To celebrate the Season of Creation, whose theme year is To Hope and Act With Creation, we would like to invite you to some opportunities for prayer, reflection and action.

 

“Despite all attempts to deny, conceal, gloss over or relativize the issue, the signs of climate change are here and increasingly evident… I ask everyone to accompany this pilgrimage of reconciliation with the world that is our home and to help make it more beautiful.”

  • His Holiness Pope Francis, Bishop of Rome, Roman Catholic Church

 

For 35 years now, Christian churches have been celebrating the Season of Creation as proposed by Ecumenical Patriarch Demetrios. The Laudato Si’ Movement is the Catholic organization that provides resources for the Season of Creation. This is a time for prayer and action to care for creation. This year, the Laudato Si’ Movement asks Catholics to learn about the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and spread the word on September 21st via social media.

The SPPJ Green Team invites all members of the parish to share in our vision of a healed Earth where all of God’s creation thrives. Our mission is to identify and implement faith-based action in the Detroit area to help mitigate climate change and promote care for our common home. To celebrate the Season of Creation, we would like to invite you to some parish, family of parishes and events organized by other parishes in the Archdiocese. These are opportunities for prayer, reflection and action.

 

  • Pray. Sunday Sept. 1st. 11 am: Jazz Mass opens the Season of Creation
  • Pray. Saturday, September 14th 10 am-12 noon: Manresa Green Labyrinth. Come pray the Labyrinth at Manresa Jesuit Retreat House at 1390 Quarton Road Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304  Sign up using this link.
  • Reflect. Saturday, Sept. 21st. 11 am – 2 pm: Sustainability in the City Tour at Willys Overland Lofts, Winner of the 2024 Michigan’s Battle of the Building Competition for energy reduction. Presentation and Reception on the patio of Gesu parishioner Therese Bellaimey joined by SPPJ Green Team member Rick Smith.  Learn about residential solar panels, EV Chargers, balcony gardens, home composting, and green alleys. We will also visit Seasons Market, the Green Garage. Parking on Wayne State University surface lot 71 should be complimentary on Saturdays at Cass & Canfield NE corner or use street parking meter. Sign up using this link.
  • Act. Saturday, Sept. 28th. 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Greening of Detroit Tree Planting at Pingree Park 8401 E Forest Ave. Detroit, MI with SPPJ/Gesu Green Teams. Register for this event on Eventbrite. Select as company name: Detroit Jesuit Family of Parishes.
  • Pray & Reflect. Sunday, Sept. 29th 11 am. Season of Creation / Laudato Si Mass with special guest celebrant Fr. Tim Hipskind from University of Detroit-Mercy (UDM). After mass, there will be a solar power presentation in the UDM Atrium by the Parish about the potential to use solar power.
  • Pray. Friday Oct. 4th at 5:30 p.m. Gesu Blessing of the Pets.
  • Reflect. October 2024: The Gesu Book Club will be reading Gathering Moss  by Robin Wall Kimmerer.