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    “Plarning” at the National Catholic Youth Conference

    posted on December 6, 2021

    In mid November, over 10,000 high school youth, priests, youth ministers, and chaperones descended on downtown Indianapolis, Indiana for the National Catholic Youth Conference 2021 (NCYC). Despite the limited number of attendees due to COVID-19 precautions, the Service Area of the “Village” was crawling with teens eager to spend some time putting their faith into …

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    Season of Creation Customizable and Ready to Distribute Toolkits

    posted on August 31, 2021

    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 …

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    Commission Members present at ICC’s Laudato Si’ Social Justice Series

    posted on August 19, 2021

    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 …

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    Green Junction: Water in Crisis

    posted on June 6, 2021

    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?

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    Pope’s call to care for creation plants seeds among archdiocesan parishes to grow their efforts

    posted on May 14, 2021

    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.

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    Sight Unseen: A sky filled with invisible stars

    posted on March 23, 2021

    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.

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    Lent 2021

    posted on February 10, 2021

    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 …

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    Green Junction: The importance of bees

    posted on February 10, 2021

    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.

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    Green Junction: A lens through the world

    posted on January 10, 2021

    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?

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    Season of Creation 2020 Highlights

    posted on October 26, 2020

    From across the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and around the world…

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    What is the Season of Creation and this year’s theme Jubilee for the Earth?

    posted on August 31, 2020

    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. …

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    10 Ways to Pray, Reflect, and Act this Season of Creation

    posted on August 31, 2020

    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 …

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