CAFOD: FIX THE FOOD SYSTEM CAMPAIGN

“God blessed them and said, ‘See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the earth and every tree with seed as its fruit; you shall have them for food,” [Gen. 1: 29]. 

CAFOD’s Parish Campaign is to ensure that small farmers who grow nearly half of the world’s food can continue to choose to use their own seeds and not be made dependent on huge seed corporations funded by the World Bank.  We ask clergy and parishioners’ support by signing jointly a letter at the e

nd of Mass from Salina, a small farmer from Bangladesh to the World Bank to address this abuse at their October meeting please.  No further contact details needed.  To find more, search cafod.org.uk/food, or contact CAFOD’s Colette or Ged via . 

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

For this year's World Environment Day, we are asked to beat plastic pollution.

LAUDATO SI MOVEMENT

Our Common Home needs you: Will you join us in caring for it? Become a Laudato Si' Animator! Start by learning alongside our experts and become a leader in your community. Register at http://laudatosianimators.org  Our planet will thank you! #LaudatoSiAnimators      #EnvironmentalCrises

EARTH DAY WEBSITE  

Find out more by following this link: https://www.earthday.org/

ALLERTON COUNTRY WALK

During this half term holiday, explore God's wonderous creation in the form of the green spaces around this lovely area in which we live. Check out Allerton Country Walk on the internet   (Click here for the map and guide)

FAIRTRADE 

A MESSAGE FROM THE ENVIRONMENT BISHOP:

 “It’s time to sprint towards climate action.” A couple of weeks ago we experienced record temperatures of over 40°C, Bishop John Arnold, our Lead Bishop for the Environment, released an urgent message warning us to take action on global warming. He said: “We’ve already been told that some of the damage is irreparable, so we’ve got to think and we’ve got to act.” Thanking parishes and schools for working so hard to promote sustainable living whilst campaigning for environmental justice, Bishop Arnold also urges all of us to take the recent heatwave as real wake-up call and to step up our efforts to take climate action.

For ideas about how we can act go to https://www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk/bishop-john-climate-change/

SEASON OF CREATION:

The Season of Creation is a global ecumenical celebration of prayer and action to protect our common home, starting each year on the 1st September (World Day of Prayer for Creation) and finishing on the feast of St Francis, 4th October. During this season we are encouraged to pray and engage in community events in order to deepen our relationship with our God, our neighbour and the earth we share, being ever more attentive to the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.

CAFOD have colated some prayer on the Care of Creation click here

SEASON OF CREATION

(resources for use September 1^st to October 4^th 2022)

Season of Creation including downloadable resource guide https://seasonofcreation.org/

Laudato Si Action Platform https://laudatosiactionplatform.org/

Scottish Laity Network programme: Season of Creation 2022 Programme or via their website http://scottishlaitynetwork.org.uk

CARING FOR OUR COMMON HOME AND THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE:  

It is good to hear about positive initiatives that are seeking to foster hope for improvement, one of these is the most recent Earthshot Prize, the award ceremony can be seen on BBC Iplayer. A summary of the global projects which are aiming to protect and restore nature, clean our air, build a waste free world, revive our oceans and fix our climate can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Wd2wbxoZQ

Sir David Attenborough spoke as ever passionately about the importance for action now, this link brings you to his speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvu0LLU7xiw