Red Cloud Indian School Awarded $1 Million Opus Prize
The Laureate and Finalists for the 2021 Opus Prize, which recognizes leaders and organizations working on long-term, local solutions to address poverty and injustice, were all Jesuit ministries.
The Laureate and Finalists for the 2021 Opus Prize, which recognizes leaders and organizations working on long-term, local solutions to address poverty and injustice, were all Jesuit ministries.
By Frédéric Barriault photos: The Archive of the Jesuits of Canada Last fall, the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States published Contemplation and Political Action: An Ignatian Guide to Civic Engagement, which opens with a challenge from Pope Francis: A “good Catholic” cannot be indifferent to social and political struggles. Given that I come from a Social Gospel background, I have always resisted the idea that faith is …
Politician, Jesuit, and Man for Others: Jacques Couture, SJ Read More »
A Journey into Exile is a role-playing activity that puts you in the shoes of refugees. Our goal is to help people understand that refugees are human beings. How? You will briefly step into the shoes of refugees. You will have to make decisions to survive. Although the activity cannot give you the full experience …
We are deeply saddened to learn that so many CCODP partners are losing this vital support from CCODP.
By Heidi Cerneka and Jannick Eggerman Today, around the world, people are on the move. They are migrating to escape poverty, improve their livelihood and opportunities, or escaping conflict and devastation in their own countries. Women represent almost half of the 244 million migrants and half of the 19.6 million refugees worldwide. (UN Women – …
The Search for Safety: Why Women Flee their Countries of Origin Read More »
Joanna Williams has been named the next executive director of the Kino Border Initiative (KBI), a binational humanitarian aid ministry serving migrants on both sides of the U.S.- Mexico bordet.
For many of us, the last year was a grueling challenge. With 2020 officially over, we have the opportunity to reflect — to find God’s presence in our lives and to carry these lessons into 2021. In the spirit of an Ignatian Examen, we look back at some of 2020’s major moments from a Jesuit perspective.
By Jerry Duggan After working his way to professional success as an architect, Fr. Rafael Garcia, SJ, found that his true calling in life is ministering to immigrant communities with needs similar to the one he grew up in. Father Garcia was nine years old when his family fled Fidel Castro’s Cuba and settled in …
Fr. Rafael Garcia, SJ, Fulfills Vocation in Ministry with Migrants Read More »
Fr. Tom Greene Visits Brownsville and Matamoros By Therese Fink Meyerhoff November 13, 2020 – There is what amounts to a refugee camp on this province’s border with Mexico. There are currently hundreds of migrants from Central America and Mexico living in Matamoros, Mexico, in tents and handmade shelters without electricity and with only limited …
By Jerry Duggan Jesuit Refugee Service has been helping people across the globe for four decades, providing the forcibly displaced with humanitarian aid and moral support. Founded by then-Superior General Fr. Pedro Arrupe, SJ, JRS seeks to “accompany, serve and advocate the cause of forcibly displaced people, that they may heal, learn and determine their …
On 40th Anniversary of JRS, Fr. Kevin Cullen, SJ, Reflects on His Experience Read More »