Members of the Social Concerns Ministry (including the Creation Care Committee) and a few staff members at St. John XXIII Catholic Community in Albuquerque held a strategy session on March 1 to discuss how to integrate Laudato Si (Pope Francis’ encyclical letter on the environment) into parish activities and liturgy
The third and final part of the Open New Doors video series, “Community Steps Forward,” shares stories from community members about their solutions and visions for the future of New Mexico. Their experiences show us how we can begin to open new doors to a thriving and resilient climate and economy for all New Mexicans.
Big shoutout to those interviewed!
Chris Dizon, Leader, Concerned Citizens Caring for the Future, Owner, Endless Energy Solar, Eunice, NM
Stephen Aldridge, mayor of Jal, NM
Kayley Shoup, Organizer, Concerned Citizens Caring for the Future, Carlsbad, NM
Angelica Rubio, NM State Representative, District 35, Las Cruces, NM
Pastor Dave Rogers, Leader, Concerned Citizens Caring for the Future, Carlsbad, NM
The February Journeying With the Laudato Si’ Action Platform webinar is about “Daily Ecology in a World Where Everything Is Connected”, related to the Laudato Si’ Goal of “Adoption of Sustainable Lifestyles”. In his encyclical letter Laudato Si’, Pope Francis invites us to an interior change of heart that can overcome our fragmented way of seeing, experiencing, and interacting with the world around us. He reminds us that we are deeply linked to nature and to one another. How do we rediscover that connectedness, and how might that impact our everyday life? Representatives of the Families and Individuals sector will speak about the social dimension of ecology, and how they discover the many ways Gospel love leads them to answer the needs of those around them and the suffering planet.