A prayer service at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Glenview highlighted conservation efforts by the local Christian community and welcomed people of all faiths to learn about environmental missives.
In the processional, first row from left are Rev. Jeremiah Boland, pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church and Rev. Fr. Richard Demetrius Andrews of Saints Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church in Glenview during the ninth annual Solemn Vespers for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church on Aug. 31, 2023.
Michael Terrien of Highland Park, co-coordinator, Care for Creation Ministry, Office of Human Dignity and Solidarity for the Archdiocese of Chicago, said about the annual event, “It’s essential, it’s a witness to our Christian unity to care for our common home .”In 1989, the late Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I of Constantinople designated Sept. 1 as a day of prayer for Orthodox Christians. In 2015, Pope Francis established Sept.
Center, front, Michael Terrien of Highland Park, co-coordinator, Care for Creation Ministry, Office of Human Dignity and Solidarity for the Archdiocese of Chicago, is among attendees at the ninth annual Solemn Vespers for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church on Aug. 31, 2023.
Center, Rev. Jim Barrett of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, is among viewers of the Ecumenism Metro Chicago -Chicagoland Christians United for the Care of Creation’s Declaration for the Care of Creation at the ninth annual Solemn Vespers for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church on Aug. 31, 2023.
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