Transformed Through Hope: Our 2026 Focus Theme
Since 2024, the Invitational Church Circle has named an annual focus to unite our message and guide our actions, drawing on the life of the… Read More »Transformed Through Hope: Our 2026 Focus Theme
Since 2024, the Invitational Church Circle has named an annual focus to unite our message and guide our actions, drawing on the life of the… Read More »Transformed Through Hope: Our 2026 Focus Theme
Poor Household of God: OIKOS PTOCHOS TOU THEOU Village Gardening and Greenhouse Project Oikos Village, Philippines The Poor Household of God Sisters are a Franciscan… Read More »January & February 2026 Collaborator: Care of Creation
DeKalb County Community Gardens (DCCG) DeKalb, IL DeKalb County Community Gardens (DCCG) works to reduce food insecurity in DeKalb County, Illinois, by increasing access to… Read More »October & November 2025 Collaborator: Care of Creation
Now, nearly two years after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, the war has extended the nightmare of violence to hundreds of… Read More »FCJM JPIC Team Statement On the War In Gaza
<<Return to Laudato Si’ Page The theme of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation is “Seeds of Peace and Hope.” It… Read More »Season of Creation 2025
“We as people of faith join in solidarity, with our voices and our power, for disarmament, nuclear abolition, and ways of being that are in… Read More »Joint Interfaith Statement Marking 80 Years Since the First Use of Nuclear Weapons
Eco-Justice Center Racine, WI The Eco-Justice Center is an environmental education center and organic farm founded by Racine Dominican Sisters in 2004. The organization develops… Read More »July & August 2025 Collaborator: Care of Creation
Caring for nature, caring for each other A large crowd gathered on a breezy April 22 to honor creation and plant a flowering tree in… Read More »Earth Day 2025
Kijana Educational Empowerment Initiative/ Kijana Care Share and Explore Program Kenya, Africa Kijana Educational Empowerment Initiative, a non-profit organization, promotes and cultivates youth empowerment through… Read More »May & June 2025 Collaborator: Care of Creation
Wheaton Franciscan department heads, supervisors, and other invited staff met on March 7, 2025, and Sisters and Covenant Companions met on March 8, 2025, to… Read More »Facing Racism, Power, and Privilege as a Community
Water Engineers for The Americas & Africa (WEFTA) Santa Fe, NM – Bolivia WEFTA’s primary mission is to help communities in developing countries build their… Read More »March & April 2025 Collaborator: Care of Creation
Lamentation: A Prayer for the Soul In his August 2024 keynote address at the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) Assembly, Reverend Bryan Massingale stated,… Read More »Pilgrims of Hope: Lent 2025
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