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Become a Laudato Si’ Animator.
Start 2021 by receiving in-depth online training and inspiring your community to care for creation.
Sign up today: The next training begins 14 April!
Become a Laudato Si Animator
Mark your calendar!
- January 1 to April 7 – Registration
- April 5 – Orientation materials available in the learning platform
- April 14 – Module 1 webinar
- April 21 – Module 2 webinar
- April 28 – Module 3 webinar
- May 5 – Module 4 webinar
- May 12 – Capstone project planning with GCCM regional teams
- May 5- May 30 – Capstone project preparation and implementation
- June 2 – Last day to submit final project report
- June 9 – Graduation/Closing Ceremony
Laudato Si’ Animators
Laudato Si’ Animators are local leaders who strive to live Laudato Si’ in their own lives while inspiring and motivating others in their communities to bring Laudato Si’ to life as well.
We need each other in this journey for a better future. Working together, we are building a mass scale movement to address the ecological crisis and climate emergency.
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This course will empower you to bring Laudato Si’ to life:
- Learn how Laudato Si’ is part of Catholic social teaching to protect human dignity and the common good.
- Understand the causes of climate change and how it affects “the least of these”.
- See your deep connections to this crisis–and to the movement that’s solving it.
- Practice leadership in your community and reflect on your growth together.
- Connect to your faith and the values we hold dear.
- Dedicate yourself to a lifelong journey of ecological conversion, protecting our sisters and brothers and the common home we share.
- If you, your parish, or religious order are able to, please make a donation at www.catholicclimatemovement.global/donate.
- Please also speak with your Employer’s Human Resources Department (or consult your employee handbook) to see if they will make a donation (i.e. Volunteer grant) in honor of the time you volunteer with GCCM, or if they will match your gift. Many employers offer these types of employee benefits to both current and retired employees, but many employees do not know it’s offered.
Stories
Stories from the Animators

How 57 people across 10 countries delivered Laudato Si’, the audiobook
During the recent Season of Creation, the Colombia chapter of the Global Catholic Climate Movement had an idea: How can we more broadly share the life-changing message of Laudato Si’, one of integral ecology, caring for our common home, and uniting with our sisters and brothers across the world to work against the climate crisis?

Fighting Death and Finding My Future as an Educator for Creation
I was not aware that God was leading me toward a new direction and preparing me for a new mission. It is only now, after putting the pieces together, that I understand and appreciate the big picture. I must say that I am in awe seeing myself in this beautiful picture, hand-crafted by God.

How to live, not just read, Laudato Si’
We set out to create a Laudato Si’ Circle after celebrating Earth Day in 2019. As Laudato Si’ Animators, we saw the need to start with something.

Small lifestyle changes that will help you realize ‘the cry of the Earth is the cry of the poor’
I was not fully attending to a true ecological conversion for conversion is integral, since it is a force that attends to all the dimensions of our life. It is true that I had begun with the spiritual, but the other necessary dimensions were missing: the human, the economic, and the political.

Experiencing a new type of eco-conversion
Laudato Si’ Animator training left a permanent mark on my life by helping me undergo my ecological conversion, which prompted me to involve my children and other young people in living Laudato Si’.

Experiencing a new type of eco-conversion
The Laudato Si’ Animators program has helped me widen my view of my relationship with creation, and I am seeing that perhaps I have a larger role to play in caring for creation. Perhaps it is time to pass on my love of creation to others. Perhaps I need to actively share my process of discovery, joy, and gratitude with those who are interested.
Tell your Story

3 ways you can care for creation right now
Małgorzata Zawilska of Poland follows Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ not only through her words but also by her actions.

Laudato Si’ Animator training serves as ‘a source of hope’
Five years later, the moment Michael Downs first felt excited about Laudato Si’ still stands out to the director of justice and kinship at an Oakland, California, high school in the U.S.

How Laudato Si’ changed my life
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 hope for the future.
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Advocacy: Organizing to bring awareness
Advocating to bring Laudato Si’ to lifeBy Diego Amorim and Débora Diogo from BrazilOn the eve of the Season of Creation opening, we organized the conference “Laudato Sì and Public Sustainability Policies in São Paul.” The conference was attended by the Bishop Pedro...

Movement building: Taking action through Laudato Si’ Circles
Air sensor in Mary, Mother of God Parish, PolandBy Małgorzata Zawilska from PolandI work actively in my parish of Mary, Mother of God promoting the message of Laudato Si’, not only by words, but also with actions. After completing the LSA training, I, together with...
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