2023

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.

Last January the 5th 2023, Dr. Sandra Racionero-Plaza joined the Promoting a Consistent Culture of Protection Project (PCCP) of the global Society of Jesus.She joins as assistant to John Guiney SJ, project coordinator.

Father General Arturo Sosa officially launched the map's online publication.

On December 20, at the Forum Saint-Michel in Brussels, JRS Belgium held, in partnership with the Centre Avec, a round table on its monitoring work carried out within closed centres.

Jesuit Refugee Service Nigeria supports the businesses of internally displaced women through Village Savings and Loan Associations.