
Earth Prayer 2019
This prayer for the earth reflects on how we can delight in the beauty of creation while also recognizing our role in polluting the earth. We ask for the courage to recommit to advocacy as a form of...

And St. Francis Preached to the Birds
This video puts the lines of the prayer “And St. Francis Preached to the Birds” to music for an easy-to-use resource to start a parish meeting, youth group event, service trip, or religion class....

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
This film discussion guide poses critical questions to the moral implications behind the film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, specifically in terms of caring for God’s creation, and the ethics of...

Living CST: Ilia Delio, O.S.F.
This prayer service uses quotes from Sister Ilia Delio, O.S.F, and calls us to be open to new concepts of God and ways of caring for our common home and one another.

Catholic Social Tradition, the Environment, and the Option for the Poor
This reflection discusses environmental ethics and the option for the poor and vulnerable within Catholic social tradition and identifies key Church documents that addressed the environmental...

Earth Day Reflection on Plastic Pollution
This short resource reflects on the theme of Earth Day 2018, connects this theme to Pope Francis’s concerns for Creation, and offers suggestions for action and an Earth Day prayer.
EFJ’s 2015...

Restoring Balance to Our Common Home
This litany invites us to work on a right balance between human and planetary needs and to work together to restore balance to the planet we all call home.
The National Parks: America’s Best Idea
As we celebrate God’s Creation on Earth Day, this film guide for Ken Burn’s National Parks series offers reflection questions on the beautifully photographed documentary, whose visuals inspire...

April 2018: Fostering a Culture of Peace by Caring for Creation
This month’s calendar offers daily reflections and actions to celebrate EFJ’s theme for the month of March 2018: Fostering a Culture of Peace by Caring for Creation.

CST and SDGs: Affordable and Clean Energy
As Pope Francis has declared, we must move from fossil fuels to clean energy, ensuring that those in poverty have access to clean and sustainable energy for authentic human development.

Majora Carter: Addressing Poverty through Environmental Justice and Community Restoration
We offer this prayer service which offers Majora Carter as model for participation in our communities through understanding the systems and structures that shape these communities; we are called to...

And St. Francis Preached to the Birds
From the perspective of St. Francis of Assisi and Pope Francis, this prayer reflects on the sacred nature of every animate being in all eco-systems, all interconnected in the web of God's Creation.


