On August 16, 2024, the Congregation of Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word formally made its ritual and commitment to support Laudato Si' given its seven goals for seven years through the Laudato Si' Action Platform (LSAP). The Congregation is now among the 2,751 registrants in North America. By enrolling in this platform, the congregation committed to layout plans and work towards animating these goals:
1. Addressing the cry of the earth
The Response to the Cry of the Earth is a call to protect our common home for the wellbeing of all, as we equitably address the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and ecological sustainability.2. Addressing the cry of poor
The Response to the Cry of the Poor is a call to promote eco-justice, aware that we are called to defend human life from conception to death and all forms of life on Earth.3. Adoption of sustainable lifestyles
The Adoption of Sustainable Lifestyles is grounded in the idea of sufficiency, and promoting sobriety in the use of resources and energy.
4. Ecological Economics
Ecological Economics acknowledges that the economy is a sub-system of human society, which itself is embedded within the biosphere–our common home.5. Ecological Education
Ecological Education is about rethinking and redesigning curricular and institutional reform in the spirit of integral ecology in order to foster ecological awareness and transformative action.6. Ecological Spirituality
Ecological Spirituality springs from a profound ecological conversion and helps us to “discover God in all things,” both in the beauty of creation and in the sighs of the sick and the groans of the afflicted, aware that the life of the spirit is not dissociated from worldly realities.7. Community resilience and empowerment
Community resilience and empowerment envisage a synodal journey of community engagement and participatory action at various levels.
More information about this public commitment and the Laudato Si' Action Platform Goals can be found in Incarnate Word Sisters SA Laudato Si' Action Platform Public Commitment
Each of the countries' collaborators was given a freedom to choose a goal or goals among the seven and plan towards accomplishment of such. We have completed our one year out of the seven years commitment. On September 19-20, the committee members of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation of the Congregation will gather together to reflect, ponder, and present the ways in which we have participated in accomplishing its goals through our religious congregation of sisters, associates, offices, ministries and networks.
Sr. Marylou as the Collaborator for United States region has engaged with our US Sisters, Associates, Staff and selected ministries through letters, emails, and conversations to reflect on the 2024 goals addressing the Cry of the Earth and the Cry of the Poor and also get their ideas for 2025 goals toward building the sustainable and ecologically economic society. We are grateful to all who have already sent their feedback. This effort is a continuous work to advocate and animate the goals and the mission of the Incarnate Word through our Congregation in animating our care for our Common Home. We value and welcome everyone's input, work and contributions. Sr. Miriam of Mexico and Dony Avalos of Peru are also engaging their networks to act on their respective regional Laudato Si' Action Platform goals.
As what the most recent LSAP 2024 Global report states highlighting the Laudato Si article 14:
"All of us can cooperate as instruments of God for the care of creation, each according to his or her own culture, experience, involvements and talents"
All of us have our own responsibility in our own communities, organizations, and networks of influence to care for our common home. With the care that each of us can contribute, we will be able to make a sustainable environment that promotes health and well-being for all in creation. Without this crucial component of life, the quality of our life will not be viable, considering the dangers and risks that our world are in right now given the growing plastic pollution, quality of air and water scarcity, land and ocean extractivism through oil drilling, fracking, LNG, overfishing, chemically induced products and animals that we surround our lives and society, and other human-made risks and catastrophe such as wars, forced starvation, nuclear, and weapons.
In the same light, the Archdiocese of San Antonio has been working hard to advocate to all its parishes to enroll in the Laudato Si' Action Platform, having been on enrolled itself for past one year. With the leadership of Archbishop Gustavo-Siller and supported by its new Director for Social Justice Dr. Virginia Mata, there are about 40 parishes out of about 148 parishes who participated in its recent Laudato Si' Action Platform on-line training. The archdiocese aimed for all the parishes to enroll in the platform by the end of September 2025.
The latest webinar by Dr. Mata of the Archdiocese of San Antonio can be found here.
Important Dates in the Archdiocese LSAP Archdiocese-wide Goals:
- October 30: Part II Building Relationship and Teams
- End January 2026: Complete Parish Assessment and start conducting 1-1s and listening sessions
- January 29, 2026: Part III Developing Action Platform Goals
- End of February 2026: Complete Parish Goals
- End of February 2026: Submit Plans to Archdiocese and to Laudato Si' Action Platform
Laudato Si' Action Platform Annual Report 2024
Laudato Si' Action Platform
Laudato Si' Animators
Laudato Si'
Season of Creation
Archdiocese of San Antonio Makes a Commitment to Care for Our Common Home
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