Ladauto Si Action Plan Hoya Listening Sessions
Laudato Si’, “on care for our common home,” is Pope Francis’ encyclical (a fancy word for “letter”) published in 2015. This document is a call to action for the Catholic Church to work towards impactful solutions to the ecological crisis. As a member of the global Catholic community, Georgetown signed a commitment to respond in action to Pope Francis’ encyclical. As part of this commitment, we are developing a Laudato Si’ Action Plan (LSAP) to be shared with our Hoya community and on the public Laudato Si’ Action Platform.
We are seeking Hoya input!
The LSAP is built on seven goals; we invite you to co-create GU’s LSAP on three of those goals: 1) Respond to the Cry of the Poor; 2) Ecological Spirituality; and 3) Community Resilience and Empowerment. We invite you “each according to his/her/their own culture, experience, and involvements”; as Pope Francis exclaims: “Everyone’s talents and involvement are needed!” (Laudato Si’ 14)
Perhaps you come to this invitation as a STIA major; perhaps you are a devoted Pope Francis fan; or perhaps you are a member of GREEN or the Sunrise Movement. Commit to this global process by sharing your valuable time with us on Friday, February 16 in White Gravenor 405 from 3:00pm-5:00pm. Kick off your 3-day weekend with this act of service and generosity in community with one another. We will express our gratitude in words and swag, including Rocketbooks, sustainable tote bags, journals, books and more.
Let us know you are coming and what accommodations you may have to make these two hours together enjoyable, enriching, and accessible. Fill out this form by 9:00am ET on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 so that we can prepare to welcome you to this community gathering.
Pope Francis compassionately reflected on the gravity of this work: “Our goal is not to amass information or to satisfy curiosity, but rather to become painfully aware, to dare to turn what is happening to the world into our own personal suffering and thus to discover what each of us can do about it.” (LS 19) We know that these conversations about the ties among our suffering and that of our environment – our home – are real and hard. There is grief and pain in this work. There is also critical hope, co-creation, and togetherness that can accompany our social change.Questions? Email Dr. Andria Wisler at akw28@georgetown.edu.