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Learn about ‘ecological conversion’ in the context of Laudato Si’ and how Pope Francis calls each of us to make individual lifestyle choices and to work for structural change to protect the integrity of creation.
Use this two minute guided prayer to express gratitude for the gifts of creation and to reflect on where we have fallen short in our call to care for creation and, therefore, our sisters and brothers around the world.
Learn more about Catholic Social Teaching’s outlook on food and agriculture through different encyclicals, documents, and homilies. Explore documents that have continued to inform the teachings of U.S. Catholic bishops and Catholic leaders worldwide.
This prayer encourages people to fight excessive consumerism and to become stewards of our earth. This prayer won the Education for Justice Earth Day contest in Spring 2023. It is written by Anna Massman from St. Teresa Academy.
Here is a link to the video prayer – http://igsol.net/56
This discussion guide can be used to help break open the keynote discussions during the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice held from October 22-23 in Washington D.C. Use this document to reflect on the keynote presentations from Bill McKibben, Maka Black Elk, and Olga Segura. This link brings you to our YouTube playlist of all IFTJ 2022 mainstage content where you can watch the keynotes: https://bit.ly/3TYTw4h
The 2022 Season of Creation Liturgical Guide was created to help integrate themes from the Season of Creation into liturgy during the month of September. The 2022 Season of Creation theme is Listen to the Voice of Creation. You can learn more about the Season of Creation here: https://seasonofcreation.org/
This liturgical guide is re-published with the permission of the author, Jim Hug, S.J..
A Mercy Guide to Living Laudato Si’ is meant to help you reflect on and take action around the Laudato Si’ Action Platform’s seven goals. The guide is available in English and Spanish.
This guide is being republished with the permission of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas.
The theme for Earth Day 2022 is Invest in Our Planet. This handout provides an overview of the theme, a prayer, and suggested resources that provide action steps you can take to care for our common home.
The Litany for Extinct Species laments the loss of all extinct species, and uplifts, in particular, the 23 species most recently declared extinct in the United States in 2021. The litany includes a pronunciation guide for readers and an accompanying handout for participants.
To see a full list of the 23 species, please visit: bit.ly/3kAq05a
Beginning on St. Francis Day 2021 (Oct. 4), Catholics are invited into 40-days of prayer leading up to the official launch of the Laudato Si’ Action Platform (LSAP)on Nov. 14. The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development has created prayers for each day of the week that Catholics are invited to pray especially during this 40-day period. The prayers are available in English, Spanish, and French.
More about the Laudato Si’ Action Platform:
The LSAP invites seven sectors of the Church to implement seven goals in seven years on a journey toward total sustainability by pledging to create an action plan.
Watch a video of Pope Francis’ invitation to participate in the Laudato Si’ Action Platform in English, Spanish, or French. You can learn more about the timeline here and pledge your institution’s commitment to creating a Laudato Si’ Action Plan here.
Catholic Social Teaching has long taught that the right to decent housing is a fundamental human right that is necessary to promote the life and dignity of the human person. With new health and climate change disasters emerging rapidly, decent and safe housing is a central, critical issue, especially for people living on the margins and in poverty.
