Closing of the 2017 Season of Creation

Malta’s observance of the 2017 Christian Season of Creation (1^st September to 4^th October), will close with the celebration of Mass by Bishop Mario Grech, at the Conventual Franciscan Church, Valletta, on Sunday 1^st October, at 10:30 a.m. The Bishop will also bless projects on environmental issues created by students attending SkolaSajf.

The events marking the Season of Creation, organised jointly by the Church Environment Commission (KA) and Nature Trust Malta (NTM), will come to an end on Wednesday 4^th October, with a public meeting entitiled ‘Laudato Sì: Interfaith and Secular Perspectives on Care for Creation’, held at the Millennium Chapel, St Julian’s, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. Keynote speakers include representatives of Christian faith, Jews, Muslims, as well as representatives of environmental NGOs and Mediterranean regional organisations.

The meeting will also be addressed by the President of Malta, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, the Apostolic Nuncio to Malta, Mgr Alessandro D’Errico, the Vicar General of the of the Archdiocese of Malta, Mgr Joseph Galea Curmi, and by the European Commissioner for the Environment, Karmenu Vella. This meeting will precede the international conference ‘Our Ocean’, organised by the European Union on 5^th October and 6^th October in St Julian’s.