Laudato Si' Action Group Waitaha
Our response to the call
Three pillars shape our work in Waitaha Canterbury. Click each to explore.
Te Karanga
The Call
- The cry of the earth and the cry of the poor
- To care for our common home
- To holiness
- To mission
- To ecological conversion — integral ecology — co-responsibility
- To awakening — to deepening — expanding — integration — connectedness
Te Whakautu
The Response
- Reflection — action — education
- Dynamic collaboration
- Identifying — seeding — supporting — celebrating — spreading
- Practices and signs of progress
Te Turanga
The Foundation
- Taihoa · God's good timing
- Whakarongo · Deep listening
- Te Auraki · The vein — the mainstream
- Ancient understanding of holiness and wholeness
- Biblical authenticity — Catholic tradition
- Te Kupenga · The net — networking
Ten years ago, Pope Francis signed the Encyclical Letter Laudato Si', devoted to care for our common home. It has had an extraordinary impact, inspiring countless initiatives and teaching everyone to listen to the twofold cry of the Earth and of the poor. I greet and encourage the Laudato Si' movement and all those who carry on this commitment.
— Pope Leo XIV, 25 May 2025