Contemplation
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What is contemplation?
“This contemplation of creation allows us to discover in each thing a teaching which God wishes to hand on to us, since ‘for the believer, to contemplate creation is to hear a message, to listen to a paradoxical and silent voice’” (LS 85).
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LSM’s Monthly Prayer Guide – February 2025 – For Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life, and the Laity with a special concern for this planet
February 2025 Montly Prayer Guide “For Vocations to Priesthood,Religious Life, and Laity with a SpecialConcern for Our Planet” Editorial page Let us embrace this extraordinary year as a time toRaise Hope—celebrating the 10th Anniversary ofLaudato Si’ and the Laudato Si’ Movement,alongside 800 years of the Canticle of theCreatures. These remarkable…
LSM’s Monthly Prayer Guide – December 2024
Discover December Laudato Si Movement's Monthly Prayer Guide, let us pray to contemplate the mystery of creation.
Growing community in Vietnam and Mexico
On the synodal road to 2025, members of the Laudato Si' Movement are holding encounters. Today we tell you about two local encounters in Vietnam and Mexico.
Faith and Stewardship: Diocese of Arlington’s Encounter
A new Encounter to build our Movement on the synodal road to 2025 was held in the Diocese of Arlington’s with 22 participants from 12 parishes
2025: A year of adventure
We are preparing to welcome 2025, a year of important milestones. The highlight: the double 10th anniversary of our movement and the publication of Laudato Si'.
LSM’s Monthly Prayer Guide – November 2024
Discover November Laudato Si Movement's Monthly Prayer Guide, let us pray to transition out of the fossil fuels market.
What is happening at COP16 in Cali?
COP16 is taking place in Cali, Colombia, between October 21 and November 1. Read about what the local Chapter is doing in this blog.
Caring for All of God’s Creation: They Will Know We are Christians By Our Love
By: Laudato Si Movement US Advocacy Working Group As Hurricane Helene battered the southeast United States, and Hurricane Milton comes barreling towards us, creation is “groaning in travail” through storms, hurricanes, wildfires, heat waves, floods, and droughts across our nation and our world. Catholics across the nation are responding to
Archbishop Peter Kairo Leads the Franciscan Family in Launching the Season of Creation 2024 Celebration
The Franciscan family came together on September 7, 2024, at the Franciscan Family Centre in Karen, Nairobi, to celebrate Franciscan Family Day and officially launch the Season of Creation under the theme: “To Hope and Act with Creation—The Franciscan Way.” This special occasion was graced by Archbishop Emeritus Peter Joseph
Celebration Of The Feast Of The Exaltation Of The Cross during the Season of Creation
By Steeven Kezamutima On Saturday, September 14, 2024, the Glorious Cross Ministries, together with the Laudato Si’ Movement, the Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC), and the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), gathered to celebrate the 3rd edition of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. The celebration,