LAUDATE DEUM PLEDGE
This Lent, as you reflect on how we are called to practice temperance and sacrifice, consider taking the Laudate Deum Pledge and pledge to take climate actions. You may wish to share the pledge with your school, parish, or religious community. To help you share the Laudate Deum Pledge you can download this graphic and use on social media, newsletters, and bulletins.
2025 Lenten Resources.
- Greener Lent: 2025 registration is now open! The Diocese of Raleigh, NC is promoting this excellent program designed for Catholics to reduce their impact on the environment through a community Lenten fast. Greener Lent is a Lenten program based on the Lenten Tradition of prayer, fasting and alms giving. Lent is designed to prepare our hearts to celebrate the Lord’s resurrection. The carbon equivalents that are avoided from our community fast by faith communities or other organizations are tracked and reported each week by participating community. The money donated to the poor as a result of eating less expensive meals is reported in total for all participants each week. Prayer opportunities and resources are routinely provided to participants. All individuals are welcome to participate!. You can choose to participate at your parish or faith community. Encourage members to sign up directly on the Greener Lent website as individuals. Roll out a community-wide Greener Lent program that offers signup within your own parish or faith community on the Greener Lent website. For more information, watch this video and read this longer description of the program.
- Lenten Ecological Series, Ignatian Solidarity Network: This Lent, deepen your commitment to caring for creation as you engage in one of Ignatian Solidarity Network’s ecological Lenten journeys. Whether you’re new to the Lenten Food Waste Fast, No Buy Lent, or Laudato Si’ Lent, or re-engaging one of the Lenten journeys, there is a Lenten journey for you!
2025 Lenten Calendars
Coming soon!
Other Lenten Resources (Timeless)
- Creation and the Gaze of Jesus, A Lenten Way of the Cross, offered by the Laudato Si’ Circle: a Creation Care Team at St. Patrick’s Church, Pelham, NH
- Stations of The Cross – Renew the Earth – Jesuit Refugee Service, USA: The Stations of the Cross is an ancient tradition and a spiritual pilgrimage of accompanying Christ in his passion. While Christ’s Passion existed in history, the Passion continues to play out in modern times. Our sisters and brothers fleeing the damage done by climate change make great sacrifices along their journey to find safety. These Stations of the Cross as a way to walk with Jesus through the streets of Jerusalem, and also to walk with those who have been displaced by the effects of climate change around the world. (Available in English and Spanish)
- Environmental Stations of the Cross, created by the Care for Creation Ministry of Holy Rosary and Our Lady of Guadalupe parishes in Seattle, WA (West Seattle).
- Lenten Lament for Creation, West Side Creation Care Team (Cleveland). Includes a Creation Stations of the Cross linking climate change pains to Jesus’ sufferings.
- Lenten Reflections on the Care for Creation, daily reflections for the 40 days of Lent. Produced by Fr. Emmet Farrell and edited by Mr. Roman Fernandez, Diocese of San Diego Creation Care Network
- CRS Bring Lent to Life at Home-wonderful resource to help families observe Lenten practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Participate in Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl and connect with families throughout the world.
- Creation Care Lenten Study (Earth Ministry)
- EcospiritualityResources.com has several great Lent resources:
1) Laudato Si’ Reflection Resource: This material focuses on Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’ encyclical highlighting the unity of all creation, current threats to it, relevant Scripture, causes of the problems, and potential solutions. Participants will read and pray with quotes from the document, discuss them and take actions. It also includes suggestions for music and media.
2) Creation Covenant: Lenten Reflections on Integral Ecology: This material focuses on the interconnection of all creation and importance of healthy ecosystems for the present and future wellbeing of all species, including human.
3) Lenten Reflections on Air: This material focuses on the sacred gift of air, the divine Mystery living and acting within that gift, the current quality of air on planet Earth, and how we can respond in faith to this knowledge. - USCCB information page regarding Good Friday Liturgy