Putting Laudato Si’ into Action in Uganda (Fr. Emmanuel Katongole)

Near and Far

A CWCIT interview with Fr. Emmanuel Katongole, a professor at the University of Notre Dame and a co-founder of the Bethany Land Institute (BLI) in Uganda. BLI was inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si’, and born as a response to three interrelated problems: food insecurity, deforestation, and land depletion in Uganda. BLI is an educational program dedicated to forming the poor and excluded in rural Africa in the practices, lifestyle, and spirituality of sustainable land care, food production, and economic expertise. And it does this through the Caretaker Program, an intensive 2-year residential program where students (called Caretakers) receive hands-on training in farming, agro-business, and personal formation. Learn more about BLI on its website: https://bethanylandinstitute.org