2024

The Central American Province of the Society of Jesus marks the first anniversary of the Nicaraguan government's confiscation of the Central American University, condemning the violation of education rights and academic freedom. They call for an end to repression, the release of political prisoners, and a return to dialogue and justice.

Stan Swamy Day in Viragalur was a moving tribute to a man who devoted his life to justice and the upliftment of the marginalized.

The GIAN - EcoJesuit Core Group met in Lusaka, Zambia from 8 to 12 July. Jesuit delegates from South Asia, Europe, Latin America, Africa - Madagascar, the president of JCAM, the secretary of SJES, the current coordinator of EcoJesuit, and other collaborators from Kenya, Madagascar and Zambia were present.

We are thrilled to share some significant changes within our rome team during the month of July.

We are beginning a new cycle in PROMOTIO IUSTITIAE's life.

"INEA was a very conventional school, but at one point, we noticed we were at a "dead end," teaching the same thing everyone else was teaching. Twenty years ago, we realised we had to turn things around and get into thinking, learning, and practising organic farming.

These religious leaders through their functions help the village community be reconciled with God the creator, ancestors and other minor spirits. This brings about peace and harmony in the village community in its temporal as well as spiritual affairs.

The Rarámuri people seek, through their religious life, to recover the original harmony of creation and cooperate with God against the evil that destroys fraternity.

To me the Aunties are reconciliation in action, they know what their community needs and it is healing. Healing comes as part of the reconciliation process which is two-way.

This pervasive Great Holiness (Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka) and blessing invites us to see our relationship with all created being and to recognize and know our brotherhood and sisterhood, not just with our human brothers and sisters but with all that exists and whose aura of holiness blesses us each and every day.