Footsteps

People of all faiths can be responsible stewards of God's gifts. In Laudato Si', Pope Francis calls for each of us to care for our common home. He asserts that science supports the moral imperative for us to gather, to speak, and to act for the planet and the poor. Consider these parish initiatives and plot a course of action in your own community.

Acts of Faith Organize a Creation Care Team to develop attainable strategies, faith-based activities, and a culture of sustainability.	Celebrate St. Francis Bring the values of St. Francis to life with activities on his Feast Day.	Know the Sun Do solar activities to become more aware of the sun and its potential.
Seize the Day Show what's possible by installing solar energy on-site and monitoring parish savings.	Light Fast Give up light for Lent.	Footsteps Take steps around the house to lessen your footprint on Earth. Insert these printed tips in your parish media.
Look at the Sun Together Generate excitement for solar energy in tandem with the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017.	The Next 200 Years Celebrate sustainability in context of Indiana's 200th birthday and envision the fate of global resources in the future based on your actions now.	SunEmblem.jpg
Preserve the Night Michelangelo depicts the separation of light and darkness on the Sistine Chapel. Act on behalf of the nighttime natural kingdom.	UnitedStates-night.png	jubier-limb-profile
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In the Parish

Celebrate the Feast of St. Francis with activities that celebrate his values.
Freely adapt Creation Care Activities for your media.
Embrace a Lenten Light Fast. Consume less with Action Ideas.
Know the Sun as a parish, then be a solar parish.
Be on the grid but off the carbon.
Confession: My Carbon Footprint
Music Along the Ecliptic. Learn about and promote solar energy in tandem with a natural spectacle--the 2017 solar eclipse.

Other Ideas

Laudato Si' by Pope Francis
Climate.gov, including Teaching Climate
Ignatian Carbon Challenge
Catholic Climate Covenant
Creation Care Team toolkit for youth ministries
Wildlife & Wildlands Toolkit from GlobalChange.gov
Energy Star Kids
Climate Kids from NASA
Hoosier Interfaith Power & Light

Nightwise.org

Footsteps

Acts of Faith

Organize a Creation Care Team to develop attainable strategies, faith-based activities, and a culture of sustainability.

Celebrate St. Francis

Bring the values of St. Francis to life with activities on his Feast Day.

Know the Sun

Do solar activities to become more aware of the sun and its potential.

Seize the Day

Show what's possible by installing solar energy on-site and monitoring parish savings.

Light Fast

Give up light for Lent.

Footsteps

Take steps around the house to lessen your footprint on Earth. Insert these printed tips in your parish media.

Look at the Sun Together

Generate excitement for solar energy in tandem with the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017.

The Next 200 Years

Celebrate sustainability in context of Indiana's 200th birthday and envision the fate of global resources in the future based on your actions now.

SunEmblem.jpg

Preserve the Night

Michelangelo depicts the separation of light and darkness on the Sistine Chapel. Act on behalf of the nighttime natural kingdom.

UnitedStates-night.png

jubier-limb-profile

map-anderson-small.png

IMG_1047.jpg

In the Parish

Other Ideas

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