How to become a Sacred Grounds™ congregation and engage congregants in creating habitat at home while advancing faith stewardship practices community-wide. …
Becoming a Sacred Grounds™ Congregation
Guide
Creating Sacred Grounds Webinars
Webinar
Videos from the National Wildlife Federation on different ways to green your grounds (stormwater runoff, planting strategies, and more) and testimonials from other congregations. …
Action / Prayer Bulletin Insert
Information / Handout
Bullet points for your parishioners to take action as well as prayer and reflection with the St. Francis Pledge. …
One Climate, One World Prayer and Reflection Cards
Prayer / Reflection
Set of 6 prayer and reflection cards from the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development …
St. Francis Pledge Cards
Prayer / Reflection
4 per page St. Francis Prayer Cards from Catholic Climate Covenant. …
Laudato Si’ Small Group Circles
Guide
Guides and registration for small groups of people who gather regularly to deepen their relationship with God as Creator and all members of creation, in the light of the Laudato Si’ encyclical and the urgency to tackle climate change and the …
Reader’s Guide to Laudato Si
Guide
A guide with summary and discussion questions created by Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese from the National Catholic Reporter. …
God, You Made Your Good Creation
Song
A new hymn for the World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation. …
Laudato Si’ Discussion Guide
Guide
Includes materials for prayer, discussion, and reflection of the Laudato Si' encyclical; intended for group discussions. …
Eco-Parish Guide
Guide
This practical guide, released by the Global Catholic Climate Movement, is intended to help parishes and communities reduce their carbon footprint and take action against climate change. …
Catholic Energies can help parishes live ‘Laudato Si’
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First published in The Criterion on December 15, 2017. In his 2015 encyclical letter “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home,” Pope Francis states, “There is an urgent need to develop policies so that, in the next few years, the emission of carbon …
Resources for ecological conversion are available for archdiocesan parishes
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First published in The Criterion on June 9, 2017 "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Mt 4:17). With these words, Jesus began his public ministry. To repent is to take a new path—a path that leads us closer to God and to the person …