Laudato Si Confronts Climate Change 2020

In Pope Francis's challenging 2015 Environmental Encyclical, known as Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home, the Pope appealed to every person on our planet for an inclusive dialogue about how we can best shape the future of our world, saying that mankind has a "vocation as protectors of God's handiwork," and that this vocation "is not an optional or secondary aspect of our Christian experience." 

This month, Saint Joseph Abbey and Seminary College presents a four-week lecture series closely examining the challenges that Pope Francis addresses. Matt Rousso, Director of Maryknoll Mission Center, will lead these sessions, exploring the science of climate change and ways to engage in ecological conversion. Tuesdays, October 8–28 from 5:45 pm–7:30 pm in the seminary's Hospitality Center. Free and open to the public. Scheduled lectures include: 

October 8: A Bold Manifesto on Cliimate Change 

October 15: The Science is Clear 

October 22: The Gospel of Creation 

October 29: Call to Personal Ecological Conversion 

For more information, contact Rousso at (504) 376-4142 or mrousso@maryknoll.org.