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Earth Day
2020
50th Anniversary

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Pope Francis
Laudato Si
​Care for Our Common Home
5th Anniversary


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Family Earth Day
​Scavenger Hunt​

from the website
​More Like Grace

A fun, easy faith filled outside scavenger hunt. Celebrate Earth Day and the 5 year Anniversary of Laudato Si, Pope Francis' letter on the Care of Our Common Home.
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Videos on Laudato Si

Laudato Si
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Bishop Lucia on Laudato Si week
Overview from the Vatican
Top 10 Points of the Document
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​Thank you for Creation song
Elementary and Middle School
​Climate change
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Climate Change

Summary of the Ideas of Laudato Si
​Catholic Social Teaching on the Environment


Laudato Si is Pope Francis’ Encyclical on the environment or more formally – On Care for Our Common Home. Laudato Si means “Praise be to you” which is the first line of a canticle by St. Francis that praises God with all of his creation.

From the outset, Pope Francis states the goal of the document: “In this Encyclical, I would like to enter into dialogue with all people about our common home” (#3).
Normally, papal documents are addressed to the bishops of the Church or the lay faithful. But, similar to Pope Saint John XXIII’s Pacem in Terris, Pope Francis address his message to all people.
The goal of the dialogue: “I urgently appeal, then, for a new dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet. We need a conversation that includes everyone, since the environment challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and affect us all” (#14).
The above is at the heart of the document, but Pope Francis also has a very striking call to conversion for those in the Church as well.
“The ecological crisis is also a summons to profound interior conversion. It must be said that some committed and prayerful Christians, with the excuse of realism and pragmatism, tend to ridicule expressions of concern for the environment. Others are passive; they choose not to change their habits and thus become inconsistent. So what they all need is an ‘ecological conversion’, whereby the effects of their encounter with Jesus Christ become evident in their relationship with the world around them. Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience” (#217) (bold mine).

No matter who you are or where you find yourself in relation to protecting the environment, Pope Francis has this message for you: “I invite all to embrace with open hearts this Encyclical which is in line with the Church’s social doctrine” (General Audience, June 17, 2015).
More detailed information on the Document
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The full Laudato Si and resources to study it HERE



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Please visit the Catholic Family Faith Care for God's Creation webpage for extensive information on Laudato Si and resources to help all of us Care for God's Creation.


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NY Times The ‘Profoundly Radical’ Message of Earth Day’s First Organizer
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Earth Day 2020
Prayer of Gratitude

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Laudato Si
​America Magazine

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Earth Day Coloring Sheet
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Earth Day Coloring sheet
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Earth Day Word Search
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