Creation Care Ministry of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis
from the Archdiocese of Indianapolis Creation Care Commission
During the Season of Creation (Sept 1 – Oct 4 each year), the Christian community celebrates joins together to pray and act to protect our common home. The season is celebrated by tens of thousands of Christians around the world annually (https://seasonofcreation.org) with encouragement from leaders of other faith traditions. The Creation Care Ministry of …
Season of Creation Customizable and Ready to Distribute ToolkitsRead More
ArchIndy Creation Care Commission Members Sarah Mundell and Sister Sheila Marie Fitzpatrick, OSB will present “Integral Ecology” at the second session of the Indiana Catholic Conference’s 2021 series on Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home. The Catholic Church’s principles of social doctrine, based in Sacred Scripture and natural law, are the primary lens through …
Commission Members present at ICC’s Laudato Si’ Social Justice SeriesRead More
The water crisis in certain areas of the western part of the US is being described as historic. Even in areas that are not subject to water shortages, how can we better respect fresh water and work to give access to safe drinkable water to all?
Creation Care efforts are growing in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. News from St. John the Apostle Parish in Bloomington, Our Lady of Lourdes in Indianapolis, and St. Vincent de Paul in Shelby County. Article from The Criterion by John Shaughnessy.
Lent consistently strikes me as one of the most ill-timed of seasons—an idea that our yearlong pandemic has only served to make more obvious. In the U.S., we’ve already endured the long slog through winter: its dark nights, barren trees, cold stars and frigid temperatures.
Entering into Lent with Catholics worldwide, it is a moment for us to stop and reflect on God’s mercy and love for us and all of creation. As we pray, fast, and grow in faith with our local communities, let’s also focus on living in solidarity with the poor and vulnerable across the world, especially …
One third of the food we eat depends upon pollinators – mainly bees – for successful yields of crops, from pumpkins to apples to grapefruit. With the world’s bee population having been on the decline, we each can do our part to rejuvenate the bee population and maintain a reverent attitude toward the small creatures in God’s creation.
What is the lens through which you see the natural world? How often do you seek to understand God’s creation, the beauty and the abuse of nature? Have you made efforts to lessen your personal footprint on nature by reducing the amount of waste you produce, the amount of material items you purchase, the amount of fresh water you use?
From across the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and around the world…
This year Catholics across the Archdiocese of Indianapolis will stand alongside thousands of Christians from around the world in this transformative celebration that encourages all Christians to care for our common home. The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through repenting, repairing, and rejoicing together. …
What is the Season of Creation and this year’s theme Jubilee for the Earth?Read More
Join us this Season of Creation by participating in our Tree & Flower Extravaganza and one or all of the 10 Ways to Pray, Reflect, and Act this Season of Creation. We invite you to on a journey to learn something new, take that small step you have been contemplating, and find God’s will for living well …
10 Ways to Pray, Reflect, and Act this Season of CreationRead More
Published in The Criterion on August 28, 2020. On May 25, during the weeklong commemoration of the five-year anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home,” the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development announced a special “Laudato Si’ ” anniversary year, calling on it to be “a time of grace, …
