Season of Creation
The Season of Creation is the annual Christian celebration to listen and respond together to the cry of Creation: the ecumenical family around the world unites to pray and protect our common home, the Oikos of God.
The Season “Celebration” began September 1, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and ends October 4, the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology beloved by many Christian denominations.
Season of Creation 2026 Diocesan Mass
The Ballarat Diocesan Social Justice Commission invites all members of our parishes and schools to the Diocesan Season of Creation Mass to be held on Friday, August 21, 2026 at St Joseph the Worker Catholic Church, 149 Calder Highway, Red Cliffs.
The Diocesan Season of Creation Mass is in its second year and it is planned to hold the Mass around the diocese every second year.
This event will be livestreamed for participation across the diocese – https://evt.live/season-of-creation-mass
Season of Creation Celebration Guide
The Celebration Guide for the Season of Creation 2026 is now available.
Be inspired, organize your community, and join us on this journey of hope and care for our common home.
May living water renew our relationship with creation and inspire us to act with love, responsibility and faith.
Liturgical Resources
Resources to assist with the celebration of the Season of Creation are available from the website:
Season of Creation 2026 Prayer
Living Water
Holy God, whose Spirit hovered over the waters at the beginning, we gather as part
of your community of all creation, thirsty for your grace. We give thanks for the gift
of water, the veins of our common home, that sustains the cedar and the whale, the
pasture and the city. We are grateful for the local waters that nourish our
homelands and our fellow creatures. We give thanks that in your well-watered
garden, every drop is a sacred testament to your love.
Yet, we confess that we have treated this gift as a mere commodity. We have
choked the seas with our waste and watched the warming tides rise in judgment.
We lament the cracked earth of the drought-stricken and the salty tears of the
climate refugee. Melt our frozen hearts, O God, and let the waters of repentance flow.
Lord of all Life, you promised that wherever the river flows, everything shall live.
Stir in us a calling to care for the waters — to protect the watershed, defend the
rights of water, and honor the dignity of the thirsty. May your Word be a spring
within us, gushing forth for the healing of the nations.
May God our Father who brought water from the rock sustain us in the desert. May
Christ our Lord who is Living Water refresh us for the work of restoration. And may
the Holy Spirit carry us on currents of grace until justice rolls down like waters and
righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Amen.
A national Catholic gathering on integral ecology
The Catholic Earthcare Season of Creation Gathering is an endorsed Caritas Australia initiative, supported by the Bishops Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service, and delivered in partnership with Catholic Religious Australia.
This online gathering aims to bring together participants from across Australia to deepen formation and inspire practical ecological action grounded in faith on September 3 & 4, 2026 from 10.30am – 4.30pm both days.
Click on the image below for more information on the gathering:
