Laudato Si Environmental Ministry
Promoting Care for Our Common Home
The St. Paul the Apostle Laudato Si Team (Environmental Ministry) is dedicated to promoting ongoing study and conversation about Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si (“Praise to You, O God”) and his Apostolic Exhortation Laudate Deum (“Praise God!”). Both documents address the Climate Crisis and promote Ecological Initiatives; you can find a link to read them in full in our “Resources” section below.
Our Laudato Si Team meets on the first Tuesday evening of each month. We offer prayers, share program ideas, and publish meditations and advocacy suggestions on the parish weekly bulletins (E-Blasts). We also sponsor parish events.
Resources
Here are Pope Francis’s two landmark documents on the urgency in addressing the Climate Crisis:
- Read the Laudato Si Encyclical in full on the Vatican’s website here: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html
- Read the Laudato Si Encyclical in full on the Vatican’s website here: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/20231004-laudate-deum.html
Learn more about the Laudato Si movement across the country:
- Laudato Si Movement
https://laudatosimovement.org - Catholic Climate Covenant
https://catholicclimatecovenant.org/about/
Find this week’s reflection from our ministry on our parish website:
