GREENER LENT
JUSTICE, PEACE, AND INTEGRITY OF CREATION (JPIC) 

​”Not to enable the poor to share in our goods is to steal from them and deprive them of life. The goods we possess are not ours, but theirs."
​— St. John Chrysostom
If you have any questions or for more information, please contact:
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Kim Krzywy, Greener Lent Parishioner Leader

Ken Chiha, Director of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC)

GREENER LENT
March 05 - April 17, 2025

If you are looking for a meaningful, impactful focus during Lent, please consider joining your fellow Immaculate Conception parishioners as we participate in the diocesan program Greener Lent. It is easy to sign up at greenerlent.org!

Greener Lent is a 40-day program of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving to prepare for Easter and to care for the poor and the environment.
Once you join the IC Durham team, you will receive weekly updates on the real world impacts our parish efforts have as we prepare our hearts to celebrate Easter. 

This diocesan initiative asks that we pledge each week to minimize our consumption of meat, allowing us to see the collective impact this has on the environment. There are different abstinence levels so you can participate as much or as little as you feel able.
On a deeper level, Greener Lent seeks to provoke ecological conversion – helping us in our own individual prayers and practices, increase our commitment to act for the earth’s healing and justice for all. 

Greener Lent invites our parishioners to enter into the season of repentance and conversion with a deeper awareness of how our patterns of eating have ecological and social impacts, particularly on the poor throughout the world who are being disproportionally affected by the climate crisis.
There are resources for prayer and almsgiving opportunities that relate directly to creation care and support those who suffer most from climate degradation. The program encourages participants to:
  • Intensify prayers, especially for the poor whose livelihoods are being destroyed by the climate crisis, so that we may follow Christ more closely.
  • Sacrificially reduce the amount of meat eaten by choosing a fasting level. Reducing or eliminating meat significantly impacts the participant’s carbon footprint during Lent.
  • Give alms to the poor who have suffered the worst effects of the climate crisis.​
​​​Immaculate Conception has been a Greener Lent leader in participation and impact over the last few years and we would love to continue to show a strong commitment to this effort.

GREENER LENT
​INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

Below are links to the Greener Lent diocese websites in English and Spanish. Please explore their resources and consider signing up!

GREENER LENT RECIPES

GREENER LENT COOKBOOK
(Click Image Below for PDF)
GREENER LENT 2024
  • Totals Forthcoming
GREENER LENT 2023
  • Thank you to all those who participated this year!
  • IC helped to make a difference in our movement toward ecological conversion and justice as a faith community.
GREENER LENT 2022
  • ​​76 participants from IC conserved 12480 lbs. COz
  • IC represented 25% of the participants and savings in the diocese.​ 
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If you have questions regarding our various JPIC ministries, please contact me directly.
Kennith M. Chiha, Director of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC)
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church - 901-A West Chapel Hill Street, Durham, NC 27701
(919) 682-3449 Ext. 293 - [email protected]
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