Creation Care
Our call
to be good stewards of creation in our community and beyond
Season of Creation (SOC)
Days: September 1 - October 6, 2024
Join the parish and diocese celebrate this year's season of creation through awareness, activities, and events. We invite you to join others around the world in each week's action item. See details below.
Week 1 - September 1
Watch The Letter Movie. See more details below on the movie and the four 'voices.'
Week 2 - September 8
Attend the Season of Creation Mass w/Cardinal McElroy
Day/Time: Saturday, September 14 at 5 pm
Location: St. Gregory the Great
Week 3 - September 15
Focus: The Indigenous
Visit St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Parish and the Barona Cultural Center & Museum
Day: Saturday, September 21
Week 4 - September 22
Focus: Biodiversity and The Youth
Fragile Beauty of Wildlife presentation
Day: Thursday, September 26
Kid's Art Contest for those in grades 4-12. Submission Deadline - Sept. 22
Week 5 - September 29
Movie - Common Ground
Day/Time: Wed, October 2 at 7 pm
Location: St. B's Parish Hall
Annual Pet Blessing
Day/Time: Friday, October 4 at 6 pm
Location: St. B's Plaza
Diocesan Feast of St. Francis Festival
Day/Time: Sunday, October 6 from 1-3 pm
Location: Pastoral Center - 3888 Paducah Dr., SD, CA 92117
Focus: trees, peace, and all goodness
For more details about what is happening at the parish or around the diocese, email Lee or explore the diocesan website.
Laudato Si Action Platform
Saint Brigid Parish recently enrolled in the diocesan Laudato Si' Action Platform (LSAP). The LSAP is a way for the parish to step into a commitment to bring about positive change and awareness to the climate crisis. It is not a siloed effort, but meant to be a broad undertaking in everything we do at the parish, a 'shared journey to sustainability in the holistic spirit of integral ecology.
Movie - The Letter
In Laudate Deum, Pope Francis calls "all people of good will" to take action on the climate crisis. The Letter movie is an effort to demystify and depoliticize the reality of climate change. Explore various activities and events during this year's season of creation that focus the four 'voices' in The Letter.
- the poor
- indigenous
- biodiversity - coming soon
- the
youth and
teen art contest
“Education in environmental responsibility can encourage ways of acting which directly and significantly affect the world around us, such as avoiding the use of plastic and paper, reducing water consumption, separating refuse, cooking only what can be reasonably consumed, showing care for other living beings, using public transport or carpooling, planting trees, turning off unnecessary lights, or any number of other practices.” – Pope Francis, Laudato Si
What can I do?
Food Waste and Composting
Looking for more information on food waste and composting. Explore these articles.
What can I do? Reusable Water Bottles and more...
Are you looking for simple ways to be a disciple in action related to the care of our creation?
- Use reusable water bottles instead of plastic. Recycling is good, but reducing plastic use is even better!
- Advocate for the Farm Bill 2023