As members of the Catholic Church, we see all over the world the devastation caused by the misuse of God’s creation. The Creation Care Team at Saint Pius X aims to educate the parish community on how to live our Catholic faith through protecting our common home and caring for the poor.  Our goal is to commit the Saint Pius X community to positive, concrete actions within our homes and our parish to become more sustainable. We strive to answer Pope Francis’s call about climate change in Laudato Si to protect future generations and the most vulnerable currently affected by it.

The Creation Care Team is part of a network of parish groups organized by the Catholic Climate Covenant (CCC), a nonprofit that was created in 2006 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to address growing ecological awareness and the need to implement Catholic social teaching on ecology within the U.S. Church.

MISSION
Our mission is to pray, act, educate and advocate for the care of our common home, the Earth.
 
PRAY and reflect on the duty to protect the poor and vulnerable by caring for God’s Creation.
 
ACT to reduce our contribution to climate change.
 
EDUCATE others on the Catholic teaching of caring for our common home.
 
ADVOCATE for Catholic principles in climate change decisions, especially as they affect those who are poor and vulnerable.

Click HERE for more information about special ways to observe Lent toward care of creation. 

This year the CCT is working on a special focus on giving up wasteful energy this Lent by switching to efficient LED light bulbs.