Resources from the Center of Ministry Development
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Connecting Youth with Care for our Common Home The much anticipated encyclical Laudato Si is now available! With the release of the encyclical, the Center for Ministry Development would like to provide you with six free gathered youth sessions to explore and reflect on caring for our common home with your young people. These sessions are from our subscription website, Youth Ministry Access.
To learn more about Youth Ministry Access, contact Angel Barrera at [email protected] or visit us online at www.YouthMinistryAccess.org.
Free Youth Sessions
The Center for Ministry Development and the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change partnered together to produce six gathered youth nights for high school youth on the theme of caring for our common home. Each 90 minute session is intended for high school youth.
Sessions include:- A Carbon Footprint by Jane Angha
- A Dream for the World by Joan Weber
- Climate Change: Our Church Has Something to Say by Joan Weber
- Climate Change: Stories of Hope by Susan Searle
- Operation Impact by Jane Angha
- The Human Face of Climate Change by Susan Searle
Additional Resources
Link to the papal encyclical, Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home
Invite your parish or school to take the St. Francis Pledge with the Catholic Climate Covenant
Catholic Relief Services Climate Change Landing Page for ideas on how to Pray, Learn, Act, Give
An article by Fr. Jim Martin of America Magazine, Top Ten Takeaways of Laudato Si
USCCB Environmental Justice includes many resources
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On Care for Our Common Home (Laudato Si') is the new appeal from Pope Francis addressed to "every person living on this planet" for an inclusive dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet.
Pope Francis calls the Church and the world to acknowledge the urgency of our environmental challenges and to join him in embarking on a new path. This encyclical is written with both hope and resolve, looking to our common future with candor and humility.
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