Picture of a beautiful stream flowing over rocks full of salmon

Pilgrimage of Hope for Creation

A Trail Walk Honoring Sacred Salmon and
Eco-Kinship

Saturday, September 13

10am-12pm
Optional Bring Your Own Picnic lunch to follow

Carkeek Park, Seattle

Co-Sponsored by Ignatian Spirituality Center, Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center, St. Joseph Parish Climate Justice, and Pilgrims for Hope for Creation

presenter: Anna Johnson

 

ABOUT THIS PROGRAM

Join the ISC for a pilgrimage experience as we walk, pray, and share together in celebration of our local green spaces, honoring sacred salmon, and reflecting upon God in all things. Let us journey together in solidarity through reflection, encounter, prayer and community action for our common home and local ecosystem.

As part of the Pilgrimages of Creation nation-wide initiative, and in partnership with Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center’s Sacred Salmon Campaign, the Ignatian Spirituality Center hosts a family-friendly trail walk honoring sacred salmon and eco-kinship in our community. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ landmark writing of Laudato Si, calling all people of goodwill to work for towards the healing of and care for all of creation and the 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Creatures.

We will be led by facilitator Anna Johnson, Director of North America for the Laudato Si Movement. This is a family-friendly event with activities for children—all are welcome! We hope you’ll bring a picnic lunch to enjoy with community following the pilgrimage.

COST

This event is free of charge for all participants.

About our presenter

Picture of Anna Johnson with trees in the background

Anna Johnson is the North America Director for the Laudato Si Movement, collaborating with and mobilizing passionate and talented Catholics across the continent for personal and systemic ecological transformation. In her global work, from working in an Internally Displaced Persons camp in Uganda to peace and development projects in Guatemala, she continued to witness and experience how the climate crisis exacerbates all injustice, which drove her focus toward ecological justice. Anna has a degree in Peace Studies and Political Science from the University of Notre Dame, and an Executive Masters in Sustainability Leadership from Arizona State University. She grew up with a wild love of the outdoors, and on any given weekend you can find her camping, kayaking, hiking with her husband, their two daughters, and their dog.