About this Event

Laudato Si’ Five Years Later: An Intensifying Call to Ecological Conversion and Fraternity

Join us for an evening online with Sister Damien Marie Savino, FSE, the Dean of Science and Sustainability at Aquinas College in Michigan, as she reflects on the Special Anniversary Year of Laudato Si’ (On Care for Our Common Home). What new opportunities for ecological conversion and fraternity is the Catholic Church calling forth for us as individuals and a global community?

Speaker: Sr. Damien Marie Savino, FSE, PhD

Sister Damien Marie Savino, FSE, Ph.D., is a Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist and currently serves as the Dean of Science and Sustainability at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In this position she oversees the Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geography and Environmental Studies departments and the college’s Center for Sustainability.

Sister Damien Marie received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biogeography from McGill University, her Master of Science degree in Soil and Plant Science from University of Connecticut, her Master of Arts degree in Theology from The Catholic University of America and her Ph.D. degree in Civil (Environmental) Engineering from The Catholic University of America. She has lectured and written widely on Laudato Si’ and creation care, as well as on themes related to ecological restoration and resilience theory, ecological health, ecology and theology, and science and faith.