API Hosts Season of Creation Sensitization Workshop
By Dr. Florence Nassiwa, Laudato Si’ Animator, Lecturer, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Eldoret-Gaba Campus
On Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Dr. Florence Nassiwa a Laudato Si’ Animator shared with AMECEA Pastoral Institute students and staff about the ‘Season of Creation’.
The Season of Creation is a time for prayer, reflection and action for the care of our common home. The “Celebration” began from September 1, 2026 and ends on October 4, 2026 on the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi. This Season is celebrated by some Christian denominations as the World Day of Prayer for Creation and by some as the Feast of Creation.
It is an annual Christian celebration that encourages the whole Church to pray and respond together to the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor. The cry of the earth is manifested in extreme weather events such as prolonged droughts, floods and wild fires.
These and other factors contribute to degradation of the environment and thus threaten man's own survival today and in the near future. Due to this, the poor in society suffer disproportionately from environmental degradation due to low capability to adaptive capacity.
In Genesis 2:15, God intends humankind to make more of his environment, preserve and maintain its beauty. Together with humanity’s obligation to use the earth’s goods responsibly, we are called to recognize that other living beings have a value of their own in God’s eyes: “by their mere existence they bless him and give him glory”, and indeed, “the Lord rejoices in all his works” (Ps. 104:31).
The theme for the Season of Creation this year is; Living Water and the Biblical text is Ezekiel 47:9, 12. Ezekiel’s vision of Living Water invites us to envision water as gift from God that refreshes, heals and sustains us. This calls for ecological conversion whereby humanity views water not as a resource to exploit but as a precious gift to protect. The season of creation offers a vital invitation to the church to pray for those most affected by environmental harm, support farmers and rural communities whose livelihoods depend on creation, use water responsibly and protect rivers, lakes and springs.
Dr. Nassiwa is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Eldoret-Gaba Campus, a Laudato Si' Animator, Chairperson Community Service Committee and Campus focal person for the National Tree Planting exercise.