Creation is crying. It is time to hear its suffering and act. Answer Pope Francis’ call and become #LaudatoSiAnimators! Choose hope and join a global network of Catholics who are leading actions to protect our common home. REGISTER now at www.catholicclimatemovement.global/animators
www.laudatosiweek.org “LAUDATO SI” We need change; we want change (Pope Francis). Dear Social Justice Friends You may be aware that 2020 was the 5th anniversary of Laudato Si’, however COVID-19 restrictions minimised broad promotion & engagement with Laudato Si’ Week/Laudato Si’ Year. The following useful Links are provided to aid you with promoting… Continue Reading Laudato Si’ Week / Laudato Si’ Year 2021_16th-24th May
Pope Francis showed the way forward. In his recent TED Countdown talk, His Holiness shared how all of us can create a more life-giving future right now: Divest from fossil fuels. WATCH: Pope Francis calls on all organizations to divest from fossil fuels Pope Francis urged everyone to divest from “those companies that do… Continue Reading GCCM_WATCH: Pope Francis Calls on All Organizations to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Monthly Newsletter How will your organization live saintly this month? In his recent TED Countdown talk, Pope Francis asked all of us to take “concrete and pressing actions” to stop the climate crisis. Countless saints, including St. Francis of Assisi, St. Kateri Tekakwitha, and St. Therese of Lisieux, showed how to take action for creation. Below,… Continue Reading GCCM_Monthly Newsletter
www.laudatosiweek.org Pope Francis invites you to celebrate Laudato Si’ Week It’s the fifth anniversary of Laudato Si’ How will you celebrate? Join Pope Francis and take the next step in your Laudato Si’ journey. Commit to an ambitious action that grows your response to “the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.” No matter… Continue Reading Laudato Si’ Week 2020_16th-24th May 2020
World Mother Earth Day as a Time to Reflect (Eureka Street) As a GCCM Member Organization, your leadership lights a beacon of hope for Catholics everywhere. Fifty years ago this week, millions of people around the world came together to kick off a new era in the protection of our common home. In 1970,… Continue Reading International Mother Earth Day_50th Anniversary_Wednesday, 22nd April 2020
Lenten Carbon Fast 2020 (Calendar) Lent 2020 Resource EN (GCCM).pdf As we prepare for Lent, I invite you to bring Laudato Si’ into the season by downloading a Lenten calendar for creation here. This free resource is a week-by-week guide to reflection on our role in God’s creation. It helps us repent… Continue Reading GCCM_Laudato Si’ Inspired Lenten Resources
https://catholicclimatemovement.global/ From: catholicclimatemovement.global Sent: Friday, January 10, 2020 Subject: Tough Times Call for Hope! Dear friends, The climate crisis doesn’t take holidays. We’re redoubling our efforts. As we enter 2020 together, we see that the climate crisis doesn’t take holidays. Australia: our brothers and sisters flee wildfires by the thousands–with untold loss of life… Continue Reading GCCM_5th Anniversary – 15th January 2020
www.catholicclimatemovement.global/Prayers-of-the-Faithful.pdf Earth Day is coming soon—it’s April 22. In the face of increasing threats to creation, Catholics around the world are standing up together. This Earth Day, we’re coming together for the Amazon, where forests and their rich diversity of life are being eradicated. Wherever we live, we’re all part of the circle of… Continue Reading Earth Day- 22nd April 2019
Dear Reader, Fasting from meat during the Lenten season is part of our Catholic tradition. It’s a way to live in the humble simplicity that Christ offers us. We now know that fasting from meat is also a way to sustainably inhabit our place in God’s creation. This Lent, we invite you… Continue Reading GCCM_This Lent, Simplicity in Solidarity
Dear Reader, On Sunday we celebrate the Epiphany, reflecting on the fulfilment of Advent’s promise and the gift of Christ among us. With Isaiah, we sing that our hearts “throb and swell with joy.” (Isaiah 60:5) In the spirit of hope fulfilled, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on GCCM’s journey and share… Continue Reading GCCM News
columban.org.au_ADVENT RESOURCE https://www.columban.org.au/catholic-mission-files/pdf/educational-resources/advent-resources/advent-resource-year-c-1st-sunday.pdf Click on the below images to be redirected to each resource… This free online Advent Resource, Pathways: Hope for the Journeyis an aid to your Catholic teaching and preaching. It helps us search for God’s presence, revealed over millennia in nature, cultures and people seeking wisdom. This Catholic resource is suitable for… Continue Reading GCCM Update & PATHWAYS: Hope for the Journey (Online Resource_Advent – Year C, 2018)
Catholics are praying and acting to protect creation. We invite you to look back at accomplishments and challenges of August and September, and to take action today to drive progress forward. Pray for Climate Pilgrims Prayer Ribbons Climate Pilgrims have begun their 1500-kilometer journey to Poland, and they are carrying prayer ribbons with prayers… Continue Reading GCCM_Laudato Si’ News_September / October 2018
Rome 11 September 2018 Catholic Institutions Unite for Fossil Fuel Divestment Communities on the front lines of the climate crisis join communities in the global north in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions Catholic institutions from around the world are making new commitments to divest from fossil fuels. A group of 19… Continue Reading GCCM_Catholic Institutions Unite for Fossil Fuel Divestment
Read current and past issues of the JEDO Newsletter here, and catch up on the social justice work of the Justice, Ecology and Development Office within the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth. Continue Reading
The use of acknowledgement plaques on entrances to homes, churches, workplaces and other buildings, serve to remind Australians of the presence of the Aboriginal people in our land millennia before the making of the Australian colonies and the Australian nation Continue Reading Aboriginal Acknowledgement Plaque Orders