What Is This About?

 The Catholic Response to Climate Change:

• The Letter: A Message for Our Earth Laudato Si Film (Pope Francis/Amazon Films)
• Pope Leo XIV address on 10th anniversary of Laudato Si
• “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home” – The Encyclical letter that started it all (5/5/2015)..
• Laudate Deum –  (10/4/2023)
• Bishop Parks comments on Laudato Si (5/4/2020)
• Caring for Our Common Home: A Responsible and Fraternal Response to the Triune God (9/2/2026)
• Care for Creation is a theological question (Vatican 09/02/2026)
• Laudato Si Global Website

Other Faith Based Ecological Groups

• Catholic Climate Covenant
• Orthodox Church
• Tikkun HaYam – Repair the Sea

What is Going on Here?

Our Community: Water, Trees, and Heat:

• Water Conservation
• Current Drought
• City of Tampa Tree Canopy
• Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program
• Climate Data
• Local Heat Resilience
• Tampa Heat Resilience Playbook

What Can I Do?:

Waste Reduction

• City of Tampa Waste Reduction
• Backyard Composting Program
• Extension Service “Compost Happens Program

Bees, Butterflies, and Pollinators

• Tampa Bay Beekeepers
• Bee Downtown
• Tampa Bay Butterfly Foundation

Birds and Animals

• Bird Migration Radar
• Hillsborough County Birdwatching Sites
• Tampa Audubon Society
• Tampa Bay Sierra Club
• Humane Society of Tampa Bay

Community Gardens

• (COSOG) Community Garden South of Gandy

People

• Catholic Worker House Tampa
• Tampa Hope: Helping the Homeless!

Where Do We Meet and How Do I Get in Touch?

We typically meet the second Thursday of each month from 7:00pm-8:30pm.

Christ the King Catholic Church, 821 S Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa FL 33609 in the  Mary Martha Center (two story building on the north side of campus)

contact John Marsh & Rebecca Nelson, ctk.laudato.si@gmail.com (813) 500-2038