Dr Lorna Gold, Executive Director of the Laudato Si' Movement, is the keynote speaker at the Season of Creation Conference 2025.

It takes place at St Margaret's Church, Drip Road, Stirling on Saturday 6 September 2025, from 10am-3pm.

Register here for this free event.

Originally from Scotland, Lorna Gold has been an active leader for years in Catholic work on integral ecology and creation care.

Workshops and Q&As will be held with the Laudato Si Animators Scotland network, Justice & Peace Scotland, and SCIAF.

There will also be the chance to hear from the Care of Creation group from St Ninian’s & St Cuthbert’s Parish, Hamilton, on ideas for living out Laudato Si’ locally in your own parish communities. Archbishop Bill Nolan of Glasgow Archdiocese will attend.

Zoom sessions

The national Care of Creation Office, along with other organisations, has organised a series of zoom sessions to explore different dimensions of Peace with Creation.

The sessions are from 7.00-9.00pm each Thursday, beginning on 4 September, and include prayer, a presentation from a guest speaker and Q&A. Register here.

Readings for Mass

Readings for the Mass for the Care of Creation according to the new Lectionary can be found here.

The annual period of prayer for our common home begins on September 1, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and runs until October 4, the feast of St Francis of Assisi.