Season of Creation

2020 THEME: JUBILEE FOR THE EARTH
Each year since 1989 from September 1 to October 4 (feast of St. Francis), the Christian family unites for this worldwide celebration of prayer and action to protect our common home. As followers of Christ from around the globe, we share a common role as caretakers of God's creation. We see that our well-being is interwoven with its wellbeing. We rejoice in this opportunity to care for our common home and the sisters and brothers who share it.

This year also coincides with the 5th Anniversary of Pope Francis' Laudato Si. This year, the theme for the season is “Jubilee for the Earth”. We invite you to consider the integral relationship between rest for the Earth and ecological, economic, social and political ways of living. This particular year, the need for just and sustainable systems has been revealed by the far-reaching effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic. We yearn for the moral imagination that accompanies the Jubilee.
novena for the season of creation

To celebrate the season, the Care for Creation Ministry of Holy Rosary and Our Lady of Guadalupe parishes invites you to pray a Novena that focuses on prayer at nine special places in West Seattle that inspire thankfulness for all of God's creation. You can pray at each designated location on successive days, or you can think of those locations as you pray at home.
CLICK HERE for the novena.
POPE FRANCIS MESSAGE FOR 2020 SEASON OF CREATION

2020 THEME: JUBILEE FOR THE EARTH