Clean Water in Action: Advocacy Through the Permitting Process

by Lisa Brenskelle

Join Alenka Cardenas of Bayou City Waterkeeper for an overview of the Clean Water Act's permitting programs. Alenka will teach attendees how to use a variety of monitoring and reporting tools to identify and correct water permit violations. They will also share best practices for advocating through the permitting process to win stronger permits that can better protect water quality and wetlands. Access to clean water is a human right, and you can make difference with your advocacy! 

Time for Q&A with the speakers will be provided. The session will be recorded and the recording sent to all registrants.For more information, contact Lisa Brenskelle at gcs.lrc@gmail.com. 

Register to participate on www.eventbrite.com at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/clean-water-in-action-advocacy-through-the-permitting-process-tickets-1641269173279

The Annual San Antonio Season of Creation Mass

The people of San Antonio celebrated the Season of Creation with its archdiocese annual pilgrimage on September 14, 2025.  It started by a celebration of the Eucharist with Archbishop Gustavo as the presider.  There were more than a hundred of people who walked the El Camino from Mission Espada to Mission San Juan.

As part of the pilgrimage, Archbishop Gustavo asked a volunteer to read the reflection.  There were about several points of reflection. These were about the greenhouse gas emissions, water conservation, plastic pollution, food waste, diminished biodiversity, etc. Saint Anthony Catholic School's Earth Angels graciously picked up trashes along the road and inspired other people to do the same.

The pilgrimage ended with a blessing from Archbishop Gustavo and prayers from the pilgrims.  After the closing prayer, everyone was invited to have tacos, and paletas.

Sun Day Pilgrimage " Our Lady of the Lake University

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Sun Day in San Antonio

 

Season of Creation 2025 Peace with Creation Prayer

PEACE WITH CREATION

Creator of all,

we praise you for the gift of life
and for the faith that unites us in care for our common home.
We confess how estranged we have become—
from one another, from your Creation, and from our truest selves.
We acknowledge that our greed and destructive impulses
have fractured our relationships with you, with others, and with the Earth.
Fertile fields have become barren,
forests lie desolate,
oceans and rivers are polluted.
Thriving communities have become places of suffering,
and the earth cries out.

Beloved Christ,
who spoke “Shalom” to frightened hearts,
stir us to compassionate action.
Inspire us to work for the end of conflict,
and for the full restoration of broken relationships—
with you, with the ecumenical community,
with the human family,
and with all Creation.

Prince of Peace,
through your wounds, teach us to stand in solidarity
with the woundedness of others,
of creation, and of the world.
Through your resurrection,
make us people of hope—
with a vision of swords turned into ploughshares
and tears transformed into joy.
May we come together as one family,
to labor for your peace—
a shalom where all your people
may dwell in safety,
and rest in quiet places.

Amen.

More:

Season of Creation 2025 Celebration Guide

Catholic Climate Covenant Season of Creation Resources 2025

Season of Creation

Laudato Si' Movement Prayer Guide for September 20