The theme for this year’s Season of Creation (Sept.1st-Oct. 4th) is “Living Water”.
The Season of Creation 2026 begins on September 1, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and concludes on October 4, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology. An ecumenical prayer service will be held with St. John United at 7 pm on September 1 in Wilde Lake Room 4
Please visit the ecumenical Season of Creation website for resources and information of how you and your community can participate in the Season of Creation.
The Biblical text for this year is drawn from Ezekiel 47:9- 12, which portrays God’s life-giving water flowing from the temple of God. The river grows deeper and deeper restoring barren land, reviving waters, and sustaining flourishing ecosystems. The vision invites human responsibility: recognising ecological damage, embracing interconnectedness, we are called to immerse ourselves in the water, and actively safeguarding and working for the renewal of creation so that environmental healing and human well-being may flourish together.
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV FOR THE 11th WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE CARE OF CREATION 2026
Read Pope Leo’s message for the 2026 World day of Prayer for Creation (Creation Day 2026):
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