“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
As members of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) we support and share their response to these challenging times. Let us be “bearers of… Read More »A Response from the Leadership Conference of Women Religious to These Times
Our 2025 theme, Pilgrims of Hope: Celebrating Creation, brings together two significant milestones: the Roman Catholic Jubilee Year and the Franciscan 800th Anniversary of the… Read More »Pilgrims of Hope: Celebrating Creation
Wiraqocha Foundation for the Preservation of Indigenous Wisdom High Andes of Peru The goal of the Wiraqocha Foundation since its inception in 1996 is to… Read More »Jan & Feb 2025 Collaborator: Care of Creation
Farmers Rising Roots and Wings Urban Initiative, Rockford, IL Caledonia, IL Farmers Rising, formerly known as Angelic Organics Learning Center, has 25 years of experience… Read More »Oct & Nov 2024 Collaborator: Care of Creation
<<Return to Laudato Si’ Page As we prepare to celebrate the Ecumenical Season of Creation from September 1 through October 4, may we follow in the… Read More »Season of Creation 2024
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