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    Saving on Water Fountains

    posted on October 16, 2019

    We talked with Francisco Ruiz, facility manager at St. Mary in Indianapolis about saving energy on water fountains.

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    Category: Spotlight

    St. Thomas Aquinas Parish and School Celebrate the Season of Creation

    posted on September 24, 2019

    The Creation Care Ministry at St. Thomas Aquinas parish in Indianapolis, Indiana has been busy this Season of Creation! On August 29th the parish held a prayer service to kick off the Season of Creation. The theme was “The Web of Life: Biodiversity as God’s Blessing” and included a meditation walk in their habitat garden. …

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    Category: Spotlight

    Arch Indy group meets for the September 2019 Climate Strike

    posted on September 22, 2019

    The ArchIndy Creation Care Commission joined youth and people around the world on September 20 to strike for climate. The group consisting of Creation Care Commission members and 3 generations of Catholics met 10:15am on at St. John the Evangelist in downtown Indy for a short prayer service and reflection on caring for God’s creation before walking …

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    John Mundell discusses the Season of Creation on Catholic Radio’s Faith in Action

    posted on September 21, 2019

    The program aired three times and can be listened to online (at about minute 14:15).

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    Category: News

    How the people of St. Gabriel are planting 150 trees this Season of Creation

    posted on September 18, 2019

    Kudos to Father Michael O’Mara and the St. Gabriel’s parishioners in Indianapolis, IN who are planting 150 trees this Season of Creation! In addition to having envelopes in the pews for people to make a “tree donation” and sign up for their tree, Father Michael preached a homily about the Season of Creation. One of …

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    ArchIndy Season of Creation program makes national news

    posted on September 3, 2019

    This fall marks the first year the Archdiocese of Indianapolis is officially celebrating the Season of Creation ( Season of Creation (September 1 – October 4).  In efforts to pair prayer with action, the Creation Care Committee developed a weekly guide to help parishes and individuals take action for protecting our common home. The guide …

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    Category: NewsTag: Archbishop Charles C. Thompson

    Season of Creation: Statements from Other Faiths

    posted on September 3, 2018

    From September to October each year, the Christian community celebrates the Season of Creation by praying and acting together to protect our common home.  Below are some statements from Pope Francis and leaders of other faith traditions on Care for Creation.

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    Church is ‘still in’ on addressing climate change

    posted on August 31, 2018

    First published in The Criterion on August 24, 2018 Fr. Rick Ginther with the release of “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home” in 2015, Pope Francis drew attention to the urgent need for Christians to undergo “an ‘ecological conversion,’ whereby the effects of their encounter with Jesus Christ become evident in their relationship …

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    Category: NewsTag: Archbishop Charles C. Thompson

    Catholic Energies can help parishes live ‘Laudato Si’

    posted on December 17, 2017

    First published in The Criterion on December 15, 2017. In his 2015 encyclical letter “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home,” Pope Francis states, “There is an urgent need to develop policies so that, in the next few years, the emission of carbon dioxide and other highly polluting gasses can be drastically reduced” (#26). …

    Catholic Energies can help parishes live ‘Laudato Si’Read More

    Category: NewsTag: EnergyAudience: Parish Faith & Action

    The Season of Creation and awareness of ‘Laudato Si’

    posted on July 8, 2017

    First published in The Criterion on September 8, 2017 Since the publication in June 2015 of Pope Francis’environmental encyclical, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home,” a significant worldwide increase in Catholic awareness has taken place regarding our role in taking responsibility to care for the environment. As part of those efforts, the pope …

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    Category: NewsTag: Poverty, Season of Creation

    Resources for ecological conversion are available for archdiocesan parishes

    posted on June 17, 2017

    First published in The Criterion on June 9, 2017 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Mt 4:17). With these words, Jesus began his public ministry. To repent is to take a new path—a path that leads us closer to God and to the person he is calling each of us to be. …

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    Category: NewsAudience: Parish Administration, Parish Faith & Action

    What should I ‘give up’ for Lent?

    posted on March 3, 2017

    First published in The Criterion on March 3, 2017 “It cannot be emphasized enough how everything is interconnected.” —Pope Francis, “Laudato Si, on Care for Our Common Home,” #138 Two weeks ago, my wife Julie and I were lucky enough to be standing in the Vatican at an audience with Pope Francis with 1,200 supporters …

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    Category: NewsTag: Lent, Poverty

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