ONLINE COURSE ON INTEGRAL ECOLOGY
(ENGLISH EDITION)
ONLINE COURSE ON INTEGRAL ECOLOGY
On 4th October 2023, on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron of ecology, Pope Francis released Laudate Deum, the apostolic exhortation that builds on the landmark encyclical letter Laudato si’ of 2015. With the new exhortation, Pope Francis raises once again his prophetic voice for the care of our common home and one another, especially the most vulnerable in our midst. As the Pontiff points out “our responses have not been adequate” and “the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point.” (Laudate Deum, 2). Pope Francis reminds us that “what is being asked of us is nothing other than a certain responsibility for the legacy we will leave behind, once we pass from this world.” (LD, 18)
The recently concluded Climate Summit in Dubai (COP28) has painfully demonstrated that we continue to remain largely deaf to the growing “cry of the earth and the cry of the poor” (Laudato si’, 49). Time is running out. However, we are still to wake up to the gravity of the existential threat to life and civilization on this planet that we call “home”?
The unprecedented challenge facing the planet and people can only be addressed within the lens of an integral ecological vision that Pope Francis championed in Laudato si’. The rebuilding of our common home and our common human and biotic family calls for an alliance of all members of our household cutting across of all segments of society. It was in the spirit of this prophetic mission that the Pontifical Universities and Atheneums in Rome came together soon after the publication of Laudato si’ to initiate the Joint Diploma in Integral Ecology. On the seventh anniversary of this collective and fruitful effort, we are happy to announce the launch of the English edition of this initiative to be offered on-line, in partnership with many leading groups involved in the area of creation care.
COURSE NAME AND CODE
Course on Integral Ecology: from Laudato si’ to Laudate Deum (TJVE01)
CONTENT AND MODALITY
The Course in Integral Ecology will consist of six modules of 90 minutes each to be held from January to June 2024 (on every third Thursday of the month from 13.30 to 15.00 hrs CEST/GMT+1), along with an international online conference on Laudate Deum that will be organized in May 2024. Online enrollment for the course will open in December 2023, and on completing the programme attendees will be awarded a certificate of participation on request.
PROGRAMME
The Course will be handled by an international faculty of renowned academics, leaders and activists in the area of creation care, drawn from the Pontifical Universities and Atheneums in Rome and from around the world.
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
- Prof. Prem Xalxo – Pontificia Università Gregoriana
- Prof.ssa Giulia Lombardi – Pontificia Università Urbaniana ·
- Prof. Massimo Losito – Pontificio Ateneo Regina Apostolorum ·
- Prof. Ivan Colagé – Pontificia Università Antonianum
- Prof. Arturo Bellocq – Pontificia Università della Santa Croce
- Prof. Inocent-Mária Vladimir Szaniszló – Pontificia Università San Tommaso, Angelicum
- Prof.ssa Claudia Caneva – Pontificia Università Lateranense
- Prof. Ruberval Monteiro da Silva – Pontificio Ateneo Sant’Anselmo
- Prof. Andrea Zampetti – Università Pontificia Salesiana
- Prof. Joshtrom Isacc Kureethadam – Dicastero per il Servizio dello Sviluppo Umano Integrale
- Dott.ssa Cecilia Dall’Oglio – Movimento Laudato si’, Roma
- Prof. Francesco Celestino – Pontificia Facoltà Teologica San Bonaventura – Seraphicum
- Prof.ssa Linda Pocher – Pontificia Facoltà di Scienze dell’Educazione – Auxilium
COURSE ENROLLMENT
For online enrollment please go to: https://immatricolazioni.unigre.it
Required Information:
- 1. Identity Card/Passport (Pdf)
- 2. A short presentation (100 words) of the motive to pursue the Course (Pdf)
- 3. Enrollment and Course Fee is $35. You may make a secure payment below.