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Laudato Si' Week: May 16-25, 2021
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Invitation from Pope Francis
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All the events during Laudato Si' Week will be broadcast on social media and other channels. Check out the schedule below!
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Unite in prayer for the care of creation and the most vulnerable among us!
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Laudato Si' - On Care for Our Common Home
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Catholic Social Teaching: Care for Creation
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Care for Creation
“The Church has a responsibility towards creation and she must assert this responsibility in the public sphere. In so doing, she must defend not only earth, water and air as gifts of creation that belong to everyone. She must. . . protect mankind from self-destruction."
—Pope Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth), no. 51
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"We show our respect for the Creator by our stewardship of creation. Care for the earth is not just an Earth Day slogan, it is a requirement of our faith. We are called to protect people and the planet, living our faith in relationship with all of God’s creation. This environmental challenge has fundamental moral and ethical dimensions that cannot be ignored."
—USCCB, "Care for Creation"
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Earth Day - April 22, 2021
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2020 marked 50 years since the first Earth Day. It is more important than ever to make people aware of how our climate is changing. Take a look at the activities below that you and your family can do at home to make Earth Day every day!-
Interfaith Power and Light is inviting congregations and families across the US to view an inspiring new documentary, Kiss the Ground. Kiss the Ground looks at how regenerating the world’s soils has the potential to rapidly stabilize Earth’s climate, restore lost ecosystems, and create abundant food supplies. This film explains why transitioning to regenerative agriculture could be key in rehabilitating the planet, while simultaneously invigorating a new sense of hope and inspiration in viewers. You can sign up here to receive a link to watch the movie for FREE at home from April 10-26.
- Find a variety of liturgical, prayer, and spiritual resources here from the Global Catholic Climate Movement.
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The Catholic Climate Covenant invites you to a FREE film screening and panel discussion on Tuesday, April 20th! The Condor and the Eagle is an award-winning documentary that follows four Indigenous leaders embarking on an adventure from the Canadian boreal forest in North America to the heart of the Amazon jungle in South America. The screening will be followed by a virtual panel discussion with two of the film’s protagonists – Casey Camp-Horinek of the Ponca Nation of Oklahoma and Houston environmental justice advocate Bryan Parras – as well as Sarah James, a Neets’aii Gwich’in elder; Jose Aguto, Catholic Climate Covenant Associate Director; and moderator Liliana Lopez.. Sign-up here to receive a link to watch this inspiring film and join the special panel discussion afterwards!
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Take part in the Earth Day Global Teach-In
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Check out these activities for family use from the Global Catholic Climate Movement
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Here’s a short history of Earth Day for kids to watch
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Read some stories of inspiring young environmentalists
- Take a look through these 51 tips for how you can make a difference
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Season of Creation 2020 - Jubilee for the Earth
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“And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year and you shall proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you: you shall return, every one of you, to your property and every one of you to your family” (Lev 25:10).
The Season of Creation runs from September 1st (the World Day of Prayer for Creation) through October 4th (the Feast Day of St. Francis). The theme for 2020 is Jubilee for the Earth, calling us to remember the need for a just, sustainable balance between our social, economic, and ecological realities.
The concept of jubilee is rooted in Scripture, where the year of Jubilee marked a time of universal redemption. Injustices from the past fifty years were to be restored; debtors were to be released from their indebtedness; slaves and servants were to be liberated. It was a time of rest for the land, to restore balance to the systems that sustain life.
In his message last year on the World Day of Prayer for Creation, Pope Francis reminded us that the Season of Creation is a time “for letting our prayer be inspired anew” and “to reflect on our lifestyles,” attending to the “immense hardship for the most vulnerable among us” by “undertaking prophetic actions.”
As people of faith, we are called to proclaim liberty throughout the land and stand up against climate injustice!
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