Sponsored by Care For Creation
Part of the SMOS Living Justice Ministries
St. Margaret of Scotland will celebrate the 6th Annual Earth Day Celebration during the weekend of April 18-19, 2026. Walk, bike, or roll to mass with family and friends, or join Angela Wildermuth at 9:30am at the intersection of Flora & Klemm for the second group pilgrimage to the 10 AM mass. The group will walk Flora Place median park stopping to reflect and pray together. When you arrive at the church, the Living Justice Ministry’s Care for Creation team will greet you near the corner of 39th & Flad with a pin, which you will place on a map of the parish to mark the location where you started your pilgrimage.
The team will accumulate the distance of all pilgrimage participants and report the quantitative impacts from the reduction in vehicle use. The event, however, is less about calculating impacts than transforming the way we relate with Creation and, by extension, relate with God through Creation. Prayer, meditate, and celebrate God’s glorious Creation! Find the most beautiful path to church, and stop to smell a flower, pet a dog, or greet your neighbor.
Everyone is encouraged to participate. Even if you drive, just don’t drive as far. Park a little further away than normal, and your participation will be counted.
For more info, please reach out to Aaron Defenbaugh: adefenbaugh@gmail.com.
