
IPCC 6th Assessment Report Overview for Educators
The recent UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6th Assessment Report reveals the urgent action needed to address the impacts of climate change. This overview for Catholic educators explains...

Jubilee for the Earth: Podcast Study Guide
"Jubilee for the Earth” is a podcast mini-series about biodiversity and our sacred story produced by the Missionary Society of St. Columban, a society of priests and lay people who live and share...

Season of Creation: Catholic Liturgical Guide
This year, 2021, the theme for the Season of Creation is “A Home for All? Renewing the Oikos of God.” This booklet introduces the Season of Creation and offers resources for celebrating...

Examen: The Cry of the Earth as a Cannonball Moment
A cannonball moment, in the Ignatian tradition, refers to a specific moment in the story of St. Ignatius of Loyola, when a wartime injury spurred a lifelong conversion. For us, living with the...

Prayer for Renewal and Courage
We pray to bring our lives back into alignment with the Earth, our common home, where God is ever-present.

Fratelli Tutti Advent Reflections
As we wait again for the celebration of the birth of Christ, let us wait reflecting on the wisdom expressed in Pope Francis’ encyclical, Fratelli Tutti; may Francis’ words lead us on this...

The Human Element
In the Human Element, photographer James Balog explores how the four natural elements (water, fire, air, and earth) are impacted by the fifth element: humans. As people change the elements through...

Prayer of Renewal
As we move through the season of Lent and transition from winter to spring, we look to God for renewal in ourselves and our common home.

Laudato Si' and Ecological Conversion


Ecological Conversion Reflection and Prayer
Learn about ecological conversion in Laudato Si' in this reflection and then use a prayer based on the First Principle and Foundation of St. Ignatius to consider how you are being called to...

Ignatian Ecological Conversion Reflection
This prayer, based on the First Principle and Foundation of St. Ignatius of Loyola, invites us to reflect on our relationship with creation and to practice ecological conversion by contemplating...