Thursday, September 1, 2016



From the Global Catholic Climate Movement


On Monday, the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE), Conference of European Churches (CEC) and European Christian Environmental Network (ECEN) issued a joint statement about the Time for Creation.
·         Today, the Patriarch Bartholomew issued his message for September 1.
·         And tomorrow, Pope Francis’ special message "Show Mercy to our Common Home" will be presented by Cardinal Turkson in the Vatican at 11.30am CEST. You can watch the press conference in this link.

We are very excited about facilitating the Season of Creation campaign together with the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, the World Council of Churches and other ecumenical partners. You’ll see in the Season of Creation website that hundreds of prayer services will happen in all continents.

You should have also seen that we will also be hosting tomorrow an Online Ecumenical Prayer Service for the World Day of Prayer for Creation at 8am US EDT/ 2 pm CEST. More details can be found here: bit.ly/sept1prayer.

We hope your organization and networks join Pope Francis in this special occasion. Remember that the Pope Video (produced by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network) is an excellent asset to promote this celebration; you could share the Facebook link or the YouTube link.

This is an incredible moment in our Christian liturgical life: a time to praise our Creator and to deepen the bonds with all of creation, through prayer and action. Thank you for being a part of lifting this important time to our communities.

God bless,

Christina on behalf of the GCCM Team

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