Environment

Seasons of Creation

Season of Creation for Week of Sept 19th
Season of Creation Reflection for week of Sept 11th
Season of Creation Reflection for Week of Sept 7th
Sowing As I’m sure you know, the annual ecumenical Season of Creation begins with the World Day for Prayer for Care of Creation on Tuesday, September 1 and continues through the Feast of St. Francis on Sunday, October 4.

It is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through repenting, repairing, and rejoicing together. It is a time to join our sisters and brothers in the ecumenical family in prayer and action for our common home.

This year, amid crises that have shaken our world, we’re awakened to the urgent need to heal our relationships with creation and each other. During the season this year, we enter a time of restoration and hope, a jubilee for our Earth, that requires radically new ways of living. This year we unite around one shared purpose. With so much injustice all around us, now is the time to come together and show the world how to love each other and creation.

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There are many resources available to help you mark this season on the official website of Seasons of Creation.

Another valuable liturgical resource is 2020 Seasons of Creation Catholic Liturgy Guide. authored by James E. Hug, SJ, Sacramental Minister of the Adrian Dominicans.

2020 Season of Creation Catholic Liturgy Guide

 

Hope for the Planet
Sowing Hope for the Planet is a project of UISG (Union of International Superiors General) and is set up to engage sisters in Laudato Si’ and to share with one another what we are doing in our communities, share resources and encourage action within our congregations.  It is an opportunity to develop a network around the world to connect us in our care for our common home.

Below is a video presentation by Sr. Sheila Kinsey, who is the coordinator of the campaign.  Sheila presented this video at the 2019 UISG Plenary.  Although the video only covers some of us, hopefully we can see how we can make a difference in our world.  Small things that have great impact.

Sowing Hope for the Planet:
Laudato Si’ and The Way Forward

In the April Heartbeats there were excerpts from a longer article by Dr. Athena Tiwari, an earth science teacher at the Academy of Mt. St. Ursula, Bronx, NY.   She is active in the Global Catholic Climate Movement, and shares her concern for the effects of climate change, especially on
the poor and marginalized.  Click below for the entire article.  The Effect of Climate Change on the World’s Poorest People

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