ARE you—faithful and Mass-going Catholic—aware that, in addition to our regular liturgical seasons, we will start the Season of Creation next Tuesday?

Last August 10, right after the publication of his encyclical Laudato Si—about our Christian duty to help nurture and preserve our home, the planet Earth--Pope Francis announced that the Church would henceforth be celebrating the “World Day of Prayer For the Care of All Creation” every September 1.