The Congregation of the Holy Spirit Province of the United States announces its participation in the Season of Creation, standing alongside thousands of Christians from around the world in this transformative  celebration that encourages all Christians to care for our common home.

The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through repenting, repairing, and rejoicing together. The annual season, which runs from 1 September through 4 October, is our time to connect with our Creator on a deeper, more intentional level.

History

For decades, Christians across the globe have reconciled with our Creator during the annual season.

Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I for the Orthodox proclaimed 1 September as a day of prayer for creation in 1989. In fact, the Orthodox church year starts on that day with a commemoration of how God created the world.

Since then, Anglicans, Lutherans, Evangelicals, and Reformed Christians have embraced the season as part of their annual calendar.

Pope Francis made the Catholic Church’s warm welcoming of the season official in 2015. He used powerful words last year when he invited all Catholics to take part in the ecumenical initiative. “This is the season for letting our prayer be inspired anew by closeness to nature  . . . to reflect on our lifestyles . . . for undertaking prophetic actions . . . directing the planet towards life, not death.”

More information about Season of Creation history can be found here.

Season of Creation Focus

During the Season of Creation, we join our sisters and brothers in the ecumenical family in prayer and action for our common home.

This year, amid crises that have shaken our world, we’re awakened to the urgent need to heal our relationships with creation and each other.

From 1 September through 4 October, we will enter a time of restoration and hope, a jubilee for our Earth, that requires radically new ways of living with creation.

Important dates

The season starts 1 September, the Day of Prayer for Creation, and ends 4 October, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology beloved by many Christian denominations. Throughout the month long celebration, Christians all over the world will come together to repair and restore the bonds that heal us.

Christian leaders across the globe invite us to participate in the Season of Creation, 1 September–4 October. Join the global Christian family by registering your participation here.