4600 Lynnbrook Dr
Louisville, KY 40220
USA
Presenter: Mark Bouchard, Catholic Charities Parish Engagement Coordinator, Arch. of Louisville
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Catechist Credit: 2.5 hours applies toward Theology in the area of Justice
On Care for Our Common Home (Laudato Si’) is the 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. Pope Francis calls the Church and the world to acknowledge the urgency of our environmental challenges and to join him in embarking on a new path. This encyclical is written with both hope and resolve, looking to our common future with candor and humility.” USCCB
“Laudato Si’” is a hopeful document in which Francis asks all people to enter into a “new dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet” (No. 14), and he draws on the wisdom of Scripture, bishops, philosophers and science to shape that conversation. But, perhaps most surprisingly, he also points to the example of young people today: “Young people demand change. They wonder how anyone can claim to be building a better future without thinking of the environmental crisis and the sufferings of the excluded.”
Why Laudato Si’ is the Perfect Encyclical for Millennials Kerry Weber https://www.americamagazine.org/issue/web-only/why-laudato-si-perfect-encyclical-millennials
Current Ecological Data NASA, United Nations, other sources
Exploring the Document How to dialogue (Small groups)
What you can do; Samples of existing projects (Some from Catholic Charities)
*Participants are requested to read the document before class meets.
