VI Continental JPIC Meeting of the Americas Concludes
Boquete, Panama (September 16-21, 2024). 6 Franciscan friars from various countries of the Americas (United States, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina and Brazil) met in the city of Boquete, Panama, to participate in the VI Continental Meeting on Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC).
Oikos. Center for Integral Ecology of the Mediterranean
We conclude Season of Creation 2024 with the Oikos Mediterranean project of the Conference of Provincial Ministers of Italy and Albania, based in the friars’ convent in Taranto, Italy. The OIKOS project was officially born in June 2023.
Request for help for flood victims in Poland. Franciscans volunteer service “Brothers to Brothers”
We share the request for help that we received from the brothers of the Province of St. Hedwig, in Poland, following the devastating flood that occurred in recent days.
Franciscan Ecopastoral and Integral Ecology in Indonesia
Season of Creation 2024 and Franciscan friars in Indonesia.
Season of Creation in Brazil. Transforming lives through recycling and social inclusion
For the Season of Creation 2024, we continue to present Franciscan experiences in integral ecology, this time from Brazil.
Season of Creation in the Holy Land
During the Season of Creation 2024 the General Office of JPIC will be sharing various Franciscan experiences in the world on integral ecology. We begin with the Custody of the Holy Land.
World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation 2024. Reflection by Br. Massimo Fusarelli, OFM, Minister General
The World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation will be celebrated on the 1st September 2024, with the theme: Hope and act with creation. The invitation is towards active hope. Who can deny that it is a virtue so necessary in the current situation of creation, which includes us human beings?
Pope’s September prayer intention: For the cry the earth
In a video message accompanying his prayer intention for September, Pope Francis prays that “each of us might listen with our hearts to the cry of the earth and of the victims of environmental disasters and climate change, making a personal commitment to care for the world we inhabit.”
Preparing for the World Day for the Care of Creation 2024
The World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation is celebrated every September 1. On this occasion, the Holy Father writes a Message addressed to the Catholic Church and to all people of good will.