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ND Works wrote: An interdisciplinary group of 20 faculty gathered at Fernwood Botanical Garden in Niles, Michigan, for three days of conversation and action-planning oriented around Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ encyclical on climate change and inequality.

The publication of Laudato Si’ marked a turning point in our family’s efforts to live more sustainably.

A working group of representatives from Catholic colleges and universities around the world are working together to create a website that will give the Catholic higher education sector guidance and examples on how to instill the principles of Laudato Si on their campuses.

In December 2019, students from the Notre Dame Preparatory School in Baltimore joined members of the Atlantic-Midwest Province of the School Sisters of Notre Dame at a grocery store for a giveaway of reusable bags.

This fifth anniversary year of Laudato Si’ has been a time of reflection and accountability.

“Climate change is no longer a distant threat,” says Rachelle Reyes Wenger, system vice president, public policy and advocacy engagement for CommonSpirit Health.

Loyola University Chicago has launched its new School of Environmental Sustainability (SES), the first-ever school dedicated to environmental sustainability across Jesuit institutions worldwide.

In the Archdiocese of Washington we were blessed to dedicate a new solar array on Oct. 17, 2019.

The Pastoral Migratoria office in the Archdiocese of Chicago celebrated the blessing of the garden at St. Mary of Czestochowa’s social center vegetable garden on May 24th.