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.
Homily of His Excellency, Most Reverend Robert Casey at the Solemn Vespers for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation (September 1, 2023)
View the 2023 Catholic Youth Climate Summit Experience!
Hear young adult perspectives from the Integral Ecology Retreat.
“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)
Homily of His Excellency, Most Reverend Robert Casey at the Solemn Vespers for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, September 1, 2023 (Video)
View Fr. John Pawlikowski’s Homily: Responding to Laudato Si’. A Call to Action. Assumption Catholic Church, September 10, 2023. (Video)
View Sarah Elizabeth Ippel inspirational presentation A Chicago Model for Cultivating a Sustainable and Just Future (Here). As a national leader in innovative education and sustainability and founder of the Academy for Global Citizenship, Sarah Elizabeth shares an inspiring and actionable vision for integrating health and wellness, environmental justice, multigenerational learning, and economic vitality to drive generational impact.
View the 2023 Catholic Youth Climate Summit Experience!
Laudato Si': The Intersection of Spirituality and Science
8th Annual Solemn Vespers for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation- March for Life
- Laudato Si' Workshops/Retreat Series 2023
presented by The Well Spirituality Center and Care for Creation Ministry
- "The Letter" Film Event
- Catholic Youth Climate Summit
View the 2023 Catholic Youth Climate Summit Experience! - Laudato Si' Workshops/Retreat Series 2023
presented by The Well Spirituality Center and Care for Creation Ministry - Tourgrimage travel/study to Assisi, Italy
- Wednesday, May 8, 2024 | 12 – 1 p.m.
What on Earth is the Church Doing? Connecting the Dots Between Laudato Si’ and Contemporary Issues Speaker Series
Laudato Si' and AI (link) - Wednesday, May 15, 2024 | 12 – 1 p.m.
What on Earth is the Church Doing? Connecting the Dots Between Laudato Si’ and Contemporary Issues Speaker Series
Nonviolence is Key to a Laudato Si' Future (link)
- Laudato Si' Workshops/Retreat Series 2023
presented by The Well Spirituality Center and Care for Creation Ministry
- Wenesday, August 16 | 6:30 p.m.
Ecospirituality and Ecojustice in Laudato Si' with Mary Evelyn Tucker at The Well Spirituality Center, La Grange Park. Details here: (Link)
- Thursday, August 31 | 7 p.m.
Solemn Vespers for the World Day of Prayer for Creation, followed by a presentation by Sarah Elizabeth Ippel of the Academy of Global Citizenship. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Glenview. Details here: (Link)
- Sunday, September 10
Mass, Celebrant: Fr. Joseph Chamblain, OSM, Pastor, Homilist: Fr. John T. Pawlikowski, OSM, will speak on Responding to Laudato Si’. A Call to Action, Assumption Catholic Church, 323 West Illinois Street, Chicago, IL 60654. Details comming soon. (Flyer)
- Sunday, September 10 | 12 - 2 p.m.
Gardens and Prayer Labyrinth Walk, St. James Parish, 2907 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago IL 60616
- Sunday, September 10 | 2 p.m.
St. Mary of the Lake Laudato Si' Meditation Walk at Mundelein Seminary, 1000 E. Maple Ave., Mundelein, IL 60060, sponsored by Creation Care at St. Joseph Parish, Libertyville. (Meet in the purple parking lot near the water tower, rain or shine).
- Sunday, September 24 | 2 - 4 p.m.
Laudato Si' Gardens Walk and Tour, St. Mary of Vernon Parish, 236 U.S Highway 45, Indian Creek, IL 60061
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.
