Season of Creation Month

The Season of Creation begins on September 1, World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and ends on October 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the Patron saint of ecology beloved by many Christian denominations.

For this year, the proposed theme is: "Listening to the voice of creation" with the symbol of the burning bush.

Our school community will be celebrating this season through prayer, sustainability projects and advocacy.

1. At the beginning is a planned incursion with the Mayor of Brimbank Jasmine Nguyen visiting school on September the 12th to speak to student leaders and student volunteers about Brimbank Council's goals for the municipality to be carbon neutral by 2040. The goal for this session is to inspire leaders and passionate students to present their own ideas at the first Catholic Earthcare Committee Meeting on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.

2. Catholic Earthcare Committee (CEC) first meeting on Tuesday evening the 04th of October, with staff, students, local parish representatives and families. Student leaders will host the first session and present their ideas for discussion as part of the committee. 

3. Family tree planting event to close the Season of Creation on Saturday the 9th of October at Isabella Williams Reserve, Opie Road Deer Park. Families, staff and students will be invited to a working bee and tree planting session at our school tree planting site along Kororoit Creek. We will host a BBQ lunch and have an afternoon of planting trees, maintaining the tree planting site and enjoying the community space.

Over the next month take some time to step outside and enjoy the sound of nature.

Living God,

have mercy on us,

for the times we forget

that we belong to each other.

You call us to be still,

to hear the whisper of our Sister Wind,

to feel the radiance of our Brother Sun,

and to be nourished by our Mother Earth.

Renew us in your healing love.

Inspire us to water the earth,

and nurture one another,

so all may flourish.

Together, as one family,

may we always sing your praise.

Through Christ our Lord,

Amen.