O conceito de sustentabilidade na missão através das ações da igreja católica

Abstract

The Catholic Church is an institution with more than 2000 years of existence, and which has a legacy of socio-environmental teachings based on principles that direct its missionary action in the contemporary world. Currently, the concept of mission refers to the act of “going out of oneself” towards others, preferably the poor and excluded. In 2015, Pope Francis strategically published, shortly before COP 21, the social Encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home. The document consolidates the social principles of the Church's social doctrine, brings the new paradigm of integral ecology, and proposes the participatory methodology of Laudato Si' Circles, for implementation at the local level. Thus, the Church made an important contribution to the international political discussion, around the 2030 agenda, contribute with proposals for solutions at local level. For this, bibliographical research was carried out with the participation of the student in the diagnosis carried out by the Laudato Si' movement, where the existence of a gap in the implementation of Laudato Si' at the local level (RJ) was identified. With the analysis and consolidation of information, it was observed the existence of convergence between the social principles consolidated in Laudato Si' with sustainability. As a practical result of the dissertation, a booklet was prepared with the Laudato Si’ Circles methodology, based on the converging principles of sustainability, to be applied at the local level. The relevance and importance of the Catholic Church in society, as well as its concrete action of political dimension and international level, thus collaborates for dialogue and exchange of knowledge. By applying the methodology of the Laudato Si’ Circles, it was possible to systematize missionary work, which is naturally a daily exercise in the search for survival and respected human rights. With this, it is expected that the result of this analysis will contribute to the advancement of the understanding of sustainability, and how religion, in this case, the Catholic, contributes and acts in its mission. Another contribution of a social aspect was to bring about a reflection on sustainability themes and concepts in a general and democratic way.