Photo provided by Global Catholic Climate Movement and Sister Julie Marie Peters, SSMLaudato Si’ Week is being held May 16-25 in celebration of the sixth anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical written for all people on the planet: “Laudato Si’: On Care of Our Common Home.”
His opening words, “Laudato Si,” which quote from St. Francis of Assisi’s beautiful canticle, remind us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us.
The global celebration is sponsored by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and supported by the Global Catholic Climate Movement in collaboration with about 150 Catholic organizations.
To mark this year’s anniversary, the Global Catholic Climate Movement is offering a series of workshops, trainings and events that anyone can join, including a live-streamed concert and cultural festival on World Biodiversity Day, May 22.
This year celebrates the progress the Church has made in its ecological conversion journey over the past six years and offers a road map for the decade ahead.
This year’s commemoration will also be a time to reflect on what the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us and prepare for the future with hope.
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