Season of Creation 2024 Resources

Each year from September 1 to October 4,  Catholics join Christians worldwide in celebrating the Season of Creation. 

Among the many resources available on the Laudato Si' Movement website are the Pope's message for the World day of prayer for the Care of Creation, the Season of Creation 2024 Celebration Guide, the Catholic Liturgical Guide and Bishops Conferences resources.

To access these resources, click here

Laudato Si' Reader

The book, available in print and as a free e-book from the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, includes the preface from Pope Francis, a message from António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, with  reflections by  people involved in the work of Laudato Si' and Integral Ecology, including Adele Howard rsm. 

Titled, the "Laudato si' Reader - An Alliance of Care for Our Common Home", the book shares reflections in a short collective format as a testament of how Pope Francis' ideas have been disseminated, advocated and practiced in various settings. ​

The Seven Goals of Laudato Si' and related web links

Season of Creation 2024 Catholic Liturgical Guide

Theme: Hope and Act with Creation
Included in the 60-page guide are a Creation mandala poem and artwork, a Season of Creation prayer, scriptural commentary and musical selections to help us all participate in the annual celebration of prayer and action for our common home to be held 1 September - 4 October.

Download the guide here (PDF)
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Mercy Global Presence Flip Book of Reflective Posters 

Voices, Quotes and Images from the 16 Themes of the Mercy Global Presence process
View the posters by turning the pages of the flip book, a means for recall and reflection for those who participated and to enable newcomers an entry point into the process.

Ecumenical & Interreligious Guidebook on Laudato Si': Care For our Common Home

Released on 25 January 2021, this 56 page Guidebook, is free to download.
‘Its 56 pages provide an extensive compendium of prayers, liturgy suggestions, methods and topics for ecumenical or interreligious dialogue, and theological underpinnings of why caring for God's creation is a primary responsibility for all Catholics.’

Jointly published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Association of Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officers, and Catholic Climate Covenant