Creation Care Events and Activities

Creation Care initiatives, events and activities brings our mission to life. The Laudato Si’ Action Platform (LSAP) provides a list of suggested transformative actions toward the Laudato Si’ Goals. Find out more at laudatosiactionplatform.org and through forming a Parish Creation Care Committee.

Hear young adult perspectives from the Integral Ecology Retreat.

Laudato Si' Mass 2022

“We require a new and universal solidarity. Everyone’s talents and involvement are needed to redress the damage caused by human abuse of God’s creation. All of us can cooperate as instruments of God for the care of creation, each according to his or her own culture, experience, involvements, and talents.” (LS 14)

“What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come behind us, to children who now are growing up?” (LS 160)

Pope Francis’ A prayer for our earth

All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe
and in the smallest of your creatures.
You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.
Pour out upon us the power of your love,
that we may protect life and beauty.
Fill us with peace, that we may live
as brothers and sisters, harming no one.
O God of the poor,
help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth,
so precious in your eyes.
Bring healing to our lives,
that we may protect the world and not prey on it,
that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.
Touch the hearts
of those who look only for gain
at the expense of the poor and the earth.
Teach us to discover the worth of each thing,
to be filled with awe and contemplation,
to recognize that we are profoundly united
with every creature
as we journey towards your infinite light.
We thank you for being with us each day.
Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle
for justice, love and peace.