Laudato Si' Movement Pilipinas to Hold Ecumenical Walk for Creation Marking the Season of Creation

Laudato Si' Movement Pilipinas, a church-based environmental organization, will hold an Ecumenical Walk for Creation on September 6 in Manila, marking the Season of Creation.

The Season of Creation is celebrated by many Christian churches worldwide from September 1 to October 4. In 2020, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), upon the recommendation of the Laudato Si’ Movement Pilipinas, extended the observance in the Philippines until the second Sunday of October, coinciding with the celebration of National Indigenous Peoples’ Sunday.

Since 2017, Laudato Si’ Movement Pilipinas, formerly known as Global Catholic Climate Movement Pilipinas, together with partner organizations, has spearheaded the annual Walk for Creation to open the Season of Creation on September 1.

To highlight the ecumenical dimension of the Philippine celebration, the first Ecumenical Walk for Creation was held in 2023, organized by the CBCP Episcopal Commission on Ecumenical Affairs (CBCP-ECEA), the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP), the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC), and Laudato Si’ Movement Pilipinas.

With the global theme for the Season of Creation 2025, “Peace with Creation,” members of the Ecumenical Walk for Creation NCR Steering Committee, formed in 2023, have reconvened to prepare for the third Ecumenical Walk for Creation.

Organizers recently agreed during their initial meeting to hold the event on September 6, using the Tagalog translation of Via Creationis (Way of Creation). The walk will include nine Prayer Stations commemorating the beauty and mystery of creation. Assembly time is set at 5:00 AM, with the walk scheduled from 5:30 AM to 7:30 AM.