{"id":20628,"date":"2026-10-01T16:57:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T14:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wucwo.org\/800th-anniversary-of-st-francis-a-call-to-care-for-our-common-home\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T10:51:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:51:50","slug":"800th-anniversary-st-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wucwo.org\/en\/800th-anniversary-st-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"800th Anniversary of St. Francis: A call to care for our Common Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On October 4th<\/strong>, the feast of <strong>St. Francis of Assisi,<\/strong> patron saint of ecology, the <strong>Season of Creation<\/strong> concludes, which began on September 1st with the<strong> World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.<\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Karen De Sousa, coordinator of the WUCWO Ecology Working Group,<\/strong> invites us to reflect on our impact on the planet and to renew our commitment to integral ecology:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year is the <strong>800th Anniversary of the St Francis of Assisi,<\/strong> the saint whom we turn to as our inspiration for caring for all of God\u2019s creations. For those of us who attended the WUCWO General Assembly at Assisi in 2023, we experienced a special closeness to him, his life and the importance of caring for our earth even more so now than 800 years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was brave in his convictions. Can we be the same today? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Will we take a stand and live a more simple life as called for by Pope Francis and again by Pope Leo? Can we tame our consumerism, our consumption of the world\u2019s resources? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Living Water and the #WUCWOPlantingHope campaign<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Season of Creation the focus is on <strong>Living Water, <\/strong>how precious it is to our lives. Our tree planting campaign, <strong>#WUCWOPlantingHope, <\/strong>gives us a way of valuing and conserving water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our trees can: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prevent soil erosion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide shade and habitat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tackle the troubling CO2 emissions changing our climate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WUCWO women have planted<\/strong> <strong>over 67,000 trees. <\/strong>. In our last year of this campaign how many more can we plant?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This month, let us pray for the earth and pray for a change of heart so that we all recognise that all our actions affect not just ourselves, but our sisters and brothers around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What can we do to honour St. Francis?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>God Bless.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wucwo.org\/en\/ecology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join the <strong>#WUCWOPlantingHope<\/strong> campaign<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 4th, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of ecology, the Season of Creation concludes, which began on September 1st with the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. 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