SJES ROME

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Social Justice and Ecology Secretariat in the Curia of the Society of Jesus in Rome, we have given the floor to the former secretaries.

Following a call of the Social Justice and Ecology Secretariat, social delegates and leaders of the global advocacy networks met in Rome from May 13th to 17th. During the meeting, situation.

If I had to summarise with a single word what I had just experienced in the Scholastics and Brothers Circle workshop in Taiwan from December 15 to 24, I would say “richness”.

On March 15, over a hundred learners from the Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Centre (APC), a Jesuit institute that seeks to provide an integrated and holistic education for the indigenous children and youth along the Pantaron Range in upland Mindanao, Philippines,

Father Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator, President of the Conference of Major Superiors of Africa and Madagascar guided a spiritual retreat involving civil and ecclesiastical authorities of South Sudan in the Vatican.

As part of the process leading to the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region in October 2019 at the Vatican, theInternational Conference on Integral Ecology - A synodal response for the care of our common home was held from 19 - 21 March 2019 at Georgetown University in Washington DC.

Mzee (an elder in swaheli) Br.Vincent Soreng SJ, recently received a papal accolade for his care for our common home. The Pope recognized Br. Vincent's contribution to environmental conservation through the promotion of horticulture and forestry with his unique style of doing tasks quietly with great dedication,

The conference intended to motivate the fulfillment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to promote the role of religions in contributing to the implementation and achievement of the SDGs based on the conviction that all people and institutions are necessary for its fulfillment.

Three Jesuits participated in the fourth United Nations Environment Assembly, held in Nairobi, from March 4 to 15, 2019. Tshikendwa Matadi, SJ one of the participants says, “We brought the experience of the Church to this forum,

The humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, international disaster relief and Child Safeguarding were top of the agenda for the Xavier Network Directors when they met in Nuremberg last week. Founded in 2004, the Xavier Network is an international mission and development partnership between 13 Jesuit organisations united in their commitment to global justice.