Saint Peter Claver's "Team Earth" and Saint Thomas More's "Care for Creation" invite you to read, reflect and respond to Laudato Si' during the month of January. Each week we will provide online resources for you to delve into Pope Francis’s encyclical letter, Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home. Work at home at your own pace and depth. On January 31, at 10 AM we will come together in a Zoom meeting to discuss the document and share what touched our hearts.
(If you are interested in reading Laudato Si' in book form, St. Patrick's Guild should have copies for sale) Watch this video, published in 2020. (6 min) Using scenes from nature and quotes from Pope Francis’ encyclical, “Laudato Si´”, this video inspires individuals, congregations and communities to reflect on the need to care for our common home—Earth. Watch this series of videos, published in 2016. (60+ min) Fr. Daniel P. Horan, OFM is a Professor of Philosophy, Religious Studies and Theology at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana. He is also Affiliated Professor of Spirituality at the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas. A columnist for the National Catholic Reporter, he is the author or editor of more than sixteen books, including Catholicity and Emerging Personhood: A Contemporary Theological Anthropology, A White Catholic’s Guide to Racism and Privilege, and The Way of the Franciscans: A Prayer Journey Through Lent.