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Preview - Join Us for the Season of Creation 2024: "To Hope and Act With Creation"
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As a supporter of the Alban Weekly, we invite you to join Creation Justice Ministries for this Season of Creation. Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through celebration, conversion, and commitment together. During this time, we invite you to join our siblings in the ecumenical family in prayer and action for our common home.
Join us in celebrating the Season of Creation. Find resources and opportunities taking place this month below.
The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through celebration, conversion, and commitment together. During the Season of Creation, we join our sisters and brothers in the ecumenical family in prayer and action for our common home. The season starts 1 September, the Day of Prayer for Creation, and ends 4 October, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology beloved by many Christian denominations. Throughout the month-long celebration, the world's 2.2 billion Christians come together to care for our common home.
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Season of Creation Celebration Guide:
To Hope and Act With Creation
As followers of Christ from around the globe, we share a common call to care for Creation. We are co-creatures and part of all that God has made. Our well-being is interwoven with the well-being of the Earth. We rejoice in this opportunity to safeguard our common home and all beings who share it. This year, the theme for the season is "To Hope and Act With Creation."
Amid the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, many are beginning to despair and suffer from eco-anxiety. As people of faith, we are called to lift the hope inspired by our faith, the hope of the resurrection. This is not a hope without action but one embodied.
This guide will help you learn about and plan for this season. It includes ideas for prayer, including an ecumenical prayer service (see Addendum 1) and ways to incorporate and reflect on this year's theme and symbol. In addition, it offers ways to participate in this year's joint advocacy initiative to support the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty which calls for a halt to new fossil fuel projects. More resources, including webinars and prayer services, sample promotional materials, and the official Season of Creation social media channels, are available online.
