The theme for this year’s Season of Creation (Sept.1st-Oct. 4th) is “Living Water”.
Please visit the ecumenical Season of Creation website for resources and information of how you and your community can participate in the Season of Creation.
The Biblical text for this year is drawn from Ezekiel 47:9- 12, which portrays God’s life-giving water flowing from the temple of God. The river grows deeper and deeper restoring barren land, reviving waters, and sustaining flourishing ecosystems. The vision invites human responsibility: recognising ecological damage, embracing interconnectedness, we are called to immerse ourselves in the water, and actively safeguarding and working for the renewal of creation so that environmental healing and human well-being may flourish together.
Season of Creation Celebration Guide
The 2026 Season of Creation Celebration Guide is now available in English and Spanish (download Spanish version here)! This guide will help you learn about and plan for this season. It includes ideas for prayer, including an ecumenical prayer service and ways to incorporate and reflect on this year’s theme and symbol.
More resources, including webinars and prayer services, sample promotional materials, and the official Season of Creation social media channels, are available online. Please visit SeasonOfCreation.org to access all the materials.
Season of Creation Liturgical Banner
A liturgical banner (available in English, Spanish, and bilingual versions) is available for ordering through the Ignatian Solidarity Network’s online store.
Other Prayer and Worship Resources Related to Season of Creation:
- What is the Season of Creation? Informational flier to accompany the Season of Creation liturgical banner.
- U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Season of Creation Bulletin Insert and the reflection issued for 2023 Season of Creation by USCCB can be found here.
- Feast of St. Francis Eco-Spirituality Resource, Spreading Seeds of Peace and Hope for Creation”. A timeless collection of prayers, poems, art, videos, reflections, liturgies, and programs.
World Day of Prayer for Creation and Mass for the Care of Creation
- The World Day of Prayer for Creation: Sept. 1st (or the following weekend) is the perfect time to schedule a Care for Creation Mass. Pope Leo XIV enabled our liturgical celebrations of this observance by promulgating the new ‘Mass for the Care of Creation’, recently added to the Missal. More information on the World Day of Prayer for Creation can be found in this new World Day of Prayer for Creation website. Here you will find resources for the Mass (liturgical texts and pastoral resources), formation resources, Pope Francis’ and Pope Leo’s messages for September 1st, and more!
NOTE: On June 12th, 2026 the USCCB voted to approve the English and Spanish text for the Mass for the Care of Creation. They will send the approved text to the Dicastery for Divine Worship requesting they expedite its approval. It is the goal of the USCCB to post the approved text this August in preparation to celebrate the new Mass in September. We will update this page as soon as we have more news! - Watch the global Catholic webinar webinar about the liturgical celebrations of the World Day of Prayer for Creation with the new Mass that was added to the Missal here.
- World Day of Prayer (Sept. 1st) resources from CAFOD
- Feast of Creation : The Feast of Creation committee, chaired by the World Council of Churches in collaboration with various world communions, has made available this website with information of how to celebrate the Feast of Creation (Sept. 1st for the Catholic community)
- More Mass for Creation resources may be found here.