Australia – “Out for Good”
Jesuit Social Services is a partner in the Victorian Government Out for Good pilot. Our Advocacy Manager VANESSA WILLIAMS spoke to our Manager of Employment Services, Rob Auger, about the opportunities the program is creating for young people from justice involved backgrounds to find sustainable employment. Sometime in January, three young workers turned up for their first day at one of Melbourne’s major construction sites. They had their new White Cards with them – the minimum licence required to work in construction – and they took their place alongside the army of builders making Victoria’s infrastructure boom possible. Read more…
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From July 18-21, 2023, 24 students from 10 Jesuit colleges and universities gathered for the Ignatian Solidarity Network’s Ignatian Justice Summit.
Members of the Magis community in Myanmar gathered in Taunggyi from 11 to 13 April with a shared purpose – to deepen their understanding of Ignatian Spirituality and put it into practice by serving the communities in Loi Long Monastery and Infant Jesus Convent, where they spent time with orphans and people with disabilities, lending a helping hand wherever they could.
![Latin America – Escuela de la Paz [Peace School], a space for cooperative learning to attain harmonious coexistence.](https://www.sjesjesuits.global/media/2023/04/23Aprilnews_15.jpeg)
The first version of the Escuela de la Paz (Peace School) was held in Sucre City from 31 March to 2 April 2023 in the Azari retreat house. It aims to bring transformation in people through dialogue for constructive change of conflicts. Now, Sucre has its first Peace School.
From the 27th to 29th March 2023 African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN) undertook a 3-day AHAPPY sensitization training at Naivasha Women’s Prison.
Some 19 students and teachers from Sophia University in Tokyo visited Xavier Learning Community (XLC) in Chiang Rai to learn about the situation of ethnic minorities in Thailand.
Fe y Alegría celebrates 68 years of service to popular communities and excluded sectors. The dream of social transformation born in Venezuela, in Caracas, on March 5, 1955, is still alive and has significant future challenges.
