August 16, 2023
7:30pm EDT
With Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim
In-person and online
The Well Spirituality Center
1515 W. Ogden Ave
La Grange Park, IL, USA
Co-sponsored with the Siena Center of Dominican University
We are excited to have Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim join us as we launch a new initiative at The Well to awaken us to the spirituality of Laudato Si’ as it flows from The Universe Story, and to the ways we can take action for the care of our common home. Tucker and Grim, leaders in the field of religion and ecology, will speak to the essential role of religious leaders at this time of ecological crisis.
Bill McKibben, the climate activist, has called Laudato Si’ “perhaps the most important document yet of this millenium.” That is because it is an eloquent call to action, joining social justice and environmental concerns. Its ecojustice message, “Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor” brings together the suffering of people and planet in a compelling manner. This talk will discuss some of the main influences on the encyclical as well as some of the resulting movements. We will be inspired to take action.
