February, 2023

The Jesuit Province of Brazil has released its fourth Social and Environmental Justice Action Report for 2020 and 2021.

The earthquake that struck the area between Syria and Türkiye seems to have spared nothing and no one.

AEFJN in collaboration with CIDSE, actors in Our Land is Our Life platform and other International networks are currently accompanying some Maasai indigenous peoples in Tanzania

The Jesuit Prison Ministry in Thailand has been given a piece of land in the Chiang Mai area. How might this help the prisoners? A transition house perhaps, a place to learn about organic farming? The encyclicalLaudato Si’ and the pandemic have opened new avenues. Let us hear about it from the initiator and director, Ms Vilaiwan Phokthavi, known as Kep.

It was a full week of rich sharing and learning for the Safety in Ministry. The participants, mostly safeguarding delegates, shared their experience in safeguarding work in their Jesuit provinces and regions.

On 6 February Syria and Türkiye were hit by two catastrophic earthquakes that have claimed the lives of thousands of people. In response to the rising death toll and devastation left behind, Jesuit Mission Australia has launched a Syria Earthquake Response Appealto provide immediate assistance to those people most affected living in Aleppo.

Forced displacement is rarely a temporary phenomenon. On the contrary, many people live in precarious situations for years, or even decades, after becoming displaced.

The Ignatian Solidarity Network is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Robert M. Holstein Faith Doing Justice Award—Ellie Hidalgoand Jack Raslowsky. Both awardees will be honoured at ISN’s annual award event, Ignite: A Celebration of Justice, to be held this year at Xavier High School in New York City.

The platform nosomosexpedientes.mx is a digital space that provides relatives of missing persons with helpful tools and valuable information for following up on their investigation and interaction with the public prosecutors' offices.

After the severe earthquake on the night of Feb. 5-6 that struck Syria and Türkiye, the situation remains dramatic. The Cathedral in Iskenderun has collapsed. Bishop Paolo Bizzeti SJ, Bishop of Anatolia in Eastern Türkiye, was out of the country at the time but is organising help. Antuan Ilgit SJ is on the spot and is organizing relief for his parishioners.