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The Power of Education: Accompanying Marginalized Children through Nativity Schools

One can only be energized and inspired after hearing from the leadership of Nativity Schools in Canada. These schools—Gonzaga Middle School (Winnipeg) and Mother Teresa Middle School (Regina)—aim to break the cycle of poverty among economically disadvantaged youth through the implementation of an innovative model of Ignatian education in the three school years before high …

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Memories Are Precious: The Archive of the Jesuits in Canada at the Service of Jesuits and Jesuit Works

The Archive of the Jesuits in Canada holds manuscripts, maps, photographs, artwork, books, and various documents that bear witness to the activities of the Society of Jesus in Canada from 1611 to today. As the guardian of the collective memory of Canadian Jesuits, the archive serves to illuminate the past and provide support to the …

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The Ministry of Fresh Mangoes, Meaty Coconuts and the Shade of Trees

“Sometimes I find it hard to look at the deforested mountains in some departments,” says Br. Marcel Charélus, SJ, director of the Centre de Spiritualité Pierre-Favre in Port-au-Prince. Fortunately, Haitian Jesuits such as Br. Marcel and Br. Mathurin Charlot, SJ, are involved in some reforestation projects. The latter, an agricultural technician and one of the oldest Jesuits in Haiti, works in the Artibonite Department with the Project to Support Reforestation and Agricultural Development (PAREDA). Br. Marcel describes their …

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Separated by the Pandemic but Connected by a Retreat: The Fruits of Pilgrims Together

Last August, Jesuits and colleagues of the Province of Canada were invited to make a retreat entitled “Pilgrims Together: In Mission with Jesus.” Retreatants were given the opportunity to pray with and deepen their personal appropriation of Pilgrims Together, the apostolic planning document of the province, and the four Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs). Scholastics Brook …

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Get Involved: For the Inclusion of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canadian Legislation

Five years ago, the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission stated that the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) should form the basis for reconciliation efforts in Canada. Several religious orders, including the Jesuits of Canada, support a change in legislation to allow the UNDRIP to be incorporated into …

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