{"id":97255,"date":"2023-06-21T11:47:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T15:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ignatiansolidarity.net\/?p=97255"},"modified":"2023-06-26T16:12:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T20:12:51","slug":"university-of-scranton-commits-to-becoming-a-laudato-si-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ignatiansolidarity.net\/blog\/2023\/06\/21\/university-of-scranton-commits-to-becoming-a-laudato-si-university\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Scranton Commits to Becoming a Laudato Si\u2019 University"},"content":{"rendered":"
BY ISN STAFF<\/strong> |\u00a0June 21, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n The University of Scranton has begun a seven-year journey to <\/span>become designated as a Laudato Si\u2019 University by the Vatican<\/span><\/a>. Inspired by Pope Francis\u2019 2015 encyclical letter <\/span>Laudato Si\u2019: On Care for Our Common Home,<\/span><\/a><\/em> the University will join Catholic and non-Catholic colleges around the world who have committed to develop, implement and evaluate initiatives around seven goals to meet the Pope\u2019s call for integral ecology, meaning that science, ethics, spirituality and action are mutually respected and empowered.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe University of Scranton has answered this call and has joined a network of colleges across the globe to begin the process this academic year of becoming a Laudato Si\u2019 University,\u201d said Rev. Joseph Marina, S.J., president of the University. \u201cBecoming a Laudato Si\u2019 University allows us to enhance and extend the graces for which Scranton has been so richly blessed to the greater care of others and of the earth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n