New Resource: How to Train Your Parish for Environmental Advocacy
For Catholic parishes and lay leaders looking to deepen their commitment to care for creation, a new video resource from Catholic Climate Covenant offers practical guidance and inspiration. Titled How to Train Your Parish to Engage in Environmental Advocacy, the presentation outlines model for forming and mobilizing parish communities and shares resources for individuals to engage their own parishes in advocacy work.
Images of PowerPoint and lesson plan resources.
The webinar is especially helpful for those wondering how to take the next step in their environmental ministry—moving from education and reflection to meaningful, nonpartisan advocacy. In the presentation, Encounter GA member Drew Reynolds explains how the materials can be used to lead a parish workshop. The goal is to help participants apply the “See–Judge–Act” model from Laudato Si’, guiding them to reflect on local environmental issues, connect them with Church teaching, and engage public officials with clarity and hope.
Parish leaders, Care for Creation teams, and Catholic social mission committees will find in this resource both a theological foundation and a set of tools for action. Whether your parish is just beginning to explore advocacy or looking to expand its efforts, the recording offers a clear pathway forward grounded in Catholic tradition, relational organizing, and practical experience.
Key Topics Covered:
How to connect Laudato Si’ and Laudate Deum to local advocacy
Ways to build relationships with elected officials from a place of faith
Strategies for equipping parishioners to engage in the public sphere
Models for diocesan and state-level collaboration
Watch the Recording
The full webinar is available online here:
For those who want to bring similar efforts to their parish, Encounter GA offers in-person and virtual trainings, workshop materials, and accompaniment to help Catholic communities turn concern into action.
As Pope Francis reminds us, “A healthy politics is… one capable of reforming and coordinating institutions, promoting best practices, and overcoming undue pressure and bureaucratic inertia.” (Laudato Si’, 181) This resource helps Catholics live that vision—in our parishes, our policies, and our public life.
