Catholic Education
"Catholic education is one of the most important challenges for the
Church..."
- Pope Francis, February 12, 2014
Catholic Education
"Catholic education is one of the most important challenges for the
Church..."
- Pope Francis, February 12, 2014
Welcome to our initial
session on Pope Francis’s encyclical
Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has said that Laudato Si' "is the new
appeal from Pope Francis addressed to ‘every person living on
this planet’ for an inclusive dialogue about how we are shaping
the future of our planet. This encyclical is written with both
hope and resolve, looking to our common future with candor and
humility.” (USCCB.com)
In this second session, we will focus on two very important issues: 1) Consumerism in a throwaway culture, which also contributes to the destruction of the environment and whose consequences weigh most heavily on the poor. 2) The need for access to safe, clean water as a human right for all people everywhere.
The emphasis of Laudato Si’ is always on the poor. How will the poor be affected by changes in their environment, from deforestation to desertification? How will the poor be affected by climate change? In this session, we will take a look at some of the many issues touched on in Laudato Si’ and see how the poor, particularly in developing countries, are affected when the environment is compromised.
In this portion of our series, we will look through eyes of faith as Pope Francis clarifies the words dominion, till and keep, and creation. From there, we will look at two very prominent words in the encyclical: environment and biodiversity. Pope Francis draws from the spirituality of St. Francis of Assisi, to whom the spirit of the encyclical is attributed.
In this session, we will explore how various people of faith are responding to Laudato Si’.
Thank you for visiting our site to learn more about Laudato Si'.