May 17 - 24
From Hope to Action
“Hope would have us recognize that there is always a way out, that we can always redirect our steps, that we can always do something to solve our problems.”
LS 61
Creation Care Ceremony: A Blessing and Sending Forth
May 23, 2026 |
8:00 AM (Quito) / 3:00 PM (CET) |
Online
You are invited to the Creation Care Ceremony: A Blessing and Sending Forth on Saturday, May 23, Pentecost weekend. Join online with hundreds around the globe to renew your commitment, commend your initiatives, and be sent forth on a mission to care for our common home. Participants will receive a special blessing for the concrete actions and initiatives registered in Laudato Si’ Week call to action and all initiatives submitted on our Padlet. Organized by the Laudato Si’ Movement and the Laudato Si’ Action Platform
Laudato Si’ Week 2026
From hope to action
Laudato Si’ Week 2026 invites us to move from hope to action. Hope is not passive; it is lived and shared through daily choices, community life, prayer, and concrete acts of care. This year reminds us that ecological conversion grows step by step—through relationships restored, creation protected, and communities strengthened. The next chapter of Laudato Si’ begins with us, wherever we are.
Laudato Si’ Week 2026
2026 Action Call
During Laudato Si’ Week, take one concrete action for integral ecology. Submit it on the Laudato Si’ Action Platform — a tool for the Church’s ecological response.”
One week, one shared witness: make your step toward integral ecology visible alongside Catholics worldwide by enrolling in the Laudato Si’ Action Platform below.
Catholic communities mobilized
individuals taking concrete action
countries united in the Church’s response
Catholics in Action
The global Church is responding
From parishes in Latin America to schools in Africa, religious communities in Asia to families in Europe — the global Church is responding
Creation Care Ceremony: A Blessing and Sending Forth
May 23, 2026 |
8:00 AM (Quito) / 3:00 PM (CET) |
Online
You are invited to the Creation Care Ceremony: A Blessing and Sending Forth on Saturday, May 23, Pentecost weekend. Join online with hundreds around the globe to renew your commitment, commend your initiatives, and be sent forth on a mission to care for our common home. Participants will receive a special blessing for the concrete actions and initiatives registered in Laudato Si’ Week call to action and all initiatives submitted on our Padlet. As a Laudato Si’ Animator, you can submit your seed project, Chapter or Circle that you are part of.
Organized by the Laudato Si’ Movement and the Laudato Si’ Action Platform.
Come, be renewed, be united, and be sent. 🌍💚
May 23, 2026
8:00 AM (Quito) / 2:00 PM (CET)
Be part of a global moment of faith, unity, and action.
Make your mission visible
Being sent is more than a moment—it’s a choice to turn inspiration into action. Now is your chance to take that step.
Add your active initiative, project, circle or chapter to our Padlet and join a growing, global network caring for our common home. Share the name,what it does, who it impacts—and, if you’d like, include an image.
Every initiative shared will be recognized and included in the Creation Care Commissioning, where it will receive a special blessing.
Together, we are building a living map of hope, faith, and action across communities and countries.
Partners
Questions & Answers
Laudato Si’ Week is a global celebration of prayer, reflection, and action for our common home.
The Laudato Si’ Action Platform is how you make that action visible, concrete, and part of the Church’s collective witness. You don’t need to be an expert. You just need to take one step
Why enroll during Laudato Si’ Week?
Your action becomes visible.
When you enroll and submit your action during Laudato Si’ Week, it joins a global snapshot of Catholic ecological commitment across all continents.
Your commitment becomes concrete.
Enrollment turns a moment of inspiration into a logged, time-bound action. It creates accountability and makes your commitment real and measurable.
Your voice joins the church’s response.
The Platform shows bishops, the Vatican, and civil society that the Church is acting on Laudato Si’. Your enrollment strengthens this collective witness.
How it works
Your Action Becomes Visible
When you enroll and submit your action during Laudato Si’ Week, it joins a global snapshot of Catholic ecological commitment across all continents.
Your Commitment Becomes Concrete
Enrollment turns a moment of inspiration into a logged, time-bound action. It creates accountability and makes your commitment real and measurable.
Your Voice Joins the Church’s Response
The Platform shows bishops, the Vatican, and civil society that the Church is acting on Laudato Si’. Your enrollment strengthens this collective witness.
Who can participate?
The Laudato Si’ Action Platform welcomes:
- Individuals and families
- Parishes and dioceses
- Schools and universities
- Religious congregations
- Catholic organizations
- Healthcare institutions
- Businesses and economic initiatives
Every sector of the Church has a role to play.
What is the Laudato Si’ Action Platform?
The Laudato Si’ Action Platform is a program and associated website that equips Catholic institutions, communities, and families to implement Laudato Si’. It is sponsored by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and is developed with a ground-up approach in partnership with diverse Catholic people and institutions. It offers guidance and space for all to share ideas, questions, challenges, and inspiration, since “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” (LS 141)
I belong to an institution that has not formally committed. Can I enroll on their behalf?
When someone enrolls an institution, we may reach out to verify that they have permission to do so on behalf of that community. We’ve found that sometimes individuals enroll as an institution when they actually meant to make a personal commitment. If you’re unsure, we recommend enrolling as an individual or family—you can always update your registration later if your institution decides to participate formally. If you believe you do have permission, feel free to proceed and we’ll follow up if confirmation is needed.
Take One Step. Belong to coordinated expression of the Church’s ecological response.
Laudato Si’ Week comes once a year.
Let this be the week your community takes a concrete step toward integral ecology.
Enroll today and make your action part of the Church’s shared response