Sr. Elsy Gaytan and Rafael Antonio Rivas, 15, share a laugh as they work in the fields at the Home of Divine Providence in Santa Tecla, El Salvador, 2013. Operated by the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of St. Therese, the home and its sustainable agricultural program serves 32 orphan children and teens and provides organic food to local consumers. (CNS photo / Edgar Romero)
"St. Therese of Lisieux invites us to practice the little way of love, not to miss out on a kind word, a smile or any small gesture which sows peace and friendship. An integral ecology is also made up of simple daily gestures which break with the logic of violence, exploitation and selfishness. In the end, a world of exacerbated consumption is at the same time a world which mistreats life in all its forms."
- Pope Francis, from "Laudato Si', on Care for our Common Home," paragraph 230
