“To Hope and Act with Creation…”
Season of Creation 2024 will be celebrated at the Mother of Mercy Shrine in Magaliesburg on Saturday, the 31st of August 2024.
The Archdiocese of Johannesburg has been celebrating Season of Creation for the past two years, this year is the ultimate!
This will be the celebration of all time, parishioners from all corners of the Archdiocese and beyond will converge at the Mother of Mercy Shrine.
It will be a day of planting, prayer, reflections, music, fun and games even music competition amongst Youth choirs.
This is a response to Archbishop Buti Thlagale’s call for pilgrims to frequent the Mother of Mercy Shrine in order for us to experience Miracles. The pilgrims will plant the first trees in the Shrine, it’s an experience that one will carry in the heart for the rest of their life.
This day will offer the pilgrims an opportunity “To Hope and Act with Creation” which is the theme for Season of Creation 2024.
This is our effort of integrating creation into the life of the church.To encourages parishes, schools, organizations and dioceses to join in participation and action to prevent ecological crisis.
We are the “Seeds of Hope” and we gather as a community to contemplate and nurture seeds of hope for our suffering planet.
Season of Creation is a response to the Cry of the Earth and Cry of the Poor. It sends a reminder of the need for transformation for both personal and cultural amidst our ecological and climate crisis.
Who We Are:
Justice and Peace (JP) is the agency within the Catholic Church mandated to promote and take action that upholds the dignity of every human being, provides equal opportunity for the social and economic development of all, and cares for the natural environment, in the service of all.
Our Vision:
A society that embraces, respects and upholds the dignity of every human being, takes care of the natural environment and provides equal opportunity for the social and economic development of all.
Our Mission:
J&P Advocates and takes action to transform society and promote justice at all levels of society. It does this diocesan and parish level in partnership with government, faith based and civil society organisations
What We Do:
The overall goal of Justice and Peace in the Archdiocese of Johannesburg is to advocate and act for Social transformation with government, other civil society organisations and contribute to more justice in the local communities.
We currently focusing on:
- Contribute towards good governance by holding ward councillors are held accountable in the development and implementation of the Integrated Development Plan (IDP).
- Incidence of Gender Based Violence(GBV) decrease and the communities become aware of factors that contribute to GBV.
We are running 4 environmental projects, 1) To decrease air pollution in the Vaal to levels of compliance dictated by national standards. 2) Decrease illegal dumping of waste and promote recycling of waste. 3) Conduct campaigns to motivate communities to use water and electricity sparingly. 4) reduce mine dust by advocating for mine dump rehabilitation.
We conducting a survey of racism in the Catholic Archdiocese of Johannesburg
Links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/justice.peace.7792 (Justice Peace Jhb)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jhbdiocesJnP (@jhbdiocesJnP)
>>> Click on the below documents to download <<<
Season of Creation Letter 2024
Prayers for International Conference on Climate Change.
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Join the Prayer Crusade this Season of Creation
TreePlantingPrayerServiceBookletforSharing
Contact Us:
Physical Address
Justice & Peace, Cathedral Place, 186 Nugget Street, Berea, 2198
Postal Address
Justice & Peace, Private Bag X10, Doornfontein, 2098
Contact Numbers
Tel: +27 11 402-6400
Fax: +27 866 897 313
E-mail: justpeace@catholicjhb.org.za
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