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Celebrating the Season of Creation at Sacred Heart Church: Oakland, CA October 2nd, 2024

Contributed by Fr. Jack Lau, OMI

Sacred Heart’s GreenTeam (Oakland, CA) and parishioners gathered on the Autumn Equinox and the
International World Day of Peace for a city wide clean up “From Creek to Bay.” We joined with 35 other groups from all over the city, over 500 volunteers! For our part, we collected over 250 Gallons of trash.
 
After the clean-up, we gathered at Noon at the Hiroshima Peace Garden@Sacred Heart for a prayer service for peace. The Garden is on MLK JR. Way and is part of our public space that is an oasis of peace for all peoples and pets. Preparations are being made now for the Annual Blessing of Pets which will be on October 6th. That will conclude our Parish Celebration of the Season of Creation.
 
 
World Day of Prayer for Peace: https://bit.ly/3zyJcLn
 
Season of Creation Bookmarks: https://bit.ly/3XFAp27
 
 

2024 Season of Creation: Join the Global Movement to Nurture Our Planet August 30th, 2024

The firstfruits of hope (Romans 8:19-25)

The Season of Creation is an annual celebration of prayer and action for our common home, celebrated by Christians everywhere from September 1 to October 4. This year’s theme is “To hope and act with Creation.”

Oblate Scholastic Musonda Choto, OMI and Fr. Jack Lau, OMI prepare Sacred Heart Church, Oakland, CA for the Season as shown in these are photos.

 
More about the Season of Creation: seasonofcreation.org
 
Visit the Church’s website: sacredheartoak.org 
 
 

Looking Ahead: OMI Commitments to Laudato Si April 27th, 2023

Acts of the 37th General Chapter 
PILGRIMS OF HOPE IN COMMUNION

Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
(Approved by the General Chapter on October 12, 2022)

The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate’s 37th General Chapter took place in September 2022 with Pilgrims of Hope in Communion as the theme. The Oblates feel challenged by many of the cries that resound in our world, the voices of the poor and the abandoned reach out to God who is looking at us and calling us to a response. 

At the end of the 37th General Chapter, which happens every six years, commitments to life and action were made. 

  • One of these commitments is to take the responsibility to do much more to promote justice and peace.
  • One way we are doing this is responding to Pope Francis’ call, through his landmark encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si, to care for the earth and all its resources, physical and human:  “The urgent challenge to protect our common home includes a concern to bring the whole human family together to seek a sustainable and integral development . . .” (#13). 
  • Below is a summary of OMI commitments as it relates to Laudato Si. 

Click here to read document

 

 

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