“Today I am pleased to announce that the Laudato Si year will result in a concrete action project, the Laudato Si’ Action Platform, a seven-year journey that will see our communities committed in different ways to becoming totally sustainable, in the spirit of integral ecology.”
Pope Francis included these words in his video message marking the launch of the Laudato Si’ Action Platform, a new global campaign to bring the message of his 2015 encyclical more fully into the lives of the faithful….
The Archdiocese of San Francisco is joining in this effort, with Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone issuing a statement inviting everyone to participate.
“To this end, I invite you all to better educate yourselves on the changes we need to make in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while prioritizing the needs of the vulnerable in the face of this climate crisis,” San Francisco’s archbishop wrote….
Since officially launching in mid-November, individuals from across the archdiocese have been signing up to participate in the action platform, giving diverse reasons for wanting to take part in the effort….
The first resource sent out to participants was a Laudato Si’ Action Platform guide, offering suggestions for actions that fall within the seven goals of the program: response to the cry of the earth, response to the cry of the poor, ecological economics, adoption of sustainable lifestyles, ecological education, ecological spirituality, and community resilience and empowerment.
The actions range from very simple, like using a clothesline to dry clothes, to more advanced, such as updating buildings to be environmentally friendly. Some can be done by individuals, while others are more fitting for groups such as parishes and schools.
The ideas are just that, and the way this plan is implemented will look different for each person and organization. They are a starting point. The creativity of individuals will play a major role in bringing this message to life.
Although the Laudato Si’ Action Platform itself is new, many throughout the archdiocese have been active in this area since the encyclical Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home was published in 2015. This encyclical was the first to focus specifically on environmental issues, building on the Church’s previous social teachings on the subject. In it, Pope Francis described the challenges humanity is facing and the unique call of the Catholic faith to respond. Parishes responded to this call with enthusiasm. They built green teams that were focused on environmental issues, held Laudato Si study groups, increased recycling efforts, took part in letter-writing campaigns and more. There have also been infrastructure efforts throughout the facilities of the Archdiocese, such as the switch to LED lighting, the installation of electric vehicle charging stations and the creation of systems to catch storm runoff….
The above comes from a March 28 statement from the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
Doesn’t Consumer Reports and Hints from Heloise already cover this area well already? Many dioceses have to instruct their parishes to not let parish councils spend all their time being maintenance committees.
if you are REALLY serious, tear down the
430-foot-tall O’Shaughnessy Dam and restore
the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite to its pristine state !
SERIOUS???
I didn’t think so
Laudato SI is NOT Laudato FREE
these green options have COSTS
They should instead start by cleaning the needles and feces off the sidewalk and preventing/punishing theft, burglary, assault and battery.
SF is a craphole of a city. They think hanging clothes on a clothesline is a priority? Get real. Out of touch.
Ah yes the Church of Green, will sooth the consciences of the liberals so they dont have to attend confession
Finally, a hoax we can believe in, eh, Archbishop?
Three Sheets to the Wind
hanging clothes to dry
will probably work better
in the Mission than in the Avenues
but maybe Global Warming has changed all that
It’s the wind, not the sun, bro….
I’m not a big fan of my Archbishop but he deserves credit where it is due, this being one of them.
All SF parishioners east of Divisidero
will be compelled to use clothes lines
instead of clothes dryers under pain of
mortal sin. (Unless PG&E offers some kind
of rebate – kinda like an indulgence)
Do birds ever poop on the clothes?
Having come from a time when there were no clothes dryers yet (laughter), yes, birds sometimes do poop on the clothes. Still — sun dried clothes, especially the white ones, smell so much fresher and cleaner than those that go through dryers — poop aside. Whites come out whiter than white as the old commercials go. They are much stiffer, though, when taken off the line. To make you feel better, out of respect for us humans, birds pooping is somewhat a rarity. They seem to keep their behavior in check much of the time.
Does that help?
And regarding my last post, do not put your clothes lines near trees.
So glad that the San Francisco diocese and Archbishop Cordileone have their priorities straight. No sense in wasting time on things like almost a million abortions per year, LGBT running rampant (my grandson had to sit through a LGBT presentation during freshman orientation at a Catholic university) cardinals and bishops in Europe stating that homosexual acts are not sinful, Sunday mass attendance at all time lows, lack of belief in the real presence, failure to act on canon 915, etc. etc. etc.
It’s time to vociferously oppose LGBT everything.
This is so stupid. If anyone has been to SF, you know that the density of housing is such that most people don’t have any place for a clothesline. The pic? Hah? Who in SF has a yard like that?
i think it’s Golden Gate Park
I didn’t realize there were public clotheslines available for use in Golden Gate Park.
Of course you have to walk to the park to hang your clothes. Driving a car is a mortal sin according to Laudato Si fanatics.
It is just a picture from the Internet.
Why do you even need to wash clothes? Just steal new ones from stores every time you need clean clothes. Thanks to California law and SF laxity, you won’t be caught, charged nor prosecuted. I don’t even think stealing less than $950 in merchandise is considered a crime in SF anymore. It’s not treated like a crime. It’s like jaywalking now.
Memo to “just steal” :
by Jove, I think you’ve got it!
To the extent that this initiative promotes penance for personal sin or the sin of others, lent not withstanding, it’s a good idea. Using a clothes line instead of the dryer, walking or taking the bus instead of driving in reparation for the sins of a generation. Heck, going to the trouble of bringing your own bags to the market instead of using their plastic or paper bags…fine! Just Do it in reparation for the sins of the whole world, not for some Climate Fantasy, Earth Worship agenda for Pete’s sake…Very concerning to me that the Abp (very much doubt he wrote that) Cordileone is capitulating by using the enemy’s language. There is a reliable Christian response to this, and that ain’t it….
With global warming, the clothes should dry in no time flat.