On the feast of St. Francis, Oct. 4, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development will release plans for helping families, communities, and institutions discern and implement their responses to Laudato Si’, the 2015 encyclical by Pope Francis on caring for our common home.

Available on the Laudato Si’ Action Platform, the free plans are designed for families, communities and institutions. They begin with prayerful discernment to help participants develop a greater awareness of the relationship between the Creator, creation, and all our brothers and sisters.