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Welcome to Social Action

Environmental Justice

Why Does the Church Care About Global Climate Change?

At its core, global climate change is not about economic theory or political platforms, nor about partisan advantage or interest group pressures. It is about the future of God’s creation and the one human family. It is about protecting both ‘the human environment’ and the natural environment. (Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence and the Common Good, US Catholic Bishops, 2001)
Read more…

  • USCCB Environment/Environmental Justice Program
  • Catholic Conference of Ohio Care for Creation Page
  • Catholic Climate Covenant

Laudato Si’ Parish/Group Resources: 

“The entire material universe speaks of God’s love, God’s boundless affection for us. Soil, water, mountains – everything is, as it were, a caress of God.” (84)

Praise be, Laudato Si’! In this encyclical, Pope Francis urges all people to reflection, dialogue and solidarity in the Gospel call to care for our common home, “…so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.” (49)

In Laudato Si’ (also known as “On Care of the Common Home”), we hear Christ’s call to a sacred web of right relationship: with our Triune God, with our own human nature, with one another, with our global neighbors facing poverty and exclusion, with local growers/farmers and farmworkers, and with all of creation.

Linked below are helpful encyclical resources for your family, parish or school use (such as an inspiring video reflection, two-page insert, discussion guide, and more)!

  • Laudato Si’ full text (via Vatican website)
  • 6-minute Laudato Si’ Vatican video reflection
  • USCCB 2-page bulletin insert (overview and prayer)
  • USCCB Laudato Si’/environmental resource page  (resources for liturgy, preaching, action, prayer and an excellent group-discussion guide!)
  • Laudato Si’ bulletin/website image and quote
  • Catholic Relief Services Laudato Si’ resource page
  • Pope Francis – Prayer for Our Earth
  • To receive updates, go to: Catholic Climate Covenant

The WAM Catholic Commission can assist with resources, programs and ideas for your parish or school. Contact Jeff Campbell at jcampbell@ccdocle.org or 330-263-6176.

RESOURCES

  • Laudato Si
  • Care of Creation Calendar
  • Prayers to Care for Creation
  • USCCB on the Environment
  • Catholic Climate Covenant
  • Earth as Our Home
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Contact Phone Numbers

General Information 216.334.2900
CYO Athletics 216.334.1261
Adoption/Foster Care 440.843.5587
Counseling/Addiction Services 216.391.2030
Camp Christopher 800.296.CAMP
Emergency Assistance 216.334.2969

Counties Outside Cuyahoga
(Community Services Offices)

Ashland 419.289.1903
Geauga 440.285.3537
Lake 440.352.6191
Lorain 440.366.1106
Medina 330.723.9615
Summit 330.762.2961
Wayne 330.262.7836

Head Start/Early Learning

Main 216.334.2945

Family Centers

Fatima 216.391.0505
St. Martin De Porres 216.268.3909
St. Philip Neri 216.391.4415

Disability Services & Ministries

Main 216.334.2962
Rose-Mary 216.481.4823

Emergency Assistance

Bishop Cosgrove Center 216.781.8262
St. Elizabeth Center 440.242.0056

Employment & Training Services

Eastside 216.391.4415
Midtown 216.426.9870

Hispanic Services

Hispanic Senior Center 216.939.3713
Hispanic Counseling & Addiction
(La Providencia)
216.696.2197

Migration & Refugee Services

Main 216.281.7005
Immigration Legal Office 216.939.3769

Older Adults

St. Augustine Health Ministries 216.634.7400
Holy Family Hospice 440.888.7722
Hispanic Senior Center 216.939.3713

Parish Outreach

Marriage & Family Office 216.334.2978
Office for Human Life 216.334.2965
Pastoral Care 216.587.8377
CYO and Youth & Young Adult Ministries 216.334.1261

Diocesan Social Action Office

Main 216.939.3843
Catholic Commission Lorain 330.366.1106
Catholic Commission Lake/Geauga 440.943.7612
Catholic Commission Wayne/Ashland/Medina 330.263.6176
Catholic Commission Summit 330.535.2787
Catholic Relief Services 440.943.7612

Catholic Charities Corporation Administrative Offices: 7911 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102, 216.334.2900, contactus@ccdocle.org

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