Entering the Season of Creation
With contributions by Andrew Wright, Laudato Si Chair
The Season of Creation (Sept 1-Oct 4) is upon us, and after a brief hiatus over the summer, we are excited to reconvene and offer more ways to spread the Gospel through care for God’s creation.
Our Mission: To build a faith-centered community of people who feel called to glorify God through caring for his creation.
You Can Expect Monthly Opportunities for:
- Prayer: We will facilitate powerful individual and group prayer for the environment
- Education: We will work to meet people where they are and build our parish’s knowledge of both problems and solutions to environmental crises
- Activism: We will participate in and spread ideas for how to get involved in environmental action beyond church life
- Service: We will offer the chance for all of us to get our hands dirty and do meaningful work that glorifies God through care for creation
Upcoming Events:
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September 16th: Mass of Creation at 5:30pm @ St. Francis of Assisi, More Information
- September 17th: 9-Day Live Climate Novena (online), Register Here
- October 1st: The Problem With Plastics author will be at Union Theological Seminary here in NYC on Thursday evening October 1st from 5 pm to 6:30 PM. Register Here!
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October 3rd: Kicking off Laudato Si Community Days! Join us for Planetary Health Diet approved snacks where we discuss the encyclical from Pope Leo ‘Magnifica Humanitas‘ and the role of technology in the environment and Christian life. RSVP Here!
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***IMPORTANT*** On October 3rd, we will also be providing an opportunity to recycle SMALL electronics! Check here for a list of accepted items
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November: Hear the Cry of the Earth! We will be participating in a Synodal Discussion of Climate Impacts. Help us educate the Vatican on how climate change affects all of us! (More details to follow) Register Interest Here!
What We’re Reading
- Empire of AI by Karen Hao – Released on May 20, 2025. It focuses on the history of OpenAI and its culture of secrecy and devotion to the promise of artificial general intelligence (AGI) while extracting vast amounts of resources and exploiting workers.
- Dirtbag Billionaire by David Gelles – A biography of Yvon Chouinard, the pioneering outdoorsman CEO of Patagonia and how he gave away his company to Planet Earth.
- Let Us Dream by Pope Francis – During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Pope Francis wrote this short book to inspire us to use the crisis to reconsider the many flawed approaches we are taking to spirituality, social issues, and impending environmental catastrophes.