Laudato Si’ Reflection Day 2021
Laudato Si’ Reflection Day 2021 : “The dream, the plan, the path”
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CONCLUDING PRESS RELEASE & SPEAKERS’ PRESENTATIONS
Online event: Register HERE
Language: English
On the occasion of the 6th anniversary of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’, this event will be an opportunity to discuss the importance of long-term thinking, even in short-term sectors such as politics, and to hear about Church’s and EU’s long-term plans for a better care of our common home. Participants will also work in small groups to exchange ideas and dreams on which future they want to see and find inspiration on how to be agents of change together.
PROGRAMME
Morning session: 9.30am – 12.30pm
- Opening Remarks by Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich
- Introduction by Michael Kuhn, Senior Adviser, Ecology and Sustainability, COMECE, moderator
- Opening Prayer and Reflection by Cliona Sharkey and Jane Mellet, GCCM
Session 1 – Vision and key features of a sound long term plan
- Roman Krznaric, philosopher and writer
- Tomáš Zdechovský, Vice-Chair of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee, European Parliament
Session 2 – The path we are forging
- Dominka Chylewska, Communication Specialist, Caritas Poland
- Dr Bernd Beermann OFMCap, Director of the Department “Ecology and Spirituality”, IUNCTUS
Session 3
- Roundtable discussion and Q&A
- Concluding remarks by Michael Kuhn, Senior Adviser, Ecology and Sustainability, COMECE
Afternoon session: 14.15 pm – 4.30pm
Session 4 -Transcendent goals: perspectives from the Church and Europe
- Maria Nyman, Secretary General, Caritas Europa, moderator
- Fr. Augusto Zampini, Adjunct Secretary, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Angelo Salsi, Head of Unit D. D2 LIFE Environment – Nature & Circular Economy, CINEA, European Commission
Session 5 – Roundtable discussion and Q&A
Session 6
- Discussion in breakout rooms
- Concluding remarks by Maria Nyman, Secretary General, Caritas Europa
- Concluding prayer and reflection by by Michael Kuhn, Senior Adviser, Ecology and Sustainability, COMECE
Live sketching by Zsofi Lang
This event is organised by the European Laudato Si’ Alliance (ELSi’A), a joint venture of various Catholic Church institutions and organisations who are joining forces in Europe to promote climate and social justice. CIDSE is a founding member of ELSi’A. Other members of the alliance are: the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM), Justice and Peace Europe; Jesuit European Social Centre (JESC) and Caritas Europa.
Contact: Cinzia Verzeletti, ELSi’A Coordinator (coordinator(at)elsia-alliance.eu)