items they make. It’s not often that our actions have such positive results, i.e. putting less plastic in landfills and our oceans as well as creating useful recycled products. The Catholic parishes of Oak Park are participating in this drive as members of the Interfaith Green Network which joined this project several years ago and has earned 10 benches for our local community.
There are containers for those plastic items that Trex accepts. The vestibules of Saint Giles, Saint Catherine-Saint Lucy, Ascension and Saint Edmund churches, and the first floor of the Corrigan building on Linden will each have a large cardboard bin. The goal was to collect 1,000 pounds of plastic for which Trex will give us an attractive outdoor bench. And we did it!
CLEAN Items that are accepted: plastic grocery bags, garbage bags , bread bags, plastic overwrap, newspaper sleeves, bubble wrap, air pockets, and any plastics labeled #2 or #4.
ONE IMPORTANT REQUEST – If the Trex boxes in the church vestibule are full, please do NOT put your bags next to the bin; just bring them back another time. Remember to REDUCE, REUSE, then RECYCLE. And use non-plastic tote bags whenever possible.
If you are interested to help, contact Sister Sue at spaweski@spsmw.org.
VINE & BRANCHES MINISTRY
Rooted in Creation – Reaching for the Future
Join a group of parishioners from the two Oak Park parishes to explore what Saint Catherine – Saint Lucy and Saint Giles parish and Saint Giles Family Mass Community can do to heal Earth. We look forward to forming a cluster of co-creators to work in union with Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’. We will work in collaboration with Ascension and Saint Edmund Parish’s H+O+M+E Team to plan events for the Oak Park parishes.
Bring your ideas and questions – The survival of Creation compels us to ACTION!
Rose Marie Healy – remariehealy@gmail.com
Judy Humoweicki – judy.humoweicki@gmail.com
Laura Kelley – lkelley@ascensionoakkpark.com
Mary Nichols-Schleitwiler – aryandpaul@comcast.net
Sr. Sue Paweski – spaweski@spsmw.org
Mary Swiontoniowski – 21132ms@gmail.com
