Rise for Climate Parish Event

by Erin Carelse · Published September 6, 2018 · Updated September 3, 2018

Activists from 350Africa prepare to hand over a memorandum and petitions to the shadow mayor of the City of Cape Town urging them to divest in fossil fuels. Picture: Halden Krog/350Africa

By Patrick Dowling – St Joseph’s parish in Kommetjie in the Cape Town archdiocese is helping to organise a Rise for Climate event on Saturday, September 8, related to Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’.
This will be at the Methodist Church Hall, 2 Chapel Street, in Rosebank, Cape Town, from 10:00 to 13:00.

St Joseph’s, with interfaith organisation SAFCEI and 350.org, is inviting leaders from youth, faith, government, media and business to respond to climate change-related questions, with five minutes each. This will lead to a plenary discussion identifying key actions for all.

There will be vegetarian snacks, and admission is free.

Contact Vainola Makan at vainola@safcei.org.za or Patrick Dowling at patrick@tops.org.za or Google 350.org Rise for Climate.