Eco-Spirituality: Laudato Si’ Chaplet with the community

Eco-Spirituality: Laudato Si’ Chaplet with the community

Members of the focolare community in Padua By Valentina Falcioni of Padua, Italy The annual meeting of the community of the focolare movement of Padua took place in August in honor of the feast of Santa Chiara and therefore of the founder of the focolare movement,...
How Laudato Si’ changed my life

How Laudato Si’ changed my life

Irene D’Agostini is a Laudato Si’ Animator in Italy. By Irene D’AgostiniLaudato Si’ Animator in Italy Laudato Si’ has become so important to me. It changed my way of looking at the world because it showed me how much everything is connected and gave me a new...
Centering oneself at a Caribbean Laudato Si’ center

Centering oneself at a Caribbean Laudato Si’ center

Zenna Moeti works to embody Laudato Si’ in Trinidad and Tobago. To celebrate Laudato Si’ Animators Week as part of the Season of Creation, we are featuring inspiring Animators from around the world. Want to learn more about becoming a Laudato Si’ Animator? Click here....
In Brazil, responding to Laudato Si’ as a community

In Brazil, responding to Laudato Si’ as a community

The majority of the Amazon rainforest is in Brazil. (photo by lubasi) Rodrigo Fadul of Brazil turned his personal reaction to Laudato Si’ into a community response earlier this year. Rodrigo felt moved by Pope Francis’ encyclical on climate change and ecology that...
Calling all Polish Catholics and clergy for #ReadingLaudatoSi

Calling all Polish Catholics and clergy for #ReadingLaudatoSi

Patryk Bialas helps spread Laudato Si’s message of hope in Poland. Patryk Bialas sees climate change affecting his city, Katowice, Poland, in myriad ways. The warmer than usual winters mean fewer times to ski on the nearby Tatra mountains. Coal production pollutes the...