5 Free online Creation Care courses

Greening Your Church.

10 proven steps to move your community towards sustainability

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • inspire your community to action for Creation care;
  • make a plan to begin an ecological transition of the parish;
  • mobilize other parishioners to form a green committee.


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Laudato Si’: a Revolutionary Encyclical.

Caring for our common home through prayer and action

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • name the 5 major concepts of the encyclical;
  • identify 3 new insights;
  • cite 10 surprising facts;


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Cultivating a Spirituality of Creation

Grow your spirituality: let Creation lead you to God

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • recount the life story of some saints close to nature,
  • recognize ecological elements of Celtic, Benedictine, Franciscan and Native spiritualities,
  • point out some ecological significance of Eucharistic prayers,



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Growing Your Creation Care Ministry

Comprehensive training to launch and sustain this new ministry in your church

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • demonstrate how Christian spirituality relates to ecology;
  • promote environmental education in a Church context;
  • identify areas of resistance to environmental concerns;
  • mobilize other members of the community to form a green team.



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Discovering the Green Pages of the Bible

Extensive guide to ecological values in Sacred Scripture

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • illustrate four stories of Creation in Scripture,
  • cite Bible passages of ecological significance,
  • interpret stories from the Bible from an ecological perspective,



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These courses are available for free thanks to the generous financial support from the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (SNJM).