Diocesan Social Action Office

Laudato Si' Resources

For more information, resources or presentations on Laudato Si’ and Care for God’s Creation, please contact Jeff Campbell.

General Resources

• Laudato Si’ Week / 5th Anniversary
• Laudato Si’ Week Common Prayer
• Catholic Relief Services Care for God’s Creation/climate change resources
• Earth Challenge 2020 app, a citizen science initiative on air quality and plastic pollution
• St. Kateri Habitat Gardens, for home or at your parish/school

Pray, Act & Advocate Resources

Pray

• Laudato Si’ Week/5th Anniversary common prayer
• World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation resources, Sept. 1 (from Catholic Climate Covenant and Global Catholic Climate Movement)
• Season of Creation (Sept. 1-Oct. 4) resources, prayers and take action (from Catholic Climate Covenant and Global Catholic Climate Movement)

Act

• Take the St. Francis Pledge to care for God’s creation and the poor (from Catholic Climate Covenant)
• Feast of St. Francis session guide for parishes/schools (from Catholic Climate Covenant)
• Ignatian Solidarity Network – Ignatian Carbon Challenge and pledge

Advocate

• Catholic Climate Covenant advocacy page
• Diocesan Social Action Office advocacy page

Parish Resources

• Laudato Si’ full text (via Vatican website)
• Catholic Climate Covenant (CCC)
  • Catholic Climate Covenant Laudato Si’ Week 2020 page
  • Catholic Climate Covenant bulletin blurb content
  • Catholic Climate Covenant resources (select “Homily Helps” and “[your audience]”)
  • Catholic Climate Covenant (select “Prayers/Worship” and “[your audience]”)
• Global Catholic Climate Movement
• USCCB Office of Justice, Peace and Human Development – Environment/Laudato Si’ resources
• Ignatian Solidarity Network – Ignatian Carbon Challenge and pledge

School Resources

• Catechetical Curriculum Framework for Laudato Si’/Care for God’s Creation (from Archdiocese of Washington)
• Ten Characteristics of a STREAM School (from National Catholic Education Association)
• Catholic Climate Covenant Laudato Si’ Resources for Teachers
• “Healing Earth” Online Curriculum (high school level – can be adapted for elementary and middle schools)
• Laudato Si’ Curriculum for Secondary Education (PDF download from Carmelite NGO costs $6.00)
• Catholic Relief Services Global Education/Climate Change Resources for Schools/Teachers