Welcoming Pope Francis’s invitation to carry out actions that would favor the care of our Common House, that seeks for all of us to be able to “renew personal adherence to our very vocation as custodians of creation,” the Franciscan JPIC Movement of Bolivia has programmed various activities to promote and educate the population about the care of creation.
On September 1, we started the signing of Commitment Laudato si’. This experience as Church going out and in the company of other creeds people has given us the chance to verify the growing interest of the population about the importance of collaborating with small actions in diminishing the factors that degrade the environment.
In the same line, on September 2, when the Pedestrian Day –or day without motor vehicles- was in progress, we also went into the streets to speak with the people to invite them to have special care for our planet. During those face-to-face encounters with persons walking through the streets, we shared with them the message that it is necessary to live in harmony with ourselves, with our fellow persons and with nature, to offer a better world to future generations, and to change our consumer life style.
Every day we have been inviting the members of the Franciscan Family of Bolivia and the general population, through an info pane and different media, to make a gesture of solidarity and care, from September 1 through October 4, aware that if we add small personal, community and family actions, we will achieve a significant change and will take a step towards a more integral ecology.
The Franciscan JPIC Movement of Bolivia