Catholic Outlook Magazine | September Edition | Season of Creation | 2023 Issue
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Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator<br />
Brian Bright (right) and gardener Liz<br />
prepare a new bed for sowing potatoes.<br />
Image: Sigi Cerveny/Supplied.<br />
Blackheath community garden<br />
grounded in faith<br />
STORY MARY BRAZELL<br />
When the parishioners <strong>of</strong> Sacred Heart Parish,<br />
Blackheath, responded to Pope Francis’ call to care<br />
for our common home, little did they realise their<br />
parish garden would boost both body and spirit.<br />
Twelve months since its inception, parishioners have<br />
found that through the garden, they are living out<br />
Pope Francis’ call for ‘pastoral creativity’ – creating<br />
an opportunity to attract new members to the parish<br />
as well as feeding local people in need.<br />
Developed as part <strong>of</strong> the parish’s Laudato Si’ Action<br />
Plan, named after Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical<br />
on the environment, the garden sits on what was<br />
previously under-utilised space next to the parish hall<br />
in Blackheath.<br />
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