• Laudato Si' Week began on Saturday! Join thousands of people around the world celebrating, reflecting, and renewing our commitments to caring for our common home.

• Join Marist communities around the world for a Laudato Si' Week prayer service next Tuesday, May 27th at 10:30am EST, to commemorate "The Three Francises" -- Pope Francis, St. Francis of Assisi, and Br. Francois, an herbalist, infirmarian, and the first Superior General of the Marist Brothers.

• You are also invited to the Laudato Si' Movement global online event on Friday, May 30, at 9:00 am EST, where we will celebrate together a decade of transformative teachings, hear stories of how Laudato Si' has touched lives around the world in these 10 years, and pray together for the next 10 years as we look to the future. Here is the link to join.

• An image from Marist Eugene's pollinator patch with seeds harvested in the fall from last year's planting. Pollinator gardens are a great way to protect local biodiversity, beautify your space, and support local agriculture. Click here to learn more!

ARTICLE OF INTEREST:

Brian Roewe, "In Kentucky coal country, Laudato Si' call takes shape in parish environmental plans." National Catholic Reporter, May 23, 2025.

"Pope Leo XIV: Build bridges for ecological and social justice," Vatican News, May 20, 2025.