Promoting Catholic Social Teaching that All Life Is Sacred
Our mission is to spread Catholic teaching of creation care concerning our duty to be good stewards of our common home, to include the just use of our environmental resources and the protection of all life. We raise awareness to the “cry of the earth” and the “cry of the poor,” encourage individual and community resilience and empowerment, and advocate for the adoption of sustainable lifestyles, all with the urgency the times require.
Read Pope Leo’s latest words of urgency, calling us to Care for Creation, Pope Leo XIV’s Address at the Raising Hope Conference, October 1, 2025.
San Diego Creation Care
Dear Friends,
True love unites in diversity. Indeed, love unites us with our Triune God and with one another. The gift of God’s creation reveals this love, connecting us all. Now more than ever, we have seen drastic changes in irregular weather patterns throughout the world. We are therefore called to respond to this revelation by caring for this gift. We are to care for our common home and begin with where we are living.
As one of the most biodiverse dioceses in the United States, the Diocese of San Diego recognizes the great responsibility we have been given to steward the vast richness of our region; understanding a thriving integral ecology makes human flourishing possible. Through the gifts of the earth, we are able to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, and clothe the naked—responding to the cry of the poor and vulnerable. Poised on the border, where the global is local, we are challenged to live justly and bring justice to our international community, mindful of our sisters and brothers who suffer the effects of our careless consumption, who are subjected to the effects of climate change, and who are forced to flee their homeland in the face of environmental impact. We respond to the cry of the earth, seeking the common good of the people. All people.
United in Christ,
Most Rev. Michael M. Pham
Bishop of San Diego
Our Pathway to Creation Care
SEE
Watch “The Letter,” a free film produced by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Integral Human Development and the Laudato Si’ Movement to get an overview of today’s environmental crisis and develop understanding of how the poor and vulnerable experience the greatest impact.
Families can watch at home on YouTube here, or parishes/schools/groups can register for a link here.
DISCERN
Participate in one of our diocesan introductory workshops to learn about the science that explains today’s environmental degradation, the spiritual nature of these dynamics, and how you can get involved with our Creation Care programs.
We offer a catechetical introduction to Creation Care at a minimum twice a year, typically at the beginning of the year and again during the Season of Creation in September. We will also gladly come to your parish—English and Spanish presentations are available! Contact Christina Slentz at cslentz@sdcatholic.org to coordinate.
ACT
Attend a Laudato Si’ Action Planning Hands-On Workshop, at which we will guide you—parishes, schools, families, businesses, and universities—through the Vatican’s online platform for taking action to lessen your impact on our sister,
Mother Earth!
These seven goals provide guidance on urgent and immediate actions each one of us can take in the care of our common home. “All of us can cooperate as instruments of God for the care of creation, each according to his or her own culture, experience, involvements and talents” (Laudato Si’ 14)
RESPONSE TO THE CRY OF THE EARTH
RESPONSE TO THE CRY OF THE POOR
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
ADOPTION OF SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES
ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION
ECOLOGICAL SPIRITUALITY
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND EMPOWERMEN
1st Monday of the Month Zoom Call for Creation Care
Upcoming Events
Season of Creation Art Contest
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Season of Creation 2026 Mass
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1st Monday of the Month Zoom Call for Creation Care
A Christian
Prayer in Union with Creation
Triune Lord, wondrous community of infinite love,
teach us to contemplate you
in the beauty of the universe,
for all things speak of you.
Awaken our praise and thankfulness
for every being that you have made.
Give us the grace to feel profoundly joined
to everything that is.
