As we prepare to 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. Please mark your calendars and join us in celebrating the Season of Creation 2024.
Season of Creation reflections will be published in the Wheaton Franciscan Latest News each week beginning September 6 through October 4. In addition, scroll down for a list of events during the Season of Creation that you are invited to participate!
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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
Season of Creation Events
- Prayer Service for Creation Livestream: Sun, 9/1 at 8:00 a.m. CT (in Auditorium)
- Open the Season of Creation at Sunday Mass: Sun, 9/1 at 10:30 a.m. CT (in Auditorium)
- Coffee &… in the Promenade: Sun, 9/1 after Mass at 11:30 a.m. CT
- Season of Creation Sunday Mass: Sun, 9/8 at 10:30 a.m. CT
- Webinar on Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty: Tues, 9/10 at 8:00 a.m. CT
- Season of Creation Sunday Mass: Sun, 9/15 at 10:30 a.m. CT
- Concert in the St. Clare Garden by John Niemet: Thurs, 9/19 from Noon-1:00 p.m.
- A Day of Action for Creation: Sat, 9/21 from 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Space is Limited. RSVP by September 1
- Season of Creation Sunday Mass: Sun, 9/22 at 10:30 a.m. CT
- Season of Creation Sunday Mass: Sun, 9/29 at 10:30 a.m. CT
- Celebratory Closing of the Season of Creation at Mass: Sun, 10/6 at 10:30 a.m. CT
- Coffee and a Presentation in the Promenade: Sun, 10/6 after Mass at 11:30 a.m. CT
- Enjoy a presentation on “A Better Politics:” Creating Beloved Community through Discernment as a Multi-Issue Voter.”
