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2023 Lenten Season Resources:

As wildfires rage in California, three hurricanes continue to severely impact millions of people in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean in unprecedented ways.  How do we explain these tragic phenomena?  What can we do to respond to them and the prospect of future events?  

Learn about the Covenant’s newest program, Catholic Energies, and how it can help your parish/school/institution a) reduce energy use in its facilities, b) save money on utility bills, and c) educate about Laudato Si'. Learn how we can live faithfully AND sustainably through our energy choices. 

 Presenters:

• Dan Misleh, Executive Director, Catholic Climate Covenant;
• Dan Last, Chief Operating Officer, Catholic Climate Energies; and
• Bob Simon, Archdiocese of Washington.

2017's Feast of St. Francis program, "Befriend the Wolf: Blessing All God’s Creation", is an invitation to follow St. Francis’ example and open our hearts to all of creation. This webinar unpacks the story of the Wolf of Gubbio as a wonderful and useful metaphor to harmonize our relationship with God's Creation in our modern lives. It also discusses how the 2017 Feast of St. Francis program can be used in your parish, school, and faith community to foster that relationship. Whether you are already planning to use the 2017 Feast of St.

Goodlands is an organization that "creatively applies map making, data systems development, and planning services to promote caring for creation, serving the poor, and improving the state of the world." To view their story map of the majority of Catholic-affiliate properties in the U.S.C.C.B. and the expected impacts of climate change on those properties, click here. 

Download this Paris Agreement Bulletin Insert to help inform parishioners about what the Paris Climate Agreement entails and why the Catholic church is concerned by the U.S.'s withdrawal.

In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth— and the earth was without form or shape, with darkness over the abyss and a mighty wind sweeping over the waters— Then God said: Let there be light, and there was light. God saw that the light was good.

April 22, 2017 marks the 47th anniversary of Earth Day, a secular celebration that many faith communities have incorporated into their annual calendars. This year, we join with the Earth Day Network to celebrate Earth Day and to embrace our call as Catholics to increase awareness of care for creation and climate change issues. This Earth Day program should be seen as the beginning of an educational campaign to increase creation care and climate literacy within our parishes, schools, and religious communities.