Laudato Si’ Week 2021 is here! Here is everything you need to know about the crowning event of the Special Laudato Si’ Anniversary Year: how you can participate in the global events, and how you can create change on the local level and help bring Laudato Si’ to life.

In Boston, USA, a composer and flutist has fallen in love with Laudato Si’ and made a place for it in her compositions: “It was a call to action through music,” says Linda Chase.

During Laudato Si’ Week, the Holy Spirit united hundreds of thousands of Catholics in praying, learning, and honoring the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical on climate change and ecology. Catholics united creatively as well.

Catholics around the world came together at noon local time on Sunday 24 May for a global day of prayer. Eglise Verte (Green Church) and Chrétiens Unis Pour La Terre (Christians United For The Earth) encouraged Catholics in France to come together once more on Sunday and ring bells in solidarity at 8 p.m. local time.

In the midst of a global pandemic that has exposed the faultlines of injustice in our societies, Catholics united to pray and reflect on how we can build a more just and sustainable future.

Despite having less than 10 percent of the population of nearby Milan, Bergamo has had more than half as many coronavirus cases as Italy’s second biggest city. But Catholics in Bergamo are resilient. During Laudato Si’ Week, they’re showing the world that a faith grounded in hope and driven by the Holy Spirit can overcome anything.

More than 1,600 people from 23 countries recently participated in a Latin American Center for Social Evangelization webinar that honored the fifth anniversary of Laudato Si’.