Embracing God’s Creation is an ongoing iniative that includes presentations, immersions, and prayer experiences focused on the ecological spirituality of Laudato Si’ co-sponsored by the Cincinnati Jesuit Works.
You can read Pope Francis 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home here and his 2023 apostolic exhortation, Laudate Deum here.
A playlist of our presentations from 2022 to present is below.
A Trinitarian Spirituality of Attentiveness | Embracing God's Creation
The Spirituality of Agriculture | Embracing God's Creation
Listening and Responding to the Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor | Embracing God's Creation
Praying the Ecological Examen: A Taizé Service | Embracing God's Creation
Knowing and Loving Our Ecological Place | Embracing God's Creation
Water is Sacred | Embracing God's Creation
Climate Change: What Can We Do? | Embracing God's Creation
Following Faithfully in the Footsteps of Francis | Embracing God's Creation
Green Cincinnati Plan & Faith Community Engagement | Embracing God's Creation
Ecological Examen Taize-Style Service | Embracing God's Creation
Planting Native: Caring for Our Common Home | Embracing God's Creation
Embracing God's Creation: Environmental Justice 101
Loving Creation: A Prayer Service of Longing, Lament, and Reconnection
We encourage you to also engage with these resources for prayer and action available on our Bellarmine Chapel Healthy Earth Team Resource Page.
Resources for Prayer and Action