Earth Justice at St James’s Piccadilly
Responding to the climate and nature emergency through contemplation, encounter and action.
We’ve been an A Rocha UK Gold award Eco Church since 2018.
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Wellspring
WELLSPRING is a multi-disciplinary project from the Earth Justice team which responds to the wells and boreholes of St James’s parish and further afield.
Wells have taken care of us for thousands of years. They are one of our most significant relationships, woven into our scriptures, folklore and myths. They are the site of life-changing encounters in the Hebrew scriptures and in John’s Gospel. Until recently, the daily meetings at the well and street pump were at the centre of our communities. Wells represent spiritual depth, the thirst for knowledge, wisdom, and God's life-giving presence.
In 2026 we explore time-depth, geology and memory; water moving through rock and our bodies and local history; water as a metaphor for justice, and the extractive drillings into Earth; scarcity and abundance; wells and water-places as sites of pilgrimage, reverence and gathering.
This month we’re engaging with…
This international, ecumenical season is celebrated annually between 1st September and 4th October (St Francis’ feast day). You can find our Season of Creation 2026 programme of events, workshops and pilgrimages here.
The theme for 2026 is ‘Living Waters’ which is an excellent fit for our ongoing ‘Wellspring’ project! The text for reflection is the extraordinary vision of abundance described in Ezekiel 47:1-12.
In 2026 the season is marked by a new feast day for many denominations, the Feast of Creation in Christ on 1st September, and by the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi on 3rd October. You can find a wealth of information and resources here.
“Everything that is in the heavens, on earth, and under the earth is penetrated with connectedness, penetrated with relatedness.
We shall awaken from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice. If we fall in love with creation deeper and deeper, we will respond to its endangerment with passion.”
Hildegard of Bingen, 12th Century theologian, mystic and musician
