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

As the parishioners of @SacredHeart Oakland and Pax Christi North California prepared to go out into the Longfellow Neighborhood in North Oakland, we gathered for an interfaith prayer in front of the Hiroshima Peace Garden @ Sacred Heart. This garden is an oasis of peace for the wider community.

 

We collected over 300 gallons of trash, not including tires and larger items that were dumped in our neighborhood.