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From: Global Catholic Climate Movement <[email protected]> Pray, Reflect, and Act in Union with Creation View this email in your browser<http://us10.campaign-archive1.com/?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=33e38fc6ff&e=1c7317ca58> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9a4574228876a94c19d41644f/images/3bf8964e-6673-42ba-88b2-378a17dd406c.png] Dear friends, As we enter this second week of the Season of Creation<http://global.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=e7d0a2e354&e=1c7317ca58>, we are celebrating wins and mourning losses. The United States and China, the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases, formally joined the Paris climate agreement last week. We now hope this will inspire at least 28 more countries<http://global.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=0d2b97aec9&e=1c7317ca58> to ratify the treaty in order for it to come into force. Unfortunately, the North Pole is experiencing rapid signs of global warming<http://global.us10.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=229853d450&e=1c7317ca58>, as broken ice and open waters inch closer from multiple directions. We hold these realities of our planet tenderly, as we continue to celebrate the Season of Creation. We invite you to join us this week in spending some time in nature and celebrating the many creatures that “give glory to God by their very existence” (Laudato Si). Several opportunities are listed below, to dive deeper into Pope Francis’ powerful words. In prayer and action, Christina on behalf of the GCCM<http://global.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=9868f7bc8b&e=1c7317ca58> Team PRAY: GOING OUTSIDE WITH INTENTION [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9a4574228876a94c19d41644f/images/d33334c3-f9dc-476f-9e53-358031aaf647.png]In Thursday’s Laudato Si prayer session, Sr. Margaret Galiardi, OP guided us through the prayer practice of going outside with the intention of “discover[ing] God in all things.” (LS, 233) It is an invitation to walk slowly and mindfully, bringing awareness to the senses, and pausing to be with whatever you encounter outside. As she said, “This practice is to meet and greet and experience and rest in this Divine presence which is to be found ‘in the slightest detail in the seamless garment of God’s creation, in the last speck of dust of our planet.” (Laudato Si, 9). Invitation: Find 15 minutes this weekend or later during the week, when you can practice going outside with intention allowing yourself to “embrace the God who has embraced you in all things.” You can read the transcript from Sr. Margaret’s mediation or watch it here<http://global.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=28cc8d8b8b&e=1c7317ca58>. Then join us this Thursday for our next Laudato Si Prayer Session with Janet O’Sullivan: see more details here<http://global.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=fe9a13806c&e=1c7317ca58>. ________________________________ REFLECT: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THOUSANDS OF SPECIES [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9a4574228876a94c19d41644f/images/75440118-0199-4a4d-b1ee-03047b20c760.png]In Pope Francis’ September 1 message “Show Mercy to our Common Home”<http://global.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=eb5c903c02&e=1c7317ca58> he said that “each creature has its own intrinsic value that must be respected." All of us probably know this, having had some kind of special experience when seeing an animal in the wild, or playing with our favorite pet. Yet 150 species go extinct <http://global.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=2a67ad5cb3&e=1c7317ca58> each day. In response to this loss of biodiversity, Pope Francis says, “thousands of species will no longer give glory to God by their very existence, nor convey their message to us. We have no such right." (LS,33) Invitation: Take 5 minutes this weekend (or later during the week) to view this photo gallery of species<http://global.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=7fec0b381d&e=1c7317ca58> which have gone extinct, or are close to extinction. Reflect on the tremendous loss of life and the consequences it will have for our current and future generations in light of the Pope’s words. Then pray for the courage of all people to look for ways to stop this mass extinction. ________________________________ ACT: HOST A SEASON OF CREATION EVENT [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9a4574228876a94c19d41644f/images/8c27fd76-8a47-471c-bf60-5a3ff77d14cb.png]We’ve loved seeing the pictures pour in from the different Season of Creation events. From painted paper lanterns of the earth to walks out in nature, the response has been inspiring. If you haven’t been able to attend a Season of Creation event<http://global.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=5dbad20c69&e=1c7317ca58> near you, there is still time to plan one! Here are some ideas: * Gather a group of friends and offer a Guided Rosary on Caring for Creation<http://global.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=2ae1fc0b97&e=1c7317ca58>, created by the Franciscan Action Network. * Host a workshop for youth using these great interactive programs<http://global.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=990cdcbfdf&e=1c7317ca58> by CAFOD (UK). * Organize a 1 hour discussion group using one of the Laudato Si study guides found on the Laudato Si’ hub<http://global.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=5c59913e50&e=1c7317ca58>. Our website also have more resources for hosting a prayer service<http://global.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=3c9b3ab3cb&e=1c7317ca58> or organizing an event on Laudato Si<http://global.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=36942163db&e=1c7317ca58>. Invitation: After you read this email, take a small step toward organizing or attending a Season of Creation event<http://global.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=3f0994e282&e=1c7317ca58>. That might mean checking the Season of Creation map to see if there is an event near you, sending an email to a friend to see if she will join you in a rosary, or calling your parish office. See if you can just take one small step now! ________________________________ CLOSING: POPE FRANCIS' PRAYER [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9a4574228876a94c19d41644f/images/16321f9e-d123-48b5-bafa-e608389c134f.png]As you finish reading this email, we invite you again to spend two minutes to pray for your coming week, for it to be a week of deeper communion with God our Creator and all of creation. Then say this new prayer that Pope Francis included in his World Day of Prayer for Creation message: O God of the poor, help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth, who are so precious in your eyes… God of love, show us our place in this world as channels of your love for all the creatures of this earth” (ibid., 246), God of mercy, may we receive your forgiveness and convey your mercy throughout our common home. Praise be to you! Amen. 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