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LiveSimply
LiveSimply
LIVESIMPLY
This section of the website reflects Bishop Eton's Live Simply journey For St Mary's journey visit https://www.stmaryswoolton.org.uk/en/living-simply
In March 2024 both parishes were awarded the Live Simply Award.
In September 2025 the parishes of Our Lady of the Annunciation Bishop Eton, St Mary's Woolton and St John Vianney joined forces to form LiveSimplyTogether
Purpose:
We care about Creation and we care about people who are living in poverty.
We celebrate the wonders of the natural world and the diversity of our brothers and sisters, both here and right across the planet.
We are really worried about the impact that the climate crisis and other environmental threats are having on our world, particularly the impact on the poor.
We are committed to promote a variety of actions and initiatives across our two Parishes, which will help us to live out our faith by caring for our common home.
Aim
We aim to be a catalyst for change, inspiring the parishioners of Bishop Eton and St Mary's to live more simply, more sustainably and in greater solidarity with the poor.
Patron
Prior to his death in April 20206 Fr Jim Casey C.Ss.R was our patron, there are no plans to replace him.
Contact details
For further information and to help with the project contact Pauline Volk at
KNIGHT OF ST COLUMBA SPONSORED WALK 2022
Congratulations to all the walkers who took part in the Knights of St Columba Sponsored walk and for their generosity in supporting the Asylum Link Merseyside through this action. Thank you to all the parishioners who sponsored the Knights.
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CREATION WALK 2022
Fr Casey - and the walkers
THE CALL OF CREATION
On the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecologists and animals, the Social Justice Department of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales launched a new edition of its teaching document on the environment – The Call of Creation.
First published two decades ago, in 2002, this new edition is released at the conclusion of the Church’s month-long Season of Creation. The document calls for a “profound interior conversion” and for Catholics to “repair our relationship with God’s creation” to address the current ecological crisis.
Writing in the foreword, Bishop John Arnold, Lead Bishop for the Environment, and Bishop Richard Moth, Chair of the Social Justice department, say:
“We are a people of hope who believe in redemption. We must study the signs of the times and take the action that is needed to repair our relationship with God’s creation. As is made clear in The Call of Creation, the exercise of the virtue of solidarity and the promotion of the common good, which are so needed at this time, are the responsibility of each and every individual and institution in society.”
You can read a copy by clicking here
LIVING SIMPLY LAUNCH AT BISHOP ETON
LAUDATO SI’ MOVEMENT DOCUMENTARY FILM: THE LETTER:
Premiered on the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, the film tells the story of Pope Francis’ encyclical letter - Laudato Si’ and the unfolding ecological emergency.
You can watch the film below
SEASON OF CREATION:
The Season of Creation is a global ecumenical celebration of prayer and action to protect our common home, starting each year on the 1st September (World Day of Prayer for Creation) and finishing on the feast of St Francis, 4th October. During this season we are encouraged to pray and engage in community events in order to deepen our relationship with our God, our neighbour and the earth we share, being ever more attentive to the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.
CAFOD have colated some prayer on the Care of Creation click here
Other season of creation resources area available via the links below:
Season of Creation including downloadable resource guide https://seasonofcreation.org/
Laudato Si Action Platform https://laudatosiactionplatform.org/
Scottish Laity Network programme: Season of Creation 2022 Programme or via their website http://scottishlaitynetwork.org.uk
BISHOP FOR THE ENVIRONMENT:
“It’s time to sprint towards climate action.” A couple of weeks ago we experienced record temperatures of over 40°C, Bishop John Arnold, our Lead Bishop for the Environment, released an urgent message warning us to take action on global warming. He said: “We’ve already been told that some of the damage is irreparable, so we’ve got to think and we’ve got to act.” Thanking parishes and schools for working so hard to promote sustainable living whilst campaigning for environmental justice, Bishop Arnold also urges all of us to take the recent heatwave as real wake-up call and to step up our efforts to take climate action.
For ideas about how we can act go to https://www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk/bishop-john-climate-change/
FAITHS TOGETHER FOR CARBON NEUTRAL CITIES
ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI:
The Season of Creation culminates in the feast of St Francis of Assisi on 4 October. St Francis is the patron of all God’s creatures and the environment. One of the issues that demands our urgent attention is how we treat animals. The current pandemic is a wake-up call. God did not give us animals to do with as we like. He entrusted them to us – we are their custodians. Many animals suffer appalling cruelty because of our demand for food and sport. Christians have a duty of care to God’s creatures.
We can’t keep turning a blind eye!
A PRAYER FOR ANIMALS:
Hear our humble prayer, O God, for our friends the animals,
especially for animals who are suffering;
for animals that are overworked, underfed and cruelly treated;
for all wistful creatures in captivity that beat their wings against bars;
for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry;
for all that must be put death.
We entreat for them all Thy mercy and pity,
and for those who deal with them we ask a heart of compassion
and gentle hands and kindly words.
Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to animals,
and so to share the blessings of the merciful.
CAFOD EYES OF THE WORLD ASSEMBLY
Please find below the CAFOD eyes of the world assembly featuring the childen of Our Lady's Bishop Eton primary school
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