Europe – The EOF Ecological Transition roadmap: Receiving Laudato Si’ with joy
The French-speaking Province of Western Europe (Europe Occidentale Francophone or EOF) of the Society of Jesus shares the joy of this new step in receiving Laudato Si’ through its newest sector, the Ecological Transition apostolate. This newest apostolate and the preparation of its roadmap is a direct answer to the call to care for our common home, one of the Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs), joining the Spirit blowing through Laudato Si’ that calls for a deep ecological conversion movement.
The EOF Province released seven roadmaps in November 2020 in response to the call of the UAPs. The preparation of the Ecological Transition roadmap was entrusted in 2019 by the Provincial to Brother Jérôme Gué SJ, delegate for the Social Apostolate. Brother Jérôme worked on this for a year with the small Ecojesuit team of the Province, as well as with other apostolates in the Province, particularly the Spiritual Apostolate, the Social Apostolate, the Youth Apostolate, and the Intellectual Apostolate. The Ecojesuit team of the Province has seven members: six Jesuits and one laywoman working in Centre Avec, our social centre in Brussels (Centre Avec).
When Brother Jérôme worked with the Provincial’s idea of a specific ecological roadmap for the Province, the Ecojesuit team had already been working on the topic with Jesuit communities for some time and we knew how to work together. For the last five years, the EOF Ecojesuit team worked together to publish Fiche Ecojesuit, a monthly fact sheet that shares a topic on ecological transition such as biodiversity, transport, CO2, food, time management, among others. Fiche Ecojesuit also offers some ecological practices to implement in Jesuit communities in order to incarnate our desire of ecological conversion. Read more…
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