SJES ROME

Last Thursday, 35000 students walked for the climate. A growing number. Bravo! Go for it! It is their generation’s struggle. A struggle for the survival of all mankind: One of their slogans was: “Man does not run toward its doom, he is getting there by car”.

On the new site, users can find the first global map of international networks related to the mission of the Society of Jesus. At the time of the launch, there are 81 in total. The new site also serves as a resource library with the latest documents on the topics of networking and collaboration as they relate to the Society of Jesus.

Between March 4 and 6, summoned by CPAL, 51 persons, including 19 Jesuits, came together in Lima to reflect on political alternatives to the Venezuelan crisis. They say, “The pain and growing misery of the Venezuelan people, inside and outside their country, saddens us and challenges us…

From 5 – 7 February 2019, around 44 village activists, coordinators and the staff of Udayani Social Action Forum-Kolkata gathered at Dhyan Ashram Retreat House to celebrate 50 years of the Justice and Reconciliation mission of the Jesuits in Social Justice and Ecology.

My work in development cooperation began more than 20 years ago. However, previously, I was involved in volunteer projects where I had the opportunity to experience what I call "encounters" with realities and people plagued by poverty and exclusion. I remember when I spent one summer in India,

As part of the collaborative work, AUSJAL and Pan Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM) jointly organized a Regional meeting on the Synod of the Amazon at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC, Brazil).

The people of Tipling village in Nepal, who spent 2 to 3 days walking to access basic facilities of education or health, can now reach Kathmandu in just 8 hours. The 27 km Xavier Marg (road) construction from Somdang, bordering Rasuwa district,

Fr. Stephen Pitts, an associate pastor in El Paso, Texas who has spent significant time in Chiapas, Mexico both ministering as a priest and conducting significant research, looking at a cooperative economic model that is transforming the rural,

The 82-year old Jesuit Stan Swamy believes he is being treated as a ‘suspect’ in Bhima Koregaon case, Pune because he has been working with tribals in Jharkhand and questioning the state government. On the eve of Indian Republic Day (26th Jan.),

Arrupe Jesuit University started the New Year with a workshop on Child and Vulnerable Adult Protection against abuse. Fr. Arturo Sosa, the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, in his letter to the whole society, “To Share the Suffering of Victims of Abuse and Foster a Culture of Protection”,