This year, the Season of Creation leads into a particularly important moment for our Pacific neighbours. ARRCC would love you to be part of it.
Prayer and reflection 2–4 October
4 October is the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi, the final day of the Season of Creation, and the day before the pre-COP climate summit begins in Fiji.
On that day, the Pacific Conference of Churches will hold a service in Fiji as part of the opening of the pre-COP.
ARRCC are encouraging people across Australia to mark this important moment through prayer, meditation, reflection or another appropriate spiritual practice, holding our Pacific neighbours and the pre-COP in our hearts.
For Christians, this will be part of the Season of Creation and the Feast of St Francis. People of other faiths and spiritual traditions will be invited to mark the moment in ways appropriate to their own traditions in the days leading up to 4 October — for example, people in the Jewish community on Saturday 3 October and Muslims on Friday 2 October.
More details and suggestions for each tradition will be coming soon.
Tuesday 6 October — save the morning
Then, on Tuesday 6 October, faith communities across Australia will come together for a major national moment of public action. ARRCC are currently working towards events in: Cairns · Brisbane · Sydney · Melbourne · Adelaide · Perth, and hope to develop actions in Canberra and Newcastle, and there may be opportunities for actions in other locations.