Xavier University cordially invites the community to a symposium on "Laudato Sí," Pope Francis’ encyclical on caring for the environment on Thursday, August 20, 2:30-4:30PM at the XU Little Theater.

The keynote speaker will be the French Jesuit, Fr Pierre de Charentenay SJ, an editor at La Civiltá Cattolica, a journal published in Rome.

There will be two reactors to Fr Pierre’s presentation: Fr Reynaldo D Raluto of the Diocese of Malaybalay, dean at the St John Vianney Theological Seminary and author of the recently published book “Poverty and Ecology at the Crossroads: Towards an Ecological Theology of Liberation in the Philippine Context” and Engr Dexter S Lo, director of the XU Engineering Resource Center, researcher and advocate of climate change and disaster risk reduction and management.

Open forum will follow the talks. Join us as we reflect on the challenges of reconciling with creation. Be inspired by the Pope’s exhortations and respond joyfully and generously to the call to care for our common home.