Laudato Si'

In his encyclical, Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, Pope Francis calls for a new and universal commitment to “strengthen the conviction that we are one single human family.” As such, his is an appeal for a global obligation to integral ecology and compelling responsibility for our home, the earth and for each other. Pope Francis reminds us nature and human beings are indivisible.

NCEA, as the United States representative of Laudato Si’, invites all Catholic school communities in the United States to take up the task to follow the principles of Laudato Si’ and model to their communities how to truly care for our Common Home and all who live in it.

The following resources are available and include useful information for schools, parishes and communities:

Official Laudato Si’ Website

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home

Catholic Relief Services Climate Change Campaign

Laudato Si’ Action Platform

Laudato Si’ Movement

Catholic Climate Covenant

God's Plan(et)

Laudato Si' Resources for Teachers

Laudato Si' Interdisciplinary Secondary School Curriculum

Catholic Education and Laudato Si'

The Jesuits: Healing Earth Science textbook

Wholemakers Curriculum for High Schools

Creation Care Resources

Laudate Deum: To All People of Good Will on the Climate Crisis

Laudate Deum: Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis

Laudate Deum: At a Glance

Catholic Climate Covenant Responds to Pope Francis' New Apostolic Exhortation Laudate Deum

Apostolic Exhortation Webinar

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Webinar: Laudato Si' and Climate Action at Your High School
Join us for a webinar to learn about the resources available for your classrooms and your high school students regarding Laudato Si' and Climate Action. This webinar will highlight the upcoming School Resource Toolkit and training sessions offered by the Catholic Climate Covenant.

Webinar: Wholemakers: Empowering Youth and Teens for Creation Care
Youth and teens are concerned about a future threatened by a changing climate and long for a spirituality and ethic that lives in harmony with all members of God’s creation. This webinar will introduce the Wholemakers curriculum, a free resource for teachers, social action directors, parish youth, young adult leaders, and others to engage high school youth in Catholic social teaching on climate action. The curriculum includes videos, readings, reflections, prayer, and action steps to mobilize climate action at the local level.

Webinar: Care for Our Common Home: What Is Your Laudato Si' Action Plan?
This webinar will invoke inspiration for Catholic schools ready to enroll as Laudato Si' schools, as well as inform participants of the backdrop of this critical moment of climate crisis. Participants will learn important steps toward ecological conversion from a systems mindset and the practical actions being asked by Pope Francis on the Laudato Si' Action Platform.

Podcast: Exploring Laudato Si' with Jacqui Rémond and Beth Riolo
Jacqui Rémond and Beth Riolo join Jill Annable to discuss the 2015 encyclical from Pope Francis, Laudato Si'. Jacqui is the Co-Founder of the Global Catholic Climate Movement and Beth is the Professional Officer (Environment Advocacy Outreach) at Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong. This episode is sponsored by Sadlier.