We celebrate the Ecumenical Season of Creation from September 1 through October 4! May we follow in the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi and learn to respect and care for creation and one another so that justice and peace may flow for all. All are welcome to join us in celebrating the Season of Creation 2023.
Inspirational Videos will be here published here and in Wheaton Franciscan Latest News every week from September 1 through October 4. In addition, scroll down for a list of events during the Season of Creation that all are invited to participate in!
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We have to realize that a true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.
Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ #49
Each week we post inspirational Season of Creation Videos. Visit our YouTube Playlist “Season of Creation” to view any videos you may have missed!
Season of Creation Events
- Global Ecumenical Prayer Service – Fri, 9/1 (online)
- Outdoor Mass in the St. Clare Garden – Sun, 9/3 – Moved indoors due to heat
- Outdoor Coffee & at Entrance #5 – Sun, 9/3 – Moved indoors due to heat
- Taizé in Our Lady of the Angels Chapel – Fri, 9/8
- Concert in the Garden with John Niemet – Fri, 9/15
- Sunday Masses about the Cry of the Poor
- 9/10 – Women & Children; Vulnerable Families
- 9/17 – Adequate Health & Dental Care
- 9/24 – Refugees & Immigrants
- Special Donation Drive for Chicago area Immigrants and Refugees: 9/24-9/28
- In recognition of National Migration Week, the Wheaton Franciscan and IBVM communities will hold a Donation Drive to help meet the urgent needs of our immigrant brothers and sisters in Chicago.
- Special Donation Drive for Chicago area Immigrants and Refugees: 9/24-9/28
- 10/1 – Restoring hope with International Ministries
- Coffee & … on 10/4 with a presentation from Kay KcKeen, founder and Executive Director of School and Community Assistance for Recycling and Composting Education (SCARCE). Sponsored by the IBVM Community.
- Feast of St. Francis Mass in OLA Chapel – 10/4
