Goals
THE LAUDATO SI’ GOALS
Ecological Spirituality
Ecological Spirituality recovers a religious vision of God’s creation and encourages greater contact with the natural world in a spirit of wonder, praise, joy and gratitude. A proposed set of actions to make progress towards this goal includes the following (to be finalized in the coming months).
- Celebrating the Season of Creation by co-hosting a Season of Creation event with another community, publicly praying for our social and ecological redemption during the season, developing an annual Season of Creation practice, and publishing annual statements of support for the Season of Creation.
- Encouraging community reflection on Laudato Si’ themes by having the leader of the community speak about them, including them in the celebration of liturgical moments, and making study and prayer guides available.
- Praying in nature by blessing a natural space as a reflection/meditation area and regularly praying there, hosting an outdoor prayer service, and creating a prayer journal, bulletin board, or other way of recording and sharing prayers made in nature.