Brochure of the Month

Brochure of the Month: September 2026



Healthy relationships with God, one another, and the rest of creation are key to a culture in which we value human life and care for God’s creation at every level. Pope Francis affirmed that human beings possess “a particular dignity above other creatures” and share a distinct responsibility for the world entrusted to us.  When any of our relationships are out of balance – with God, one another, or the rest of creation – all our relationships suffer. There is evidence of this imbalance on a large scale today.  The earth has become polluted, with lack of clean water, toxic waste, and immense material waste.  This “culture of waste” even goes so far as to see and treat human life as disposable.  The elderly are marginalized, lives of persons with disabilities are deemed less worth living, and unwanted babies in the womb are destroyed. In Laudate Si (LS 226), Pope Francis endorses “an attitude of the heart, one which approaches life with serene attentiveness, which is capable of being fully present to someone.”  Through this conversion of heart, repairing our relationships with God, one another and all of creation, we can combat the many pollutants that poison our hearts and our world. 

This brochure is available at the Hospitality desk in the church and at the AMC.

 It is available online at https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/rlp-16-serene-attentiveness-flyer-eng-color.pdf