Environmental Stewardship in Places of Worship

Guardians of Creation Decarbonisation Reports

Renewing our Care for our Common Home: Lent Resources

This Lent, we are looking to renew our relationship with the earth and its Creator through the Lenten themes of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. As such, we have created a pack with key environmental resources from across the Catholic community, in addition to stories and ideas from our parishes around the diocese.

Walk for Creation: A Reflective Walk for Parish Groups

Following on from its successful Climate Walk ahead of COP26, the Diocese of Salford has created a helpful guide to help more parish groups carry out their own walk to reflect on caring for our common home.

A Reflective Walk Through Nature: A Guide for Parish Groups

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COP26 Diocese of Salford Parish Resources

Explore all the key information regarding COP26 with this handy parish guide. Featuring a breakdown of the environmental crisis, key quotes from Pope Francis, tips on taking climate action, and helpful resources to continue your research, this is a fantastic place to start.

Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales COP26 Resources

Ahead of COP26, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales has shared a number of resources to help you learn more about the Church's call for climate justice, and to guide you in prayer for the success of the summit.

For the Beauty of the Earth

The Diocese of Salford presents its plan on how best to respond to the climate crisis and begin to renew the beauty of the environment, safeguarding it for future generations.

Living our Faith

Explore the inextricable link between care for the environment and Christianity with this fascinating read.

Gardening for Wildlife

We have the means to create beautiful spaces in our communities, and during the Season of Creation there is no better time to start planning. For many of us we can start by creating a space for wildlife in our schools, or gardens, patios and balconies at home.

Taking Action to Care for Creation

The scale of the environment crisis can at times feel overwhelming but there are simple, achievable steps we can take to drive change and work to create a better world. Click below to discover some easy-to-implement, low-cost ways to take climate action at home:

Parishes Pack

Diocese of Salford Prayer for our Common Home

CAFOD

CAFOD - The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development - has range of accessible, practical ways you take climate action at home. From signing petitions, raising money for communities around the world in need of support, to joining them on walks and demonstrations, there are plenty of ways to get involved.

Diocese of Salford: Inspiring Environmental Sustainability

Through projects such as the Laudato Si' Centre, the Diocese of Salford strives to become leaders in environmental practice, guiding the way to creating a greener, fairer society. Find out more about its work, vision, and strategy on the link below.

Faith for the Climate

Faith for the Climate has a fantastic range of resources to engage, equip, and inspire communities and schools of different faiths for action on climate change.

Journey to 2030

Journey to 2030 is a refreshing look at the environmental issues our planet is facing and offers practical changes we can all make to help create a more sustainable society.

Manchester Climate

Find out more about Manchester's plans to become a zero carbon city and how you can help complete the journey.

Climate Calculator

This quick and easy climate calculator helps you assess your everyday lifestyle to see how environmentally-friendly you are and what you can do to improve.