God's Great Earth
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Fall Grounds Cleanup
Please see the Bulletin for date and time when:
We will be raking the leaves around the church,
rectory, parish center and the Mary Garden.
Call Andy with questions.
For the past two years we had a crew of 4 people and the job took about 2 ½ hours. Many hands make light work!
Please help. If you are able to assist in any way, please contact Andy Labrecque at 508-856-0515 or send email to [email protected]
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outdoor destinations
Outdoor Walking, Hiking or Biking Trails:
Hopedale Parklands - Hopedale
West Hill Dam - Uxbridge
Wachusett Mountain State Reservation - Princeton
Purgatory Chasm - Sutton
Doyle Conservation Center - Leominster
Tower Hill Botanic Garden - Boylston (no bikes, check the local public library for free tickets)
Garden in the Woods -Framingham (no bikes, check the local public library for free tickets)
Nashua River Rail Trail - Ayer
Broadmoor Audubon Society - Natick
Drumlin Farm Audubon Society - Lincoln
Waseeka Audubon Society - Hopkinton
Look Out Rock - Uxbridge
Birch Hill Dam - Royalston
Rice City Pond - Uxbridge
Peppercorn Hill - Hopkinton
Willard Brook State Forest - Townsend
Riverbend Farm - Uxbridge
Blackstone Gorge Trail - Blackstone
Cormier Woods - Uxbridge
Borderland State Park - N. Easton
Hopkinton State Park - Hopkinton
Noanet Woods - Dover
Upton State Park - Upton
Whitehall State Park - Hopkinton
Del Carter Conservation Area - Franklin
Morse State Park - Paxton
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when outdoors...
While enjoying your time in nature, we encourage you to make prayer and contemplation of your relationship with the Creator a part of your experience. Because each family, person, and group will have a different style for prayer and experience of God while outdoors, we stored a diverse collection of prayers on the Diocese of Worcester's website that may help to bring your outdoor time into a prayerful focus.
More Prayers and Reflections
When on your walking or biking adventure, please snap a selfie and share that outdoor time with us on our parish Facebook page, or on the Diocese of Worcester Environmental Stewardship Ministry Facebook page. These small examples of positive action give hope and encouragement to all seeking the best path forward. Remember, please, to take nothing but pictures and leave nothing behind but footprints.
Our struggles with COVID demonstrate to all how interdependent we are as we work to find optimal solutions. These lessons of interdependence also apply as we respond to the shared threat of environmental degradation. Pope Francis said "a true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor. [49]
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the green hour
Brought to us by the National Wildlife Federation, find wonderful ideas linked here.
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we are stewards of creation
The Diocese of Worcester is pleased to have a video from Msgr. Michael Rose as part of our Video Series celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Laudato Si. Msgr Michael Rose, who is the pastor of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, will share his
thoughts on our calling to be stewards of Creation. He highlights how with the global pandemic, like climate change, everyone in the world is both impacted by these crises as well as responsible to share in the response.
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more destinations
Religious sites, memorials, or shrines:
Fatima Shrine - Holliston
St. Joseph's Abbey/Spencer Monastery - Spencer
Mary's House - Spencer
National Shrine of Divine Mercy - Stockbridge
National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette - Attleboro
Blackstone Valley Angel of Hope Memorial
Madonna, Queen of the Universe Shrine - Boston
St. Anne's Shrine - Fiskdale
St. Joseph the Worker Shrine – Lowell
Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (The Mission Church) – Boston
St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine – Boston
St. Francis Chapel – Boston
Our Lady of Loreto Shrine – Worcester
Cathedral of the Pines – Rindge, NH
St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Parish and Shrine – Harrisville, Burrillville, RI
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Gardeners always Needed
Are you interested in helping maintain the church property?
Thanks to Andy, Roland, Bob, and Dave for their recent leave cleaning efforts!Consider spending 15, 30 or 60 minutes a week in the parish gardens.
A little help goes a long way!
If interested, please call or text Andy Labrecque at 508-873-2728
or e-mail [email protected]
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Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home is the new appealfrom Pope Francis addressed to "every person living on this planet" for an inclusive dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet. Pope Francis calls the Church and the world to acknowledge the urgency of our environmental challenges and to join him in embarking on a new path. This encyclical is written with both hope and resolve, looking to our common future with candor and humility. 
