New date: Celebrating Laudato Si' with Austen Ivereigh

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Source: Westminster Justice and Peace

Colette Joyce from Westminster J&P writes: A new date has been set for the joint event hosted by the Northern Dioceses Environment Group and the Southern Dioceses Environment Network to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical, Laudato Si'. The event originally scheduled for Thursday, 8 May, will now be held on Wednesday 4 June, 7-9pm.

All Catholics and our friends are welcome to join us for this online evening of celebration for the 10th Anniversary of Laudato Si' - On the Care of Our Common Home.

Following the Papal Conclave, this will be the first scheduled event for each of our networks during the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV. Together we will explore the legacy of Pope Francis, especially on the environment.

We are delighted that Austen Ivereigh has been able to find a new date for us so soon after his recent labours as a commentator in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis and on the Papal Conclave which elected Pope Leo XIV. We look forward to welcoming him as our guest speaker and facilitator.

The publication of the papal encyclical, Laudato Si', galvanised Catholics around the world and in every country to unite with those of all 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 meetings grew out of a desire to put the teaching of the encyclical into practice. Austen 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.

Those who booked for the 8th May meeting do not need to book again, but if you are able to confirm your attendance by rebooking via Eventbrite, then it will help us to get a better idea of numbers.

Celebrating Laudato Si - Book with Eventbrite

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