This week, high-level faith leaders signed a letter of support for the Season of Creation.
The Season of Creation is an annual celebration of prayer and action to protect our common home. It is celebrated each year from September 1 to October 4 by Christians around the world.
The Season of Creation is an annual celebration of prayer and action to protect our common home. It is celebrated each year from September 1 to October 4 by Christians around the world.
The letter, available here, encourages the faithful to participate in the season. It is a beautiful statement of unity for the care of creation.
The following leaders signed the letter:
Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson
Prefect, Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Archbishop Job of Telmessos
Permanent Representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to the WCC, on behalf of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
Most Rev. & Rt. Hon Justin Welby
Archbishop of Canterbury
Dr. Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit
General Secretary, World Council of Churches
Rev. Dr. Chris Ferguson
General Secretary, World Communion of Reformed Churches
Bishop Efraim Tendero
Secretary-General, World Evangelical Alliance
Rev. Dr. Martin Junge
General Secretary, Lutheran World Federation
Rudelmar Bueno de Faria
General Secretary, Act Alliance
You are invited to respond to faith leaders’ call by hosting an event to celebrate the season. Learn more at the Season of Creation website.