Upcoming CCH Events
Prepare to Be Inspired!
Have you heard of Laudato Si’, but are not sure what it is? Ten years ago, Pope Francis issued his landmark environmental encyclical, Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home (2015), which inspired the formation of the Care for Our Common Home Ministry (CCH) here at SJN. In honor of the 10th anniversary, CCH is offering to all interested parishioners a four-session study program covering both Laudato Si’ and the Pope’s follow-up exhortation, Laudate Deum (2023). This is a great opportunity to join others in (re)reading and discussing these remarkable documents so that we can learn how to respond as people of faith to “the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.” Prepare to be inspired!
The one-hour sessions will be held in Room B7 at 7 p.m. on four Tuesdays: May 13, May 27, June 10, and June 24.
Attend as many evenings as your schedule permits. People are also welcome to listen in via Zoom. We have free copies of Laudato Si’ and Laudate Deum to give to the first 20 people who request them on the registration form to the right.
Please register to let us know you are joining!
Save the Date: Annual Fair Trade Sale
November 29-30, 2025
About Care for Our Common Home
In response to the Church’s moral call for action, the SJN Care for Our Common Home ministry seeks to better understand the interconnectedness of all of God’s creation and to act in solidarity with vulnerable populations around the world and for the benefit of future generations. We strive to share Church teaching on care for creation, reduce our carbon footprint as a parish, and provide resources and encouragement so that all parishioners can live in a more sustainable manner as faithful stewards of creation.
Prayer from Pope Francis
Enable us to succeed in listening and responding to the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor.
May their current sufferings become the birth pangs of a more fraternal and sustainable world.
We pray through Christ our Lord, under the loving gaze of Mary, Help of Christians. Amen
Prayer Walk
A meditative, prayerful walk in nature lifts the spirit and lightens the heart.
You are invited to expand your prayer experience as you walk along the short SJN Prayer Loop behind the church, new as of this summer. If you can’t come in person, take this 3-minute virtual walk and add a blue prayer flag with your private intention.
The entrance to the prayer loop is at the far right, rear corner of the church at the end of the side parking lot (between the church and the rectory). Sample prayers are in the prayer box. We hope you enjoy finding prayerful uses of the sacred space.
