Creation Care Monthly Articles

Season of Creation 2024 Originally published on The Southern Cross By Christina Bagaglio Slentz, PhD  “To everything turn, turn, turn There is a season turn, turn, turn And a time…

Catholics Called to Ecological Spirituality Originally published on The Southern Cross By Father Emmet Farrell and Christina Slentz SAN DIEGO — What is ecological spirituality? Ecology has to do with…

Saving summer and beyond Originally published on The Southern Cross By Christina Bagaglio Slentz, PhD  “Praised be You, my Lord, with all Your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, Who is…

Nine years of “Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home”! Originally published on The Southern Cross SAN DIEGO — Each month in 2024, we have featured one of the seven…

Sustainable lifestyles can bring new life of Easter Originally published on The Southern Cross By Christina Bagaglio Slentz SAN DIEGO — In our celebration of the Triduum and joy of…

Ecology education goes to camp Originally published on The Southern Cross By Christina Bagaglio Slentz SAN DIEGO — March-ing forth, we continue to explore the seven goals of “Laudato Si,”…

Our response to the cry of the poor Originally published on The Southern Cross By Karla Perez, MTS In the next few months, we will be addressing each of the…

Responding to the cry of the Earth Originally published on The Southern Cross By Christina Bagaglio Slentz SAN DIEGO— Over the next seven months, the diocese’s Creation Care Ministry will…

Patron saint of ecology is a model for us Originally published on The Southern Cross By Christina Bagaglio Slentz In 1979, Pope John Paul II, the first to coin the…

What is the Season of Creation? Originally published on The Southern Cross By Christina Bagaglio Slentz The Season of Creation is the annual Christian celebration to pray and respond together…

Gratitude for land that we love Originally published on The Southern Cross By Christina Bagaglio Slentz In the month of July, we celebrate the land we now recognize as the…

Season to disconnect and reconnect! Originally published on The Southern Cross By Christina Bagaglio Slentz Has our “connectivity” left us disconnected? The COVID-19 pandemic forced us onto our screens more…

May, a month of new life Originally published on The Southern Cross By Christina Bagaglio Slentz “Bring flow’rs of the rarest, bring flow’rs of the fairest, from garden, and woodland,…

This year, Earth Day (April 22) celebrates its 53rd year. Before the federal regulators, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act, the first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970, amidst an array of significant pollution problems.

Single-use plastics: The thing to GIVE UP this Lent! Originally published on The Southern Cross By Christina Bagaglio Slentz Each year, Lent offers us the opportunity to change our habits…

Greatest Commandment Originally published on The Southern Cross By Christina Bagaglio Slentz In February, popular culture bombards us with superficial messages about how to express our love. We can take…

Revolutions, resolutions and eco-conversions Originally published on The Southern Cross By Christina Bagaglio Slentz Turn, turn, turn: “For everything, there is a season” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). As the earth, our common…

Creation care at Christmas! Originally published on The Southern Cross By Christina Bagaglio Slentz SAN DIEGO — The days grow  dark earlier and earlier, and we long for the light. God’s…