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Creation Day - Creation Time:

 

..Creation Day - Creation Time:

Basic Background Information

This celebration is a joint project of the members of the Creation Day/Time network in the Philippines, which includes, alphabetically, the Annunciation Orthodox Church; Asian Social Institute; Association of Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines - Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Commission, Center for Ecozoic Learning and Living; Creation Spirituality Center, Institute of Eco-Spirituality; Love Life-Philippines, Maryknoll Ecological Center-Baguio; Sanib-lakas ng Inang Kalikasan; and the SanibLakas ng Taongbayan Foundation.

 
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Summary:

'CREATION  DAY' 

AND 'TIME OF CREATION'

(By Ed Aurelio Reyes)

"CREATION DAY" and "CREATION TIME" emerged from the realization that if there are feasts days and celebration seasons to salute heroic persons and  commemorate all sorts of events "the Creator Himself and His Creation" ought to be accorded  the same, if not more.  The Orthodox Christian Church started the movement for such celebration and by now, there is an ecumenical, even inter-faith, effort to get "Creation Day" and/or "Creation Time" officially adopted by the various churches as an integral part of the Liturgical Calendar.  The advocates of environmental conservation who have chosen to go beyond the basically utilitarian human-centered framework of sustainable development in relating with Nature immediately saw in this an opportunity to promote Deep Ecology and a profound sense of harmony with Nature ("Earth Synergy").

"CREATION DAY/TIME" aims to celebrate the dynamic process of Creation, the awesome cosmic design of this Creation, and the human beings' place and role as co-creators and stewards and as appreciators of Life and its systems.

"CREATION DAY," by consensus, shall be marked on September 1st every year, with "CREATION TIME" to run for about five weeks until the Sunday immediately following October 4, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, who is the official "patron saint of the environment." The decisions fixing these dates may be viewed to be arbitrary, but the same goes for the dates of the birth and of the crucifixion of Christ in our liturgical calendars.

THIS "CREATION CELEBRATION" includes as a very important thrust our efforts to convince the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, and their counterparts in other churches, to put this celebration in the liturgical calendar as soon as their respective internal processes can come up with such policy. But the ultimate co-creators of this celebration shall be the broad spectrum of individual humans, whether clustered or not in organizations, who shall make their own informed, free and therefore firm decision to hold  their own personal and group activities to celebrate Creation and the Creator.

( Below is the Creation Day - Creation Time Logo as designed by Fr. Georg Ziselsberger. SVD,  of GeoChris Foundation: )

For the proposed 7-Step Plan to join the Creation Celebration, click here.  

Important backgrounder documents are listed below, with links for reading them.

Other important materials can be downloaded from www.ecen.org .

To access an environment-oriented website, click this link: http://earth.web.ph .

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A Poem-Prayer

SANIB-HINGA NG PASASALAMAT AT PAG-ASA

By Ding Reyes, Sanib-Sining, w/line-by-line English translation  

read poem-prayer


A Brief Rationale

CELEBRATING GOD THE CREATOR AND GOD'S CREATION:

'CREATION  DAY' AND 'TIME OF CREATION'

By Fr. Georg Ziselsberger, SVD  read article


Keynote Address at Creation Day Convergence

CREATION-CENTERED SPIRITUALITY

By Bishop Julio Xavier Labayen  read address


Dossier for Creation Day/Creation Time

ARTICLES ON THEOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-ETHICAL RATIONALE

By Prof. Lukas Vischer and various other authors   read articles


Joint Declaration 

ON ARTICULATING A CODE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS 

By Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Pope John Paul II   read article


A Personal Version

THE NEW STORY OF CREATION

By Rev. John Leydon  read article


Celebration Theme for 2003

WATER OF LIFE: 'International Year of Freshwater'

By Prof. Lukas Vischer and various other authors   read articles


Papal Address Recognizing the Evolution Theory 

'TRUTH CANNOT CONTRADICT TRUTH'

By His Holiness Pope John Paul II   read address


Pastoral Statement: CELEBRATING CREATION DAY & CREATION TIME 

 By the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) 

Permanent Council    read statement


Creativity of Plans and Presentation

GALLERY OF NINE SAMPLE "KALIKHAAN 2003" MINIPOSTERS

By Robledo, Corral, Ungson, Penamante, Cristobal, Reyes, Phuong, Cruzada, and Santander  

view gallery


Liwanag mula sa Supremo 

SAAN MAKIKILALA ANG KADAKILAAN NG DIYOS

Ni Gat Andres Bonifacio, Maypag-asa  read essay


 

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