NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER: Planting Laudato Si' seeds of hope

Last year, "The Way Forward" gathering at the University of San Diego focused on Laudato Si'. Among the attendees were Aruni Bhatnagar and Ted Smith from the Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute at the University of Louisville, and they expressed the desire to look for ways to collaborate with Catholic universities in the future. Our friends at America Media made a short video about the San Diego gathering. 

Last Friday (April 11), representatives from Boston College, Fordham University, Loyola University Chicago and Sacred Heart University — the four schools that sponsor The Way Forward — met with Bhatnagar and Smith in Louisville to explore areas for future collaboration. We were joined by representatives from the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities and the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.

Full disclosure: I am a fellow at Sacred Heart's Center for Catholic Studies and am one of the organizers of The Way Forward gatherings. But, for this Louisville gathering, I was the border collie, nothing more. I made sure everyone got to the welcome dinner at Doc Crow's, known for its great southern food.

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