Caritas Jubilee Tree Planting

In Holy Week, as we take the final Lenten journey of Calvary towards the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, each parish is encouraged to plant a Jubilee Year indigenous ‘Tree of Hope’. Our Jubilee Year trees will benefit our earth, our natural environment, deepen our own spiritual, physical and mental wellbeing, grow ecosystems and help with sustaining a rich and balanced biodiversity.

Pope Francis informs us in Laudato Si’ that “…It is hard for us to accept that the way natural ecosystems work is exemplary:

plants synthesize nutrients which feed herbivores; these in turn become food for carnivores, which produce significant quantities of organic waste which give rise to new generations of plants… (Laudato Si’ 22) and The ecosystems of tropical forests possess an enormously complex biodiversity which is almost impossible to appreciate fully, yet when these forests are burned down or levelled for purposes of cultivation, within the space of a few years countless species are lost and the areas frequently become arid wastelands. A delicate balance has to be maintained when speaking about these places, for we cannot overlook the huge global economic interests which, under the guise of protecting them, can undermine the sovereignty of individual nations. (Laudato Si’ 38)

DOWNLOAD POSTER: Click here to download the poster to display in your parish.

DOWNLOAD INFORMATION SHEET. Click here to download the Information Sheet.

This document contains lots of interesting information and handy tips of what trees to plant, where to purchase them and how to look after them. It is also very informative about why trees are so important in the ecosystem of a healthy planet.