Planting trees - and grass - for a Green Advent

Very happy to join this blog to update you all on our Green WYD project.So many things been happening that it's hard to know where to start.Let's begin with tonight - at the 6pm Mass at Holy Eucharist parish St Albans for the Third Sunday of Advent.Kins has already mentioned the launch of our Green Advent projectFor the first week we showed Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth movie.For the second week we organised a Walk to Church Sunday - a great event - not everyone walked but many did - and many of those who didn't paid a $1 donation to "offset" their use of the car!So tonight we organised the sale of tree and plant seedlings for the Third Sunday of Advent.We sold about 50 plants after this evening's mass - a very encouraging response.The plants all came from Iramoo Sustainable Community Centre at the St Albans of Victoria University.Tonight we sold mainly trees (wattles) and kangaroo apples (all gone) although we'd also like to sell a few native grasses since this area is in fact natural grassland.Let's see how we go tomorrow!

Holy Eucharist Launches Green Advent

"To renew the face of the earth..." is a reason Fr. Peter Carrucan, Parish Priest of the Holy Eucharist Parish in St. Albans envisioned to launch the Green Advent Program. He further explained that Advent is a time to 'vigilantly wait' and hope for new things to come. It is why, he exhorted his parishioners to make use of Advent as a time to know more and do something for the earth.The Green Advent is an introduction of the Greening of the Holy Eucharist Parish. The greening program enables a group of earth keepers to take up the project and to neutralize the carbon emission physically emitted by the Holy Eucharist Parish. It will eventually encourage parishioners to embrace eco-ethical living.On the first week of Advent, the film An Inconvenient Truth was shown. On the second Sunday, people were encouraged to Walk to Church. Those that took their cars along were asked to donate a dollar for the Green World Youth Day Program. The third week of Advent will focus on Planting. Native Grasses, flowers and trees. Families are encouraged to plant in their homes as a sign of thanksgiving for 2007. The last Sunday of Advent is a Greening Solidarity Day. People can share household greening practices through exhibits and/or handing out of leaflets.The Green Advent project is organized by the earthkeepers of the Holy Eucharist Parish.