The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference’s Office of Social Justice and Caritas Australia’s Catholic Earthcare program are co-hosting a prayer and reflection event this Friday to celebrate the conclusion of the Laudato Si’ Year.

“We will gather together as a group, receive nourishment through prayer and scripture and grow together through dialogue and reflection,” they say on the ACBC Office of Social Justice website.

“All are invited to this special online event and are most welcome to invite any others who would like to participate.”

“The Lord was able to invite others to be attentive to the beauty that there is in the world because he himself was in constant touch with nature, lending it an attention full of fondness and wonder. As he made his way throughout the land, he often stopped to contemplate the beauty sown by his Father, and invited his disciples to perceive a divine message in things: “Lift up your eyes, and see how the fields are already white for harvest” (Jn 4:35). “The kingdom of God is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all seeds, but once it has grown, it is the greatest of plants” (Mt 13:31-32).” Laudato Si’, 97.

The event will be held on Friday, May 21 at 5.30pm-6.30pm AEST via Zoom.

Register for the Zoom Meeting here.

Laudato Si’ Week is held from May 16-25, and is the crowning event of the Special Laudato Si’ Anniversary Year, and a celebration of the great progress the whole Church has made on its journey to ecological conversion.

Laudato Si’ Week 2021 will also be a time to reflect on what the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us and prepare for the future with hope.

To learn more about Laudato Si’ Week, watch the video below.