"Pour out upon us the power of your love." LS 246
"For all things speak of you..." Laudato Si 246
"The earth was here before us..." LS 67
“The world is a joyful mystery." Laudato Si 12
Photo of the ADW Thinking Stone - carved in Oamaru stone by Master Carver, Lou Kereopa, it is rich in Christian Māori symbolism

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This year is the 10th year anniversary of Laudato Si' - the groundbreaking work by the late Pope Francis that urges us to work together to care for our common home, planet earth.

There are many resources you can check out to learn more. Here are a few:

laudatosiweek.org/

A prayer for our earth:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbBYMlkCsi4&ab_channel=LaudatoSi%27Movement

Creation Novena:
drive.google.com/file/d/1bjt4A_7qUIofkvlOB6XyIKjPhzlwGE8i/view

Laudato Si' Book Club - a six-session programme working through the encyclical:
docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Y18sI_73-wgOV_VOByrxS1oiAP8S9rW3/edit?slide=id.p12#slide=id.p12

Image: The Paekākāriki Escarpment Track on the Kāpiti Coast
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