Season of Creation
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Let Justice Flow Like a River Prayer Service
October 2, 2023
Saturday morning September 30, Sr Mary Ann Barrett, Lisa Mitchell (Associate Life Director), and Mindy Hills (Director of Dominican Center Marywood and board trustee of St. Francis Sculpture Garden) welcomed the people to the banks of Coldbrook Creek in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sister Mary Ann opened the Season of Creation prayer service with this message: […]
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2023 Season of Creation Prayer: Let Justice and Peace Flow
September 8, 2023
Sustaining Creator God, Help us steward the resources for the use of all people. Bless us as we go forth from this place – to North, East, South, and West….. Preaching with our lives. Across the lands and waters of the world, Let Justice and Peace Flow Rippling through the Great Lakes region, Let Justice […]
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Webinar: Working for Environmental Justice in New Mexico
August 31, 2023
We are called to join the river of justice and peace, to take up climate and ecological justice, and to speak out with and for communities most impacted by climate injustice and the loss of biodiversity. We invite you to consider a study opportunity to listen and learn about a situation of ongoing environmental injustice […]
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Canticle Prayer & Reflection in St. Francis Sculpture Garden (In Person)
September 23, 2022
The Dominican Associates of Grand Rapids are hosting a 1-hour event in St. Francis Sculpture Garden in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 10:00 – 11:00 am. Begin your day with the running water, wind whispering in the leaves, feet on the earthen path. Put on you sandals or sneakers, bring a chair if you like, and […]
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Committing to Prayer, Study, Community, Service During Season of Creation 2022
September 7, 2022
Season of Creation is a time of grace that the Church, in ecumenical dialogue, offers to humanity to renew its relationship with the Creator and with creation, through celebration, conversion and commitment together. During these five weeks, we have the opportunity to: • Reaffirm our vocation as stewards of creation. • Thank God for the […]
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Creation Care as an Act of Radical Hospitality, Season of Creation 2021
September 1, 2021
Today, September 1, begins the Season of Creation, a month-long ecumenical call to practice creation care as an act of radical hospitality, safeguarding a place for all creatures, human and more human, in our common home. Today is the World Day of Prayer for Creation, a “feast day” established by Pope Francis in 2015 to […]
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Season of Creation Begins Sept. 1, 2020
September 3, 2020
Jubilee for the Earth The annual ecumenical SEASON OF CREATION begins with the World Day for Prayer for the Care of Creation on Tuesday, September 1 and continues through the Feast of St. Francis on Sunday, October 4. It is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through repenting, repairing, […]