Catholic Outlook Magazine | September Edition | Season of Creation | 2023 Issue

The feast day of St Francis of Assisi is 4 October
and concludes the Season of Creation, a time
that Christian churches reflect and act for our
common home.
Pope Francis wants us to recognise the wonder of the
magnificent world God has created as a gift to us.
Help your children understand how incredible and
how precious our world is, and how we can thank
God for it with this family activity.
Cut out and stick the globe of the world onto a
display board. divide it into four parts: one for each
Sunday of the Season.
Each week collect pictures or draw images that
relate to each Sunday’s theme and glue them in the
appropriate place. Reflect on the readings for that
Sunday.
Cosmos Sunday 1
God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very
good. (Genesis 1:31)
See a spider web and how all the threads are connected to
each other. The cosmos is like this: the sun and moon, stars,
the planets and our home - the Earth. You are connected to
the earth, your family, your school community, your parish
community and the wider community. God connects us to
each other and all that is around us in the cosmos.
God of the cosmos, we thank you for the sun that
lights our day and the moon and stars that light the
night sky. Amen.
Land Sunday 2
So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters
is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
(1 Corinthians 3:7)
Plants grow into food that we can eat - vegetables, legumes,
rice etc. We share this land with animals, birds and insects.
Trees grow to provide shelter for animals and other creatures.
Trees also help keep the air clean for us to breathe. We have
to look after the land God gave us because we need our
environment to live healthy lives.
God of our land, help us care for it so that all peoples
may enjoy its bounty and its beauty. Amen.
Seas Sunday 3
There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with
creatures beyond number — living things both large
and small. (Psalms 104:35)
All kinds of fish live in the sea: beautiful whales and dolphins,
smaller fish and other creatures. The sea provides food for
many people. The wind picks up water from the ocean and
creates clouds which then form rain to fill our rivers and water
our earth. Pollution kills the creatures of the sea so we can’t
let plastics or oil from ships destroy our beautiful oceans.
God of the seas, thank you for the marine life we can
enjoy. Help us stop pollution that kills this wonderland
of creatures, large and small. Amen.
Sky Sunday 4
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies
proclaim the work of his hands. (Psalms19:1)
At night, our beautiful skies twinkle with the light of stars.
During the day, there are massive clear blue skies over our
beautiful country. In some of our cities, there are factories
and cars belching out smoke and gases which become
smog and pollute our skies. God calls us to care for our
environment and to stop pollution.
God of our skies, the light of Jesus shines in our
hearts. Let our light shine in the world in praise of the
beauty of your creation. Amen.
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