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Pope Francis’ Encyclical: Laudato Si’ June 18, 2015
Online Highlights of Laudato Si’
- Laudoto Si’ inspires solutions to environmental problems December 12, 2017
- Pope, Patriarch: Care for creation includes respect for people September 1, 2017
- The Renewed Importance of Pope Francis’s Encyclical on Climate Change June 2, 2017
- Seven of Pope Francis’s Greenest Quotes September 20, 2015
- An open-source teaching module on Laudato si’ and applied ethics August 15, 2015
- Ten realizations arising from Laudato Si’ July 31, 2015
- International Statement endorsed by AJCU, “In Response to Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home: A Statement of Leaders in Catholic Higher Education Globally” June 21, 2015
- A summary of Laudato Si’ in two to ten minutes June 18, 2015
- Ten key excerpts from Pope Francis’s encyclical on the Environment June 18, 2015
- High Level Launch for Pope’s Encyclical June 10, 2015
- Papal encyclical named after St. Francis prayer of praise June 1, 2015
- A Planetary Pope May 13, 2015
- Laudato si’ – On care for our common home (Resources of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
- Read St. Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of Creatures (Prayer of Praise)
Multifaith Perspectives
- Towards Muslim Engagement with Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato Si’ June 21, 2015
- Multi-faith Reflections on Climate Change: Bahai, Christian, Jewish, Sikh January 2010
Foundational Documents on Ecology and Mission
Higher Education
- Climate Change: Morphing into an Existential Threat
Video of Pope Francis’s Climate Scientist V. Ramanathan, Ph.D. of Scripps Institution of Oceanography - American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment
- The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
- Jesuit Education: Forming Human Beings in Harmony with their Fellows, with Creation and with God. by Superior General Fr. Arturo Sosa SJ, October 20, 2017.
Catholic Identity
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The Place of Sustainability and the Environment within Roman Catholic Thought: Remarks by Michael J. Graham, S.J.,
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Sustainability and Catholic Higher Education: A Toolkit for Mission Integration which is published by eight national Catholic organizations, including the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, 2011
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Catholic Social Teaching and Ecology Fact Sheet, J. McCarthy SJ, 2006
Jesuit Catholic Identity
- Sustainability and the Jesuit Mission by Kathleen R. Smythe, Ph.D., 2012
- Jesuit Response to Environmental and Ecological Challenges – a history by EcoJesuits.com through 2011
- Healing a Broken World – Jesuit Task Force on Ecology, 2011
- Healing a Broken World – Jesuit Task Force on Ecology, 2010
- Jesuits urged to pray, think, act to promote ecological responsibility by Cindy Wooden, 2011
- Note from Superior General Adolfo Nicolas, SJ to the Society regarding the commitment to nature and the environment, 2011
- General Congregation 35, Decree 3, IV Reconciliation with Creation, 2008
- General Congregation 36 Decree 1 (Reconciliation and Justice)
Superior General Fr. Arturo Sosa SJ, 2016
Ignatian Spirituality
- “The Ecological Examen” by Joseph P. Carver, S.J.
- Ignatian Spirituality & Sustainability by Annette Marksberry, 2011.
- A Daily Examen for Ecology by Joan L. Roccasalvo, C.S.J.
Other Sustainability Documents
- Sustainability Initiatives at Jesuit colleges and universities
- Multi-faith Reflections on Climate Change: Bahai, Christian, Jewish, Sikh
Quotes
Prayers
The title of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato Si’ is based on St. Francis of Assisi’s prayer Canticle of the Creatures
- A Prayer for Our Earth (from Laudato Si’) Prayer Card
- A Prayer for Our Earth (from Laudato Si’) Prayer Poster
- A Christian Prayer in Union with Creation (from Laudato Si’) Prayer Card
- A Christian Prayer in Union with Creation (from Laudato Si’) Prayer Poster
- St. Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Creatures Prayer Card
- St. Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Creatures Prayer Poster 1
- St. Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Creatures Prayer Poster 2
- St. Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of Creatures (text)
- Prayers for Sustainability
- A Daily Examen of Consciousness of Ecology
- Click here for more prayers
Videos
- Climate Change: Morphing into an Existential Threat
Video of Pope Francis’s Climate Scientist V. Ramanathan, Ph.D. of Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Addressing Climate Change 2008
See and hear Archbishop Celestino Migliore, former Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, addressing climate change. - Responding to Climate Change 2008
See and hear Dr. Jame Schaefer responding to Archbishop Celestino Migliore’s address. - Click here for more videos
Online Seminars
The Center for Mission and Identity and the Office of Sustainability
hosted a 3-part program on sustainability (food, consumption, energy) in January 2013 facilitated by XU Sustainability Coordinator – Ann Dougherty P.E.
Teaching to the Mission
- Green Analytical Chemistry: Teaching Towards Sustainable and Responsible Choices
Supaporn Kradtap Hartwell, Ph.D. - The Healing Earth Textbook
Nancy C. Tuchman, Co-Director, International Jesuit Ecology Project, Loyola University Chicago
Michael J. Schuck, Co-Director, International Jesuit Ecology Project, Loyola University Chicago - Click here for the video introduction to the Healing Earth textbook
- Click here for more information about Teaching to the Mission
Sustainability at Xavier University
- Xavier University’s High Performance Buildings
- Campus Sustainability Plan
- A Sustainable History
- The Green Office Guide
- Xavier University Community Gardens
St. Francis Pledge – The Catholic Climate Covenant
The St. Francis Pledge is a promise and a commitment by Catholic individuals, families, parishes, organizations and institutions to live our faith by protecting God’s Creation and advocating on behalf of people in poverty who face the harshest impacts of global climate change.