Welcome to Catholic Earthcare!
Our Earthcare Community is full of Earthcarers: like-minded Catholic parishes, schools, organisations and households committed to caring for our common home.
Sandhurst Diocese launch their commitment to Laudato Si’ action on the banks of the Broken Creek, Nathalia. Photo: Catholic Education Sandhurst
Join our Earthcare Community
Parishioners celebrate their commitment as an Earthcare Parish. Credit: Sandhurst Catholic Diocese
For earthcaring parish members, including social and ecological justice leaders in parishes.
A primary school presents their Earthcare story at an Earthcare Schools Community network meeting. Photo: Mary's Mount Primary School
For earthcaring teachers and school leaders in both primary and secondary schools.
Staff at Sandhurst Diocese Chancery respond to ‘the cry of the poor’ – one of the seven Laudato Si’ Goals – by hosting a pancake morning tea to raise funds for Caritas Australia’s annual Project Compassion campaign. Photo: Kerry Stone/Caritas Australia
For earthcaring businesses and organisations wanting to connect.
Earthcarers of every age can help make a difference. Credit: Canva
For earthcaring individuals, families, young people and anyone wanting to make a difference.
In Australia
The Australian Catholic Bishops encourage each Catholic parish, diocese, eparchy, educational institution and organisation to join the Laudato Si’ Action Platform by 2024 and develop a Laudato Si’ Action Plan.
Australian Guide to Laudato Si' Action Planning
A new offering from Caritas Australia’s Catholic Earthcare program, this guide outlines a 4-step cycle of self-assessment, reflection, planning and action that complements the global Laudato Si’ Action Platform. It is designed to help you initiate practical, meaningful change within your parish, school, household or organisation as you plan and take action to live Laudato Si’.
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Resources
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A series of ‘See, Judge, Act’ lessons on the environment/creation through a Catholic lens.
A series of ‘See, Judge, Act’ lessons on the environment/creation through a Catholic lens.
A series of ‘See, Judge, Act’ sessions on the environment/creation through a Catholic lens.
Inspiring ideas
Earthcare communities around Australia share how they are taking action for the sake of our common home.
Parramatta Convocation Hub
As part of our Season of Creation convocation, participants at our Parramatta Hub event were joined by Durag elder Uncle Chris Tobin for a workshop on Aboriginal Wisdom of the Land. Participants gathered at the Winbourne Edmund Rice Retreat Centre which is home to a beautiful ‘bio-banked’ area of bushland. This was the perfect setting for the closing liturgy with Bishop Vincent Long.
Rice and Stations Night at Frenchs Forest
Shalom College Solar Farm
Join our Earthcare Community
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference invites all parishes, educational institutions, organisations and eparchies to develop a Laudato Si’ Action Plan and upload it to the Laudato Si’ Action Platform. Caritas Australia’s Catholic Earthcare Team are here to support you!
Catholic Earthcare also acknowledges the key role that households play in responding to Laudato Si’.
Join the Catholic Earthcare community now as a parish, school, organisation or household and together we can learn how to better care for all creation. When you join our Catholic Earthcare Community you will receive your free Australian Guide to Laudato Si’ Action Planning as well as other supporting resources for your sector.
Let us support you!
Contact our team of Earthcare Specialists to:
- gain expert advice at each stage of the Laudato Si’ Action Planning process
- learn more about your Earthcare Community and related events
- share your ideas and progress towards living Laudato Si’
