Back10 Years of Laudato Si’: from Hope to Action
To celebrate, Garratt Publishing will be hosting a series of Ecology Webinars.
This webinar, Laudate Deum, focussed on Pope Francis’s Laudate Deum and our call to climate action and climate justice.
LAUDATE DEUM WEBINAR
Laudate Deum and our Call to Climate Action and Justice
Thursday 29 May 2025
In 2023, Pope Francis was due to attend the COP28 meeting on climate change, but unfortunately, he fell ill. He then released to us the gift of the statement he intended to make – Laudate Deum. Laudate Deum is a reminder of our call to act for climate justice in our world.
This webinar focused on how we can all play a role in advocating for change for people and the planet.
Joining Alice Carwardine was Thea Ormerod, President of the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change. Thea has been a champion of climate justice for many years, particularly working with all peoples of faith in Australia, not just the Catholic Church.
The presentation was recorded and can be viewed below.
SPEAKERS
Alice Carwardine
Alice works in the Mission and Formation team at Edmund Rice Christian Brothers Oceania Province. She holds a master’s degree in theology with a focus in eco-theology, reflecting her passion for the intersection between faith and care for the planet. In 2018, after successfully transitioning to a zero-waste lifestyle, Alice began sharing her knowledge and experience by running professional development workshops for schools. She is also a trained teacher in Physics and Study of Religion. Previously, Alice was the national coordinator for Caritas Australia’s Catholic Earthcare program and was a member of the Laudato Si’ action platform working group, collaborating with the Dicastery for Promoting Human Integral Development to implement Pope Francis’s environmental encyclical. She was also a member of the Synod writing team for the Brisbane Archdiocese.
Thea Ormerod
Thea is a Catholic Christian, a semi-retired social worker, grandmother and an advocate for action to curb global warming. She has long been involved in a range of social justice issues, mostly concerned with global poverty. For the last 15 years Thea has been involved in the multi-faith climate action organisation, Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC, pronounced ‘ark’). She is currently the President. ARRCC is a Founding Partner of GreenFaith International.
