By Becky Sindelar April 18, 2017 — “Today the Society of Jesus, which helped to establish Georgetown University and whose leaders enslaved and mercilessly sold your ancestors, stands before you to say: We have greatly sinned, in our thoughts and in our words, in what we have done and in what we have failed to …
June 16, 2020 — On June 9 and 10, for two hours each evening, Jesuit ministries in Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma, Washington, hosted a virtual prayer vigil calling for support of and financial relief for undocumented workers in Washington State during COVID-19.
May 11, 2020 — Jesuit apostolates in Washington state have released a letter to the state’s governor and leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate calling for a relief fund for undocumented immigrants affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 19, 2020 — Cyrus Habib, the lieutenant governor of Washington, will not seek re-election and is entering the Jesuits West Province of the Society of Jesus this fall, the lieutenant governor and the Society of Jesus confirmed to America Media on March 19.