Grappling with my Catholic Faith and Native Identity this Thanksgiving
Nicholas Black Elk’s life offers an example of pursuing peace through practices of contemplation and seeing God in all people.
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Del Camino Jesuit Border Ministries Launches in Brownsville, Texas
Oct. 17, 2023 – In July 2021, the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province missioned a small team of Jesuits to serve in the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border. They met with Bishop Daniel Flores who articulated their mission to “read the reality and respond to it.” Since then, they have strived …
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Christine Dragonette Promotes Love in Action at St. Francis Xavier College Church
By Ignatius Plato Social justice is central to the Society of Jesus’ way of proceeding. Christine Dragonette, the director of social ministry at St. Francis Xavier College Church in St. Louis, shares fully in this mission, basing all she does in love of her neighbors. Dragonette has served in social ministry at the parish for …
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How Ignatian Spirituality Can Inspire Us to Care for Our Common Home on Earth Day
Invite you to embrace Pope Francis’ call to protect the Earth, using these Ignatian and faith resources to guide you.
Prayer, Service and Community in the Jesuit Anti-Racism Sodality
By Ignatius Plato The Jesuits Anti-Racism Sodality (JARS) formed in the Jesuits USA Central and Southern (UCS) Province in response to the 2019 mass shooting in El Paso that left 22 Latino people dead. What began as a way for Jesuits in formation to discuss racism and racial injustice quickly became a community of prayer …
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Jesuit Educator Shares Experience in New Ministry with Ignatian Spirituality Project
By Ignatius Plato God occasionally calls us to serve others in new and potentially challenging ways. We may be asked to leave our comfort zone to respond to that call. For Jim Broderick-King, a new way to serve came in the form of the Ignatian Spirituality Project. Broderick-King has been an important part of the …
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AMDG Podcast: Talking Indigenous Justice with Anjela Barnes
Today’s guest is Anjela Barnes, the vice president of the Accokeek Foundation. In her work, she helps preserve and protect Piscataway park, located in southern Maryland on the Potomac River. This is part of the traditional homelands of the Piscataway people, of which Anjela is a member. As you’ll hear in this episode, host Eric …
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Help and Hope at the Southern Border
Update Dec. 29, 2022: See Fr. Rafael Garcia, SJ, interview on CNN By Ignatius Plato Dec. 21, 2022 – Sacred Heart Church, the Jesuit parish in El Paso, Texas, has for years served as a beacon of hope for immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. Recently, the parish has opened its doors to the flood of …
Rich Perry Lives Out His Vocation at Jesuit Dallas
By Jerry Duggan As director of community service and social justice at Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas, Rich Perry is living out what he knows is his vocation: to be a faith and justice educator. He developed a love for all things Jesuit as a student at Boston College. Upon his graduation in 2002, …
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The Church’s Consistent Ethic of Life: The “Narrow Door”
By Rafael Garcia, SJ In the synagogue of Nazareth, Jesus proclaims his “mission statement”: The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed …
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