The purpose of this briefing note is to examine the theological basis for one of the LSRI’s key organising themes – accompaniment – and to draw some practical implications for our work at the Laudato Si’ Research Institute.

Along with encounter, dialogue between different disciplines and peoples, and mutual transformation at its core, accompaniment is a channel for the work of the Holy Spirit to become more visible; it brings renewal in our relationships and with the earth and allows for transformed institutions to emerge, particularly at the ecclesial level but also at the political, social, and cultural levels too.