{"id":15321,"date":"2023-03-07T11:33:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T16:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franciscansusa.org\/?p=15321"},"modified":"2023-03-07T12:46:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:46:02","slug":"the-laudato-si-action-platform-helping-us-to-get-started-here-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franciscansusa.org\/it\/the-laudato-si-action-platform-helping-us-to-get-started-here-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The Laudato Si’ Action Platform -Helping us to get started \u2013 Here and Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Helping us to get started \u2013 Here and Now!<\/h4>\n

by friar Vince Petersen, OFM Conv. With e<\/span>xcerpts <\/span>taken <\/span>from the official Laudato Si website<\/span><\/span> www.laudatosiactionplatform.org<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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The Laudato Si\u2019 Action Platform is the fruit of a unique collaboration between the Vatican\u2019s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, and nearly 200 Catholic organizations, and individuals from around the world.\u00a0 Launched on St. Francis Day, October 4, 2021, it is hoped to be a tool to help the global Catholic community put into action the mandates of Pope Francis\u2019 letter on the environment – <\/span>Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The spirit of partnership enriches the action platform as a whole, ensuring that it is rooted in real experiences and local wisdom. After all, \u201cnew processes taking shape cannot always fit into frameworks imported from outside; they need to be based in the local culture itself.\u201d (LS 144) The leadership from the Dicastery seeks to gratefully learn from local leaders and humbly provide a common framework that supports the development of all.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The platform is an online global meeting place for individuals and communities where Earth-saving ideas can be shared, creating a sense of solidarity. It is hoped that putting local groups in contact with one another and the overall global effort will be a source of encouragement and inspiration.\u00a0 In particular, it gives voice to those communities most impacted by climate change and those on the peripheries, and it helps to build bonds of \u201cbelonging and togetherness\u201d. (LS 149)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Along with giving a voice to local groups and institutions, the platform also offers guidance, tools, and support such as:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n