The Season of Creation, a global take off

The Season of Creation has just started!

Together these weeks, thousands of people and organizations around the world will kick off the annual celebration with two transformational events. Join us.

Online Prayer Service

World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

To start the Season of Creation, join Christian organizations around the world as we prayerfully discern how God is calling us to reexamine our relationship with creation. Inspirational youth from around the globe will lead us in this ecumenical prayer service.

What: Online Prayer Service

When: Tuesday 1 September, World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

Time: 10:00 New York / 16:00 Rome / 22:00 Manila / 00:00 Sydney (2 September)

Register to attend or to receive the recording of the global prayer service.

Season of Creation Webinar

A Just Transition for Asia Pacific and Oceania

photo by Abbie Trayler-Smith

Every week during the Season of Creation, we’ll unite in solidarity and hear from world-renowned speakers about how ongoing crises are affecting different regions of the world.

 The first webinar will take place Wednesday. During the “Season of Creation Webinar: A Just Recovery For Asia Pacific and Oceania,” we will learn from top-level speakers about how the climate crisis is already affecting the region, despite so many countries there having little to do with rising global emissions.

We’ll also bear witness to how the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating the climate crisis, and how we can urgently advocate for a just recovery all over the world.

Wednesday’s top lineup of speakers:

Father Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam is one of the Vatican’s leading Laudato Si’ experts and the coordinator of the sector of ecology and creation at the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

Archbishop Peter Loy Chong serves in the Archdiocese of Suva, Fiji. Archbishop Chong also serves as the president of the Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania and is a global leader in speaking out against abuses towards creation and for taking action to protect God’s Earth. He recently called for an “Oceania Synod,” saying “we must not forget how significant the ocean is in the web of life.”

Bishop Allwyn D’Silva serves as the Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Bombay, India. Bishop D’Silva has been deeply involved in human rights issues for decades, including the 21 years he spent in the slums of Mumbai, working on social concerns and environmental issues. He currently also serves as the Chairperson for the Commission for Ecology with the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India.

Father Edwin Gariguez is the former executive secretary of the National Secretary For Social Action, the advocacy and social development arm of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines. In 2012, he was awarded a prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for leading a grassroots movement on behalf of biodiversity and indigenous people against an illegal large-scale mining project in the Philippines.

What: Season of Creation Webinar: A Just Transition for Asia Pacific and Oceania

When: Wednesday 2 September

Time: 9:00 Rome / 12:30 Mumbai / 15:00 Manila / 17:00 Sydney

This webinar will be held in English and simultaneously translated to Spanish, Italian, French, and Polish, all completely free.

Register to attend or to receive the recording of the webinar.

Once you’ve registered for the events, be sure to let your friends and family know you’re attending by sharing the good news on social media or by email. Here are both links once more:

click here to register for the global prayer service, and click here to attend the Season of Creation webinar