The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development announce a Special Laudato Si’ Anniversary Year from 24th May 2020 – 24th May 2021. The Dicastry hope that the
anniversary year and the ensuing decade will indeed be a time of grace, a true Kairos experience and “Jubilee” time for the Earth, and for humanity, and for all God’s creatures. The
anniversary year will open with Laudato Si’ Week 2020, and will proceed with several initiatives, realized in partnership and with a clear emphasis on “ecological conversion” in “action”
- “Laudato Si Week” Global Celebration (16-24 May 2020)
- “Common Prayer for Earth and for Humanity” (on 24 May 2020 – fifth anniversary of Laudato Si’ - at noon everywhere in the world) Release of the “Inter-Dicasterial Text with Operational Guidelines
for Laudato Si’” (June 2020)
- Laudato Si’: Assessment and Future Journey (webinar on 24 June 2020, to mark the fifth anniversary of the release of the Encyclical)
- Season of Creation (1 September – 4 October) Presentation of the
- Dicastery through the Lens of Laudato Si’ (through a series of webinars to be realized in autumn 2020)
- “Reinventing the Global Educational Alliance” (15 October 2020) “Economy of Francesco” Meeting (21 November 2020)
- World Economic Forum, Davos - Third Vatican Roundtable (26-29 January 2021) (Proposed)
- Gathering of Religious Leaders (early Spring)
- World Water Day (22 March 2021) LAUDATO SI’ – Special Anniversary
- Year Concluding Celebrations Special Anniversary Conference (20- 22 May 2021)
- Laudate Musical Piece with Youth Choirs Worldwide Conferring of the Laudato Si’ Awards Launch of the Laudato Si’ MultiYear Action Platform