The Story: The power of a Laudato Si' Circle organizing locally

“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
St. Francis of Assisi

Members of Port Moody Laudato Si’ Circle, (left to right, circled in blue) Yolanda Broderick, Mark Norbury, Mary Phelps, Catherine Ho, and Justin Arsenault in attendance at Port Moody City Council, January 23, 2024 (photo courtesy of Patrick Perrin, https://tricitiesdispatch.com/class-action-delegation/ )

The Story: LAUDATE DEUM and Multilateralism from Below

Image credit Agnes Richard 2023

The Story: On Storms, Difficult Transitions and Silver Linings

How wonderful is the certainty that each human life is not adrift in the midst of hopeless chaos! LS 65

Announcing the MLSM Canada National Gathering

Sept 27, 2023

Message of Pope Francis for the 2023 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

This Season of Creation Mouvement Laudato Si' Movement - Canada (MLSM Canada) is responding to Pope Francis’ call to “come together”!  We are inviting all MLSM Canada members and supporters as well as Laudato Si’ Animators and other global Laudato Si’ Movement (LSM) members across Canada to our first online MLSM Canada National Gathering on Wednesday, September 27^th from 6:00 – 8:00 pm ET.

A tribute to Dr. John Dorner 1947 - 2023

Celebration of a life that exemplified loving and caring for all of Creation

With a mixture of regret and fond remembrances we bid Dr. John Dorner goodbye. John has been called home to his place in heaven. The light of his smile and the warmth of his love for all life will continue to glow in our hearts as we carry on the work that he so passionately and generously began.

In this issue of Laudato Si’ Dialogues we share an expansive number of activities, reflections, and faith led advocacy campaigns.  There are so many, in fact, that we’ll forego a story in favour of sharing the great news of so much going on!

People honour “Cookie”, the slice of a felled Douglas Fir from Fairy Creek, BC brought to COP15 to illustrate biodiversity loss in Canada. Photo credit: #Ada’itsx/Fairy Creek Blockade

In December, MLSM Canada’s Agnes Richard and Karen Van Loon were in Montréal during the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15. They reflect on their experiences at COP15 and parallel events in a 5-part blog series.

Authors: Agnes Richard and Karen Van Loon 

“Indigenous Peoples sustain lands and waters not just for our own interests. We do this because we have a responsibility given to us by the Creator to care for these areas for the benefit of everybody. We know that if we take care of the land, the land will take care of us—all of us." -Valérie Courtois, director of the Indigenous Leadership Initiative which hosted the Indigenous Village (photo) during COP 15 in Montréal.

In December, MLSM Canada’s Agnes Richard and Karen Van Loon were in Montréal during the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15. They reflect on their experiences at COP15 and parallel events in a 5-part blog series.

From left to right: Agnes Richard MLSM Canada, Anna Johnson Laudato Si’ Movement, Caroline Kiiru Laudato Si’ Movement, Amy Echeverria Co-Coordinator of the Vatican's Ecology Taskforce, Auxiliary Bishop Alain Faubert, Kim Gottfried Piché Archdiocese of Montréal, Joe Gunn MLSM Canada Advisory Circle, Louise Royer Archdiocese of Montréal, and Stone Iwaasa (not shown) share laughs.

In December, MLSM Canada’s Agnes Richard and Karen Van Loon were in Montréal during the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15. They reflect on their experiences at COP15 and parallel events in a 5-part blog series.