Italy - Integral ecology: a call to conversion
Rome, Italy - October 2021 - On October 15 and 16, a formative meeting was held via Zoom for all the educational-pastoral communities of the Salesian Central Italy Circumscription (ICC) on the theme of Integral Ecology. Fr Stefano Aspurati, ICC Provincial, reminded the 160 participants that the issue also required a response from the ICC Province. Fr Joshtrom Kurrethadam sdb, coordinator of the "Ecology and Creation" sector of the Vatican Dicastery for Integral Human Development, presented the urgency of the ecological conversion promoted by Pope Francis and then illustrated the Laudat Si' platform. Emanuela Chang, VIS operator, Laudato Sì animator and member of the Youth Ministry Department, presented in a video interview the birth of her "ecological" vocation and the creation of the "Circolini Laudato Sì". Fr Enrico Cassanelli, SDB, then presented the birth in the ICC Province of the integral ecology team, made up of 8 members, Salesians, and lay people, aimed at producing a reflection on the theme of integral ecology and promoting concrete initiatives. Finally, Antonio Lapi, a young environmental engineering student from Siena, a team member, presented the centrality of social networks in the dissemination of information, particularly in the world of young people.
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