Speakers:FintanMonahanisBishopofKilalloe!KieranO’ReillyisArchbishopofCashel!PeadarKirby ischairoftheboardofSustainableProjects Ireland, the co-operative charity that isdevelopingCloughjordanecovillage!Sean McDonagh is a Columban missionary andeco-theologian.AmonghismanybooksisToCarefortheEarth (1986),TheGreeningof theChurch (1990)andacommentaryonLaudatoSí(2016).!Lorna Gold has worked on matters of climatepolicyandactionforTrócaireforoveradecadeandisvicechairoftheGlobalCatholicClimateMovement.!SrColetteKaneOP is directorofAnTairseach,Dominican Farm and Ecology Centre in Wicklowwhereshelecturesonthebi-annualcourse‘ExploringSpirituality in the context of an expanding universe,anendangeredEarthandtheChristiantradition’.!Till Weyers is a project consultant at theFederation of German Scientists working on theproject‘LaudatoSí:Thepapalencyclicalindiscoursefor a Great Transformation’. He is pursuing his PhDresearch on Laudato Sí at the Catholic University ofEichsätt-Ingolstadt!DaviePhilip(Facilitator)isacommunityeducatorandtrainerwithCultivate!
Saturday, November 18th 10:00 to 1:15 Heritage Centre, Cloughjordan
Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment:
Spreading the word
Laudato Sí CloughjordanEcovillage,inconjunctionwiththedioceseofKillaloeandthearchdioceseofCashelaredelightedtohostaseminaronhowtopromotethemessageofLaudatoSí!
10:00: Welcome by Bishop FintanMonahan,ArchbishopKieranO’ReillyandProfessorPeadarKirby!10:10: Laudato Sí and Catholic SocialTeaching:FrSeanMcDonagh!10:30:TheDisruptivePowerofLaudatoSí:LornaGold!10:50: Spirituality of Laudato Sí: ‘ASplendidUniversalCommunion’:SrColetteKaneOP!11:15:Coffee!11:30:Promoting Laudato Sí through theFederation of German Scientists and theCatholic University of Eichsätt-Ingolstadt:TillWeyers!11:50: Facilitated discussion on how topromoteLaudatoSí:DaviePhilip!12:45: Launch of Sean McDonagh’s neweditedbookLaudatoSí:AnIrishResponse(Veritas,2017)byBishopFintan!1:15Close
