Diocese of Raleigh Laudato Si' Action Plan (PDF)
As the Church celebrates the Jubilee Year of St. Francis of Assisi and marks the 800th anniversary of his death in 2026, the Diocese of Raleigh has issued its Laudato Si’ Action Plan, providing a roadmap to integrate care for creation more deeply into the life of our parishes, schools, ministries, and communities.
The plan is rooted in the Laudato Si’ Action Platform (LSAP), a global Vatican initiative that provides a framework for Catholics and Catholic institutions to put the values and principles of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home into action. As Pope Francis writes, “How inseparable the bond is between concern for nature, justice for the poor, commitment to society, and interior peace” (Laudato Si’, 10).
Through this LSAP Bishop Luis Zarama is encouraging the Diocese of Raleigh to embrace this call through concrete actions that support the seven Laudato Si’ goals:
- Responding to the cry of the poor
- Responding to the cry of the earth
- Ecological education
- Ecological spirituality
- Adopting simple lifestyles
- Community engagement and participatory action
- Ecological economics
The Diocese of Raleigh’s Laudato Si’ Action Plan highlights existing efforts throughout the diocese and identifies opportunities for further growth in environmental stewardship, faith formation, advocacy, and community engagement. It is intended to help parishes, schools, and ministries recognize the many ways they are already living these values while providing resources and ideas for future initiatives.
Read the Diocese of Raleigh Laudato Si' Action Plan (PDF).
If your parish, school, ministry, or organization is involved in initiatives that support one or more of the Laudato Si’ goals, we encourage you to share those efforts so they can be celebrated and serve as a resource for others across our diocesan family. For more information, please contact Monica Kleimeyer at: mitzkleimeyer@nccommonhome.org.