Article in Irish Catholic paper Catholic Voice. They cannot believe it.

https://www.messenger.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Knock-Shrine_Creation-Walk.pdf

A new walkway has been developed in Knock where a vision appeared on 21st August 1879  the same day as Our Lady of La Salette was crowned by the Bishop of Paris.




The welcome plaque at the start states: "When you end the creation walk ... pray for our troubled planet and ask God how to nourish it back to health."
STEP 1&2 refer to "the birth of the cosmos" & "the cosmic dance begins." 
Step 3: Molecules. "We are made of stardust & are bonded to every particle of the universe."
Step 7, The first cells. "Earth awoke into life... all living things are related to these humble bacteria."
Step 13. Five mass extinctions of species. "Most linked to climate change."
Step 17. Mammals. "Mammals evolved from reptiles, a huge evolutionary leap... we humans are mammals.
Step 20. Our remote ancestors. "Creatures with ape-like intruding faces, powerful jaws and small brains began to leave the forest, stand up and walk on two legs.."
Step 25. the new creation. "Jesus emerges both human and divine... with him the final stage of evolution begins, all human kind and all creation is destined to share in eternal glory."
Step 27: The anthropocene era. "We humans began to re-engineer the planet for our own purposes but at a huge cost to nature through climate change."
The end plaque asks "What will happen next? At the end of time... each creature will be resplendently transfigured and will share in the fullness of life with us."

Fr Brian Grogan, SJ the author of the booklet on which ;the creation walk' is based. In an article in 'Jesuit Ireland' Fr Grogan says "We humans, though late arrivals on Earth, are destroying it. We must undergo a painful conversion and learn to live in harmony and communion with all the species that proceeded us.  through us the universe can celebrate itself in a unique mode of conscious self-awareness. It took nothing less than the collaboration of the universe to bring human beings into being. The new cosmology provides common ground for us to live in harmony with one another and with other species. 
(jesuit.ie/books/creationwalk

The Irish Bishops are behind the walk and want to put it in other parishes.

I am newly baptised and confirmed on the same day, as of 15th April 2024 and I am already struggling with praying fervently and reading the scriptures diligently daily. I also struggle with keeping the Lord in my mind throughout the day while tending to procrastinate spending time with him in prayer. All too often, the past couple of days I find myself having doubts eg., "See? There is no special incidents after baptism and I am making my life harder now than before, and for what?"

At other times, I worry about the things that I may need to confess. Not sure if I am being overly scrupulous at all either. While it may not seem a big deal to some, the beginning couple days of my new journey has not been entirely easy and I ask for any prayers that could come my way since I am not sure what I should request for.

I have unsubscribe most of the channels on Youtube and left those that can help in my journey. If there are any advice or channels that the members here can point me to, that would be greatly appreciated too.

Thank you all kind souls in advance!

ANY struggle you have, you can be certain many other Catholics have the same struggles even if they have been in the faith for many years.

Remember these basic ordinary daily struggles are your cross. All you have to do is carry it. Even Jesus needed help carrying his cross, so heavy was the burden of our sins. It wouldn't be quite so difficult if Catholics would help each other carry their cross, but we are too spread out and careless to do that, or we won't accept help from others. "Bear one another's burdens, everyone shall carry his own burden." "No greater love does a man have than to lay down his life for his friends." That doesn't mean we have to take a bullet for them, but give up what you want to do with your life, even if it's just a part of the day or week you would rather be doing something else for yourself, to help someone else carry their burden. You don't make a campfire with 1 piece of wood, it takes a few to share the heat between them so they burn all the hotter in this cold world.

I found the docuмentary. I think this is the same Fr. Patrick Groche.

Also beware of "pro-life" pretenders who'd horse-trade in an election year. 

Among so-called conservatives (what an utterly useless and cynical banner to claim) there's talk of a nationwide 15-week ban. The fact that it would never pass Congress is one thing. More significant is that approximately 98% of all abortions already occur before that cutoff date. They rant about the horror of nearly full-term infanticide but gloss over the fact that 15 weeks is pretty far along in gestation already. [To be clear: Plan B pills and IUDs and oral contraceptives are all infanticide too.]

I really don't see that strong of a resemblance.