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2022 Season of Creation: Listen to the Voice of Creation September 1st, 2022
(Photo courtesy of Jaime Reimer, Pexels)
The 2022 Season of Creation observance begins on September 1 and ends on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Oct. 4, The Season of Creation is the annual Christian celebration to listen and respond together to the cry of Creation: the ecumenical family around the world unites to pray and protect our common home. The observance this year will unite around the theme, “Listen to the Voice of Creation.”
May this 2022 Season of Creation renew our ecumenical unity, renewing and uniting us by our bond of Peace in one Spirit, in our call to care for our common home. And may this season of prayer and action be a time to Listen to the Voice of Creation, so that our lives in words and deeds proclaim good news for all the Earth.
(READ Fr. Harry Winter, OMI’s article “Christian Unity and JPIC Bond in the Season of Creation“)
Find additional resources at these links:
- Resources from the Season of Creation ecumenical coalition.
- Download this Catholic Season of Creation social media kit and share it
- Laudato Si’ Movement
- Laudato Si’ Action Platform
- Catholic Climate Covenant
- Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate– JPIC Tips for living sustainably – download brochures in English & Spanish
Christian Unity and JPIC Bond in the Season of Creation August 31st, 2022
(Originally published at OMIUSA.ORG)
One concern emerging for all the world’s 2.4 billion Christians is the plundering of our planet. This year’s Season of Creation, beginning September 1 and ending on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Oct. 4, finds Christians from every denomination joining together in prayer and action to slow and eventually reverse our environmental degradation. Our Oblate Ministry of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation is working with our Ministry of Mission, Unity and Dialogue to promote the health of our planet, since the poor are the ones most affected by the abuse of our natural resources.
Begun for the Eastern Orthodox by the Patriarch of Constantinople, Demetrios I in 1989, the observance quickly caught on in the Orthodox world. Then an Australian Lutheran pastor, Norman Habel, inspired Protestants in 2005. Pope Francis asked Roman Catholics to observe it when he published his encyclical Laudato Si in 2015.
Our US Bishops have provided a bulletin insert for this year, click here. At St. Mary’s Church in Georgetown, MA and Rowley, MA, we will have the insert available at the church entrance, rather than include it in the bulletin. Sometimes people are overwhelmed by inserts.
Each year has a different theme; this year’s is Listen to the Voice of Creation. Many websites with the title Season of Creation provide aids for worship and action. Our musicians have a large choice of hymns concerning the beauty of the world around us.
The Holy Spirit is pushing Christians (joined by other faiths) to go from an attitude of plunder to an attitude of wonder regarding our environment.
Video Highlights Work of Silverlands, a Fund Oblates Invest With August 24th, 2022
The Oblate Pastoral Investment Trust (OIP) has investments with Silverlands
Silverlands MIGA from SilverStreet on Vimeo.
August 9 is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples August 8th, 2022
August 9 is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The UN’s observance this year will focus on the role of indigenous women in the preservation and transmission of traditional knowledge.
Pope Francis in Canada: Walking Together August 3rd, 2022
Healing and Reconciliation: An Historic Journey
Pope Francis made a pastoral visit to Canada from July 24 to 29, 2022. The Pope’s visit provided a unique opportunity for him, once again, to listen and dialogue with Indigenous Peoples, to express his heartfelt closeness and to address the impact of colonization and the participation of the Catholic Church in the operation of residential schools throughout Canada. The papal visit also provided an opportunity for the shepherd of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics to connect with the Catholic community in Canada.
Pope Francis Visits Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples
The Catholic Church has a responsibility to take genuine and meaningful steps to journey with Indigenous Peoples of this land on the lengthy path to healing and reconciliation. Visit this site for articles, videos and speeches on the historic journey of Pope Francis to Canada, a significant step on the road to truth, understanding and healing.
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| Fr. Susai Jesu, OMI, pastor, welcomes Pope Francis to Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples in Edmonton, AB (photo via @VaticanNews broadcast) |
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| Fr. Nnaemeka Ali, OMI, a Nigerian priest working with the Innu First Nations in Canada, upholds the papal visit as an opportunity for reconciliation, and says the Church needs to listen to and work with indigenous communities. Read the article. |
This site –https://www.papalvisit.ca/– provides information on the historic journey of Pope Francis to Canada, a significant step on the road to truth, understanding and healing.
