Parish Resources
Looking to start a Laudato Si’ or Creation Care team at your parish? Check out these Parish Examples:
- Ascension (Oak Park) - Honoring Our Mother Earth (HOME) Team (link)
- St. Clement - Creation Care Ministry (link)
- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – Creation Care Ministry (link)
- St. Giles (Oak Park) - Peace and Justice Committee (link)
- St. James (Arlington Heights) - Earth Shepherds Ministry (link)
- St. Joseph (Libertyville) -- Care for Creation (link)
- St. Mary of the Annunciation (Mundelein) - Care for our Common Home - (link)
- St. Mary of Vernon (Indian Creek) - Care for our Common Home Ministry - (link)
Laudato Si Gardens
Utilize the green space on your parish grounds to plant native plants and support local wildlife! Check out these resources from the Field Museum:
Environmental Films & Documentaries:
Advocacy Opportunity:
- The Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act (Link)
Additional Resources:
- Caring for God’s Creation: Resources for Liturgy, Preaching, and Acting - Parish Resources (Link)
- Catholic Climate Covenant: Reduce Your Carbon Footprint (Link)
- What You Can Do About Climate Change? (Link)
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: Renewing the Earth (Link)
- Catholic Climate Covenant prayers (Link)