Join Us!
Check out Priority Actions from VISION 2030 on our social media during May 17-24
Use our Adoration Service for First Friday on World Environment Day, June 5
Join us on June 6 as we discuss the recently released Vatican document at Dadar
Season of Creation 2026 Programme
We are grateful to our many collaborators who have made this year's programme possible - all are earnestly invited to join us in the various events we have organised and are participating in
Tue, 1st Sep - Opening Prayer Service and World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
Unite in prayer to begin the celebration of the Season of Creation with the global Christian family online at 6.30PM - Click here to watch
Click here to read the Holy Father's Message for the 11th World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation in which we are called to allow our hearts to be renewed, so that we might seek peace and care for creation
Sat, 19th Sep - Youth Event for International Coastal Cleanup Day
Organised by the Don Bosco Youth Services, Mumbai - details coming soon!
Sun, 2oth Sep - Mass for the Care of Creation
Bishop Allwyn D'Silva celebrates the Mass for the Care of Creation at 7.30 AM at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount, Bandra
,Following the decision of the Bishops of India to celebrate the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation on the Third Sunday of September with the Mass for Care of Creation, and the Official issued by Archbishop John Rodrigues on 21st August, please use the liturgy sent by the Commission for Liturgy at all Masses in the Archdiocese of Bombay
Few parishes and institutions who participated in the 23rd August demo session set up the Living Water Flows Contemplative Display - reach out to us for the guide materials
Sun, 27th Sep - Youth Session for World Rivers Day and WDMR Mass
Youth participating in the 19th September event bring their experience to complete the Living Water Flows Contemplative Display at the Shrine of Don Bosco's Madonna, Matunga, after which Bishop Allwyn D'Silva celebrates the 6.30 PM Mass during which minors displaced by climate change will be specially uplifted on this 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees
Tue, 29th Sep - Conference on Environment to Save Mother Earth
Interreligious event 5 PM onwards at Press Club of India, South Mumbai organised by the Wisdom Foundation as a continuation of the FABC's Many Faiths, One Earth roundtable held in Bangkok in August 2026 - participation details to follow
Wed, 30th Sep - Ecumenical Prayer Service
Organised in collaboration with the Commission for Ecumenism from 5 PM to 6.45 PM at St John the Evangelist Church, Marol with the generous support of the Parish Priest - contact 9076029298 to register
Sun, 4th Oct - Feast Mass of St Francis of Assisi and Closing Prayer Service
Making a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Fatima Church, Kirol grants the opportunity to obtain a plenary indulgence during this Franciscan Jubilee Year. Avail the gracious invitation of the Parish Priest to join the Parish Feast Mass celebrated by Bishop Allwyn D'Silva at 10.30 AM - contact 9076029298 to coordinate participation of groups and individuals
Unite with the global Christian family through the online Closing Prayer Service at 6.30PM - link be made available here
Welcome
The Archdiocesan Office for Environment, AOE, is a forum set up in end-2013 by the Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay. The AOE is dedicated to the cause of Environment Conservation with an emphasis on creating awareness about Climate Change in the community.
The Office is part of the Social Apostolate of the Archdiocese of Bombay headed by Bishop Allwyn D’Silva.
Green Diocese Initiative
On 1st September 2018, Oswald Cardinal Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, launched the Green Diocese Initiative – an on-going process of caring for our common home. The AOE animates this process through a five-point thrust comprising:
- Spirituality
- Education
- Engagement
- Networking
- Personal Lifestyles
Laudato Si' Diocese
Laudato Si' Diocese
In 2021, the Archdiocese of Bombay embarks on a seven-year journey towards integral ecology through the Laudato Si’ Action Platform launched by the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. Thus the AOE will align its existing Green Diocese initiatives to that of the Laudato Si' Goals and coordinate the entire journey for the Archdiocese.
The discernment process for the Archdiocese of Bombay began in July-August 2021, and an outcome document will be made available in January 2022. The AOE has enrolled the Archdiocese of Bombay on the Laudato Si' Action Platform in November 2021.
The AOE collaborates with:
The AOE collaborates with:
