To attend this in-person event on September 18, PLEASE REGISTER at https://bit.ly/ActionReg so we can get a count for ordering food! Registration closes on September 5.
In his 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’: Care for Our Common Home, Pope Francis “urgently appeals” for a “new dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet.” We, the Notre Dame Minor in Sustainability and the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, invite you to enter into that dialogue by forming a team from your campus organization or local parish to participate in the two-part workshop, The Pathway to Ecological Citizenship and Spirituality, organized by the Catholic Climate Covenant and the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests.
Part One of the Workshop is an online Webinar on September 11 that addresses the spiritual message of Laudato Si’.
Part Two of the workshop is an in-person event on September 18 at Notre Dame that will be the live origination site for a national Webinar focused on climate change and how your organization or parish can become involved in the Laudato Si’ Action Platform.
6:00 PM Gathering reception with heavy hors 'd'oeuvres
6:30 PM Begin live Webinar feed
Welcome by Fr. Emmett Farrell, Founder of Creation Care, Diocese of San Diego.
Opening Prayer by Fr. Stephen P. Newton, CSC, Executive Director, AUSCP.
“A Scientific Perspective of Our Climate Crisis” by Dr. Philip Sakimoto, Director of the Minor in Sustainability and Professor of the Practice in Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
“A Primer on the Vatican’s Laudato Si’ Action Platform and Planning” by Notre Dame Alumna Dr. Christina Bagaglio Slentz, Director of Creation Care, Diocese of San Diego.
8:00 PM Conversation and Dessert Reception
Participants coming by private car may drop off passengers at the McKenna Center and then drive across the street to the Morris Inn to obtain a parking pass and instructions on where to self-park.
If you cannot come to Notre Dame, you may view the program part of the September 18 Part Two event online. For this, and to view the September 11 Part One Webinar online, register at https://bit.ly/ccc_AUSCP_EcologicalPathway
If you have any questions about this event, contact Dr. Phil Sakimoto, Director of the Notre Dame Minor in Sustainability, at psakimot@nd.edu.
Sponsored by the Minor in Sustainability, Office of Sustainability, Catholic Climate Covenant, Association of U. S. Catholic Priests, and Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.
Originally published at susminor.nd.edu.