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Caring for Creation: Our Responsibility

Philip J. Sakimoto, Ph.D.
Professor of the Practice in Physics and Astronomy  Director, Minor in Sustainability University of Notre Dame 

Join us for an insightful talk with Philip J. Sakimoto, Ph.D., as he explores our responsibility to care for the environment, inspired by Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’: Care for Our Common Home. Learn how our actions impact the planet and discover practical ways to make a difference in your community using the Laudato Si’ Action Platform.

Event Details:

Date: Sunday, October 27th
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: St. Anthony Hall- Mount Saint Francis Center for Spirituality

Creation Is a gift.  As such we have a profound responsibility to care for it. Yet, as Pope Francis so eloquently points out in his encyclical Laudato Si’: Care for Our Common Home, our materialistic lifestyles are leading us to ravage our planet rather than encouraging us to nurture it. In this talk, I will briefly trace the history of the gift of creation and show how our propensity to emit greenhouse gasses works against that history, resulting in the many impacts of climate change which you hear about so often: heat waves and deep freezes, floods and drought, severe storms and wildfires, migration and deaths. Yet we have in our hands the technological tools necessary to solve climate change. We just don’t seem to have the wisdom needed to employ them. Pope Francis gives us that wisdom through his Laudato Si’ Action Platform. I thus close with a sketch of his Action Platform and show how you can adopt it in your own dioceses, parishes, congregations, schools, or community organizations. 

Ticket Information:

• Concert Only Tickets – $15 in advance | $20 day of
• Concert and Speaker Tickets – Embrace the full experience: Attend both the Down to Earth concert and the insightful talk by Philip J. Sakimoto, Ph.D. at 4:00 pm for just $20 in advance or $30 on the day of the event.

Join us for an afternoon that blends the beauty of jazz with an environmental consciousness, reminding us of the gift of creation and our responsibility to protect it. Reserve your tickets today and be part of this special event.

Philip J. Sakimoto, Ph.D., is a Professor of the Practice in Physics and Director of the Minor in Sustainability at the University of Notre Dame. He is an expert at communicating science to general audiences, which he applies to issues in climate change through organizations including the Climate Reality Leadership Corps, the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, and the Catholic Climate Covenant. He was formerly the national Program Manager of NASA’s Space Science Education and Public Outreach Program. His original training is in astrophysics, with a B.A. from Pomona College and a Ph.D. from UCLA.