The Kino Border Initiative (KBI) is a binational organization that works in the area of migration and is located in Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. The KBI was inaugurated in January of 2009 by six organizations from the United States and Mexico.
Fr. Thomas P. Greene, SJ, will be the next provincial superior of the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province. He was named on Nov. 6, 2019, by Father Arturo Sosa, SJ, the superior general of the worldwide Society of Jesus. Father Greene will assume his duties on July 31, 2020.
St. Agnes and St. Ignatius are sending groups of volunteers to help migrants at the border.
A shared commitment to social justice led a Jesuit and his friend to find an innovative way to address the root causes of migration to improve the lives of indigenous people in Chiapas, Mexico.
This simulation exercise allows participants to experience what a refugee goes through when he must flee his country. Obviously, it is impossible to really know what a refugee experiences until we actually become one.
Neither “conservative” nor “liberal.” Fr. Rafael Garcia, SJ, writes about the Catholic Church’s consistent ethic of life.
Last month, a 35-year-old mother of two in Arizona became one of the first unauthorized migrants deported to Mexico under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Her case threw fuel on the debate over administration policy, but for some who minister along the border, the argument was not just political. “It was personal,” said Father Sean Carroll, SJ.
When Jesuits in the U.S. and Canada want to develop greater corporate responsibility, they turn to dialogue rather than divestment. The Jesuit Committee on Investment Responsibility is one tool to achieve real change.