Click Here for a Link to the Encyclical Letter 'Laudato Si' by Pope Francis on Care for Our Common Home.

Pope Francis, in his beautiful encyclical “Laudato Si,” calls the faithful to care for our common home. Saint Mary of Vernon’s Care For Our Common Home Ministry aims to develop awareness of Catholic teachings on our responsibility to care for our environment, provide opportunities to be stewards of God’s Creation, support individual and parish-wide efforts to live more sustainably, and to coordinate initiatives to care for the environment.

SMV’s Care For Our Common Home Ministry is a caring group of individuals that shares information and resources, and is working together to care for the earth.

We are currently making efforts with native plants, energy efficiency, recycling...

Meetings are held the third Thursday monthly at SMV’s Parish Center 7-8:30 pm.

Parishioners of all ages are encouraged to join this ministry!

If you have any questions about this ministry please contact Gary Schiappacasse at g56reader@aol.com or on his cell at 847-691-3293.

Link: How the Archdiocese of Chicago is responding to Laudato Si with the Encylcical Working Group

The Encyclical Working Group (EWG) uses Laudato Si’ as their foundational document to engage communities with issues of climate change and natural degradation, especially those affecting the communities of our diocese. We work with Green Teams in parishes to engage in discourse about responding to the climate crisis at a local parish level and pair up with other organizations such as Faith in Place and Catholic universities for collaboration. 

Click Here for a link to their webpage.