During the “Creation Period” held in September, the Spanish bishops held three seminars on the overall ecology to pay attention to our common home.
(Vatican News Network)“Spanish countryside, evangelization challenges and caring for the created world” will be the theme of the Holistic Ecological Seminar to be held in Madrid on September 13, 20 and 27. This seminar was promoted by the Ministry of Ecology as a whole under the Subcommittee of Charity and Social Action of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference. The main targets are the parish committee meetings, non-governmental organizations and rural development agencies, and the Caritas who are dedicated to caring for the created world. And justice and peace members, as well as priests and priests of rural communities. The seminar was held in a combination of on-site and online. In order to comply with the regulations on the prevention of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the number of participants on site should not exceed 15 people.
A statement stated, “The purpose of the seminar is to open up thematic routes related to the Spanish countryside, such as human nature, ecology and evangelization challenges, and analyze it from three perspectives: respect and care for the created world, the moral values of rural groups, and rural areas. The pastoral resources and spiritual practice of the Chinese Christian community. Participants will be based on the two encyclicals of Pope Francis, “Bless You” and “Brothers” as the background.
Each seminar will have a different lecture, and each lecture will last for 20 minutes. After that, there is a dialogue between experts and participants. Bishop Fernandez, head of the Bishops’ Conference on Charity and Social Action, will open the seminar.
It is worth mentioning that September 1st to October 4th is the ecumenical “Creation Period.” Pope Francis set September 1 as the day of prayer for caring for the creation in 2015. The “time of creation” ended on the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, and this saint paid special attention to the environment. Throughout September, Christians from all over the world were invited to pray, where possible, to take action to protect our common home.
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