Friday August 28th 2026 Established 1905 27 Brickdam, Stabroek, Georgetown, Guyana Year 121, No. 33
World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation 2026
, heal Earth, pope says (OSV News) — The social and ecological devastation wrought by war represents not just a political failure, but a moral crisis rooted in a divided heart in need of conversion, Pope Leo XIV said. Violence, injustice and environmental damage are not just “the result of flawed systems or structures; it is ‘a symptom of the deeper dichotomy that is rooted in humanity itself,'” the pope said in his message for the 2026 World Day of Prayer for Creation, which will be celebrated Sept. 1. “The wounds of war and the degradation of the earth, then, are profoundly linked to the condition of the human heart,” Pope Leo wrote. “The conflicts that torment humanity are in many ways the outward expression of interior discord and division. When the heart is distorted, relationships suffer, and the structures we build begin to reflect that disorder.” The World Day of Prayer for Creation marks the start of the ecumenical “Season of Creation,” which concludes Oct. 4, the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of ecology. (please turn to page 3)
Fr. Mike Martínez SJ meets with New Amsterdam youths - p2 Pope Leo to celebrate Mass for the Care of Creation at Castel Gandolfo - p3 A Christian Perspective on Social Issues - p4 Sunday Scripture - p5 The Vatican’s medieval vegetable garden is now fully organic - p6 Dolly Parton’s life of faith - p7 Pope prays for dead, missing following catastrophic mudslides, floods in Nepal - p8 Children’s Page - p9 Faith in Practice Week 29 - p11 Hottest July on record globally: 'The climate alarm is blazing' - p12 Tomics - p13 St Pius X church celebrates 65th Feast Day - p14
September 1
Bishop’s Engagements Sunday August 30th 6:30hrs – Mass at St. Angela Merici, Parfaite Harmonie 7:30hrs – Mass at Our Lady of the Annunciation, Malgre Tout 10:00hrs- Mass at Our Lady of the Assumption, Hague Wednesday September 2nd 8:30hrs – Mass at Marian Academy
Sacrament of Confirmation at Our Lady of Fatima church, Bourda, Georgetown, Sunday August 23rd 2026. ❖
Francis Alleyne OSB