Celebration of Laudato Si' with Austen Ivereigh

A special evening of celebration for the 10th Anniversary of Laudato Si' - On the Care of Our Common Home, will take place online on Thursday 8 May from 7-9pm, hosted by The Northern Dioceses Environment Group and the Southern Dioceses Environment Network

Colette Joyce, Westminster J&P Co-ordinator, writes: "Our speaker and facilitator for the event is journalist and papal biographer Austen Ivereigh, who will help us to reflect on where we have come in the last ten years and what we are being called to do in the next ten.

"As we also remember, mourn and celebrate the life of Pope Francis, the evening will have a synodal style, so come ready to participate, listen and share as a full and valued contributor whether this is your first NDEG/SDEN meeting or whether you are a veteran of many previous gatherings!

"The publication of the papal encyclical Laudato Si' in 2015 galvanised Catholics around the world and in every country to unite with those of other faiths and none in the common cause of caring for our home planet and all the people on it. Pope Francis urged us to integrate questions of justice into our debates on the environment, 'so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor' - for they are one and the same thing. (LS, 49)

"Both the Northern and Southern environment groups grew out of a desire to put the teaching of the encyclical into practice. We will celebrate all that has been accomplished so far through the promulgation of this encyclical and all that is yet to be.

"We would love you to join us for this special combined event. All are welcome!"

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