Each year from September to October the Christian community celebrates the Season of Creation by praying and acting together to protect our common home. During this time Catholics unite with others in the global family to pray and protect every creature in God’s beautifully complex web of creation. The theme of this year’s Season of Creation celebration is “A Home for All? Renewing the Oikos of God” 

The Season of Creation begins on 1 September, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. This annual day, established by Pope Francis in 2015, is an opportunity to pray, reflect and act to care for God’s creation. All of us, both those who most contribute to climate change and those whom it most affects, pray today for better stewardship of the Earth. 

Pope Francis in his announcement for the World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation said, 

"The annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation offers to individual believers and to the community a precious opportunity to renew our personal participation in this vocation as custodians of creation, raising to God our thanks for the marvelous works that have been entrusted to our care, invoking God’s help for the protection of creation and God’s mercy for the sins committed against the world in which we live." 

Today we raise to God our thanks for the marvelous works that have been entrusted to our care, and we ask for God’s help as we take action to protect our planet and all of its creatures. 

Let us pray together:
Creator of Life, the Earth is full of Your creatures,
and by your wisdom, you made them all.
At Your word, the Earth brought forth plants yielding seed of every kind and trees of every kind bearing fruit, the waters teemed with swarms of living creatures of every kind, and the world was filled with every kind of winged bird, walking animal, and creatures that creep upon the ground.
Mountains, plains, rocks, and rivers shelter diverse communities,
and through the changing seasons, your Spirit renews cycles of life.
During this Season of Creation, open our eyes to see the precious diversity that is all around us. Enlighten our minds to appreciate the delicate balance maintained by each creature. Inspire us to conserve the precious habitats that nurture this web of life.
In the name of the One who came to proclaim good news to all creation,
Jesus Christ.  Amen. 

ACTIVATE Year 6
We have been informed that once again ACTIVATE for Year 6 has been postponed and hopefully will be scheduled for Term 4.

Parish Church Sacraments
At this stage, we need to pray that we will be able to go ahead with our sacraments this year. We have no updates as yet and will certainly inform you when we are able to attend church once again.

Mrs Madaschi
Religious Education Coordinator