Catholic Earthcare Australia

16/06/2026

🌍 World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought 🌱

Rangelands – Recognize. Respect. Restore.

Covering more than half of the world’s land surface*, rangelands (grasslands, savannas, shrublands) support the lives of around two billion people worldwide. They provide almost 70% of livestock feed globally, making them critical to food systems.

🌱Up to half of the world’s rangelands are degraded or at risk*🌱

Once soil is exposed and weakened (driven by factors like climatic variations and overgrazing), erosion and drought can prevent the retention of water and nutrients, turning productive rangelands into degraded, desert-like landscapes.

It’s time to:
🌿 Recognize the value of rangelands,
🌿 Respect and support their traditional stewards, pastoralists and Indigenous Peoples, and
🌿 Restore these landscapes for future generations.

Pope Francis challenged us to “dare to turn what is happening to the world into our own personal suffering and thus to discover what each of us can do about it.” (Laudato Si’ n19)

💧 Healthy land. Strong communities. Resilient future.

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*Source: www.un.org

16/06/2026

Congratulations St Peter’s Primary School Rockhampton for creating such a beautiful and inspiring display for Laudato Si’ Week.
Thank you for nurturing such thoughtful, faith-filled care for creation with your students!

15/06/2026

Got 2 minutes and love a good tune? Join people of faith across the globe calling for a phase out of fossil fuels—because caring for our common home is something we can all sing about 💚🌏

🎶 Listen to a joy-filled climate action tune from the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC) below - proof that hope sounds pretty good!

Let’s raise our voices—together, with hope🌿🎵

12/06/2026

Youth groups and students participating in a Catholic environmental movement have planted more than 10,000 trees in Bangladesh!

Youth groups and students participating in a Catholic environmental movement have planted more than 10,000 trees in Bangladesh.

10/06/2026

Right now in Bonn, Germany, global climate talks are underway and Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is there, making sure the voices of our communities are heard.

Our friend and colleague Martin de Jong stepped spoke at a United Nations press conference alongside Catholic partners from around the world. Representing Caritas Oceania, he brought our region’s perspective into the global conversation on climate finance.

Climate finance is not charity, it is justice. Communities across the Pacific and beyond are already facing the impacts of climate change, rising seas, extreme weather, and threats to livelihoods and culture despite contributing least to the crisis.

Caritas is calling for:
Fair and accessible climate finance (focused on grants, not loans)
A just transition away from fossil fuels
Real support for communities facing loss and damage
Climate action rooted in dignity, solidarity, and care for our common home

These conversations can be technical and complex but at their heart, they are about people, justice, and our shared future.

🎥 Watch the full press conference:
Watch the video https://www.facebook.com/reel/967040376196758
(Martin speaks from around the 16:30 mark!)

09/06/2026

04/06/2026

🌏 Listening to Creation on World Environment Day 💚

On this World Environment Day, we’re invited to pay attention to what our world is saying. Our changing climate is an urgent cry for action, and our world is listening for our response.

Pope Francis reminded us that love “makes itself felt in every action that seeks to build a better world” (Laudato Si’ 231). Wherever we find ourselves, let’s continue to answer our world’s cries with care, kindness and generosity, and be part of healing and restoring all of creation.



Image Credit: Caritas Australia

02/06/2026

📢 Apply Now! Digital Missionaries Intensive: Storytelling for Integral Ecology | July 20-25 📸💚

Wanting to take your digital engagement with Integral Ecology to the next level? The Laudato Si’ Action Platform has just announced a new opportunity, and it could be for you!

‘Digital Missionaries: Storytelling for Integral Ecology’ is a global online intensive for Catholic leaders, communicators, educators, and changemakers who want to strengthen their ability to communicate the Laudato Si’ Goals and mobilize their communities through digital media.

Whether just starting out on your integral ecology journey, or looking to deepen your care for our common home, this opportunity might be for you!

Find out more (and apply) here: https://laudatosiactionplatform.org/digital-missionaries-storytelling-for-integral-ecology/

A global intensive for Catholic leaders, communicators, educators, and changemakers who want to strengthen their ability to communicate the Laudato Si’ Goals and mobilize their communities through digital media.

01/06/2026

🙏 Webinar: Celebrating the new Mass for the Care of Creation🌏

Would you like to find out more about the new Mass for the Care of Creation?

Got questions about how to celebrate this Mass, or wondering what extra resources might be available to support its celebration in your parish?

Register for this free webinar that explores how to engage with the new Care for Creation Mass, especially in preparation for the World Day of Prayer for Creation on September 1!

🗓️ Date: 9th June 2026

⏱️ Time: 10:00pm AEST (and if this doesn’t work for you, you can still sign up to receive the resources shared during the webinar)

📝 Registration + More Information: https://form.jotform.com/261384511416049