Caring for Our Common Home Task Force

Mission Statement: The Caring for Our Common Home (COCH) Ministry at All Saints Parish advocates for the values proclaimed in Pope Francis’s encyclical, Laudato Si’. Through prayer, education, and action, we promote and provide opportunities for our parish to engage in sustainable practices to better care for God’s creation and our common home.

The Caring for Our Common Home Task Force meets on the first Thursday of each month.  Our mission is to educate the parish about our impact on Mother Earth; to enable parishioners to share in the ecological conversion Pope Francis calls us to live; to encourage parishioners to action to care for creation.

If you are interested in joining our Task Force contact Marijane Reilly at janiereilly.61@gmail.com or Kathy Gosh at kgosh49@gmail.com

How to Raise Your Voice through Letter Writing

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." MLK, Jr.

As part of our advocacy objective, the Caring for Our Common Home Task Force hosted a “Raise Your Voice Through Letter Writing” training on February 10, 2026, via Zoom. Ethan Gormley from the Climate Justice section of Citizen Action New York led the workshop, focusing on how we can make our voices heard through letters to legislators and editors.  For training purposes, we used letters on the topic of New York’s 2019 Climate Act. Ethan offers his slide deck here for use by the COCH task force as well as by any other committees, ministries, or parishioners wanting to write a perfectly persuasive letter.

All Saints CANY Workshop 2.10.26  

(Posted August 2026)

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Join the Caring for Our Common Home Native Plant Crew!

Parish families and individuals are invited to join the volunteer crew that maintains All Saints’ Native Pollinator Garden and Stations of the Cross Path woodlot. We have 1-2 hour morning work meetups, usually once a week, during the summer and fall. Your commitment can be one-time, every week, or anything in between. It’s fun and a great learning experience! Anyone interested can contact Julie Sherlock Fishman at smarterxnature@gmail.com to get more information and get onto the meeting notification list.

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Solar Panels Up and Working and Celebrated

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Our 23 solar panels are having their moment in the sun! Following Fr. Fred’s dedication with thanks to 52 generous donors at all three Masses May 25-26, WAER published and aired this news item: https://www.waer.org/tags/all-saints-church

Youth and Children working on Native Plant Garden

Youth and Children working on Native Plant Garden

Tree Planting Project 2021

Tree Planting Project 2021

Bike Rack 2020

Bike Rack 2020

Ecumenical Climate Change Press Conference at All Saints

Ecumenical Climate Change Press Conference at All Saints

Ecumenical Climate Change Rally in Syracuse

Ecumenical Climate Change Rally in Syracuse

Peace Rally, Syracuse

Peace Rally, Syracuse

Ecumenical Climate Change Rally, Syracuse

Ecumenical Climate Change Rally, Syracuse

Climate Change Rally Syracuse

Climate Change Rally Syracuse

Ecumenical Climate Change Rally, Syracuse

Ecumenical Climate Change Rally, Syracuse

Sacred Air Immersion Experience at The Great Law of Peace Center (Skanonh)

Sacred Air Immersion Experience at The Great Law of Peace Center (Skanonh)

Sacred Air Immersion Experience at The Great Law of Peace Center (Skanonh)

Sacred Air Immersion Experience at The Great Law of Peace Center (Skanonh)

Sacred Air Immersion Experience at The Great Law of Peace Center (Skanonh)

Sacred Air Immersion Experience at The Great Law of Peace Center (Skanonh)

Garden, solar panels, yurt built by Caring for Our Common Home Member, Katy Benson

Garden, solar panels, yurt built by Caring for Our Common Home Member, Katy Benson

Making a difference - bring your own bag for bulk shopping

Making a difference - bring your own bag for bulk shopping

Buying soap NOT in plastic bottles

Buying soap NOT in plastic bottles

Earth Carers newsletters

The 5 Calls app gives you up-to-date information on U.S. legislative bills and issues, gives you a phone script to follow, and connects you with the relevant legislators. This gives you all the information you need to advocate for your most important issues and takes away all the fear of talking to an official. Follow these instructions to set up and use the 5 Calls app.

Directions to Use the 5 Calls App

1.     On your home screen of your phone, locate the Google Play Store or App Store.

2.     Open and search for 5 Calls App. Click the button to install.

3.     Click to open.

4.     Enter your zip code.

5.     The app will bring up issues that are of concern. Top issues comes up first. Go to the right to click on the lines forming an upside down triangle and scroll down to Environment. Click on that. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Links and Resources:

Diocese of Syracuse, Laudato Si Task Force

Catholic Climate Covenant

GreenFaith

Sierra Club

Earth Beat

National Catholic Reporter

Laudato Si (Pope Francis’ Encyclical)

Laudate Deum

Laudato Si' Movement