During this 2020 Season of Creation (Sept. 1- Oct. 4), take some time to read, and reflect on these Season of Creation resources! Provided by the JPIC office.
We invite you to view this SSND video and reflect on how you can celebrate the season, themed “Jubilee for the Earth.”
Reflect on Pope Francis’ Message for the World Day of Prayer for Creation: “Let us all rejoice that our loving Creator sustains our humble efforts to care for the earth, which is also God’s home where his Word ‘became flesh and lived among us’ (Jn 1:14) and which is constantly being renewed by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.”
View the webinar “Climate Change, Our Faith Values, and 2020”, which was hosted by Interfaith Power & Light, Catholic Climate Covenant, and Young Evangelicals for Climate Action. This webinar equipped attendees on how to effectively hold ‘courageous conversations’ with their faithful family, friends, and colleagues about the importance of caring for Creation and voting our values.
Presenters include:
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, PhD, endowed professor of political science and director of the Climate Center at Texas Tech University and Susan Hendershot, president of Interfaith Power and Light
In the video message accompanying his prayer intention for September, Pope Francis asks everyone to pray that we learn to respect the planet’s resources.
Listen to this TED Talk by Katharine Hayhoe: The most important thing you can do to fight climate change is to talk about it.
KAIROS Canada has created an action calendar
View video Christianity and Ecology with Heather Eaton and Mary Evelyn Tucker
Read Sister Ethel Howley’s essay, Investors, Climate Change, and Human Rights, to learn how the AMSSND province uses the power of investing to promote justice
Listen to Dan Horan, OFM present, “Understanding Laudato Si: Integral Ecology”
The Living Planet Report 2020 has just been published. It is a sober description of the catastrophic loss of biodiversity across the planet in the last 50 years. It also contains critical information about the consequences of these losses and what we can do to reverse this destructive trend. Please take a moment to read the summary of the report and/or the videos below.
Brief Video: Living Planet Report Global 2020
Brief Video: Living Planet Report Canada 2020
Taking Root with Integral Ecology: Little Portion Farm Ellicott City, Maryland.
Recording of the Catholic Climate Covenant webinar, “Catholic Social Teaching, Politics, and the Fullness of Faith.”
