SJES ROME

This guide is a monthly resource for our global movement, offering reflections and testimonies to inspire us to pray, reflect, and act for creation...

In this Jubilee Year’s Season of Creation, in which we are called to be Pilgrims of Hope, a courageous voice resounds from Brazil. The Commission for Integral Ecology and Mining of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) has recently published a powerful document: the ‘Manifesto for Integral Ecology: a narrative to face the planetary socio-environmental crisis’...

Ten years after Pope Francis’ encyclical,Laudato Si’, the cry of the earth and of the poor continues to resound urgently in our world...

In Xavier College's social justice week, we remember that a commitment to justice aligns with Jesus’ golden rule – love God and love your neighbour.

This year’s Season of Creation theme, ‘Peace with Creation’, calls us to a profound reflection on the spiritual, relational, and ecological dimensions of peace-making. It reminds us that authentic and lasting peace is not complete without harmony in our relationship with all of creation...

Ignatius Ismartono SJ reflects on a life spent "walking with the wounded. His journey has taken him from remote villages to the heart of interreligious conflict, teaching him what it means to be "the other." He witnessed recurring patterns of human suffering: how stigma leads to marginalization and victimization, turning victims into the guilty. Yet, he also saw paths to healing emerging from conflict, where tolerance blossomed into dialogue and collaboration. He says that ministry is about walking alongside people in their most vulnerable moments, allowing their resilience to transform reality.

Catholic Social Justice Sunday reminds us of the breadth of God’s love and concern for us and for our world.In our culture the place of religion and of the Church is increasingly narrowed to our private and individual lives.Faith and justice are then seen to be exclusively about our individual relationship to God and others...

And worst of all, among human beings, those most affected will be, as always, the most vulnerable and poorest in our societies...

In Germany, a ‘wonderful’ illustration of Isaiah 32:14 – “the castle will be forsaken, the noisy city deserted; citadel and tower will become wasteland forever” – is in areas where coal is mined, such as in North Rhine-Westphalia...

This article features Peter Bisson, S.J.’s reflection on the mission of faith, justice, and reconciliation in light of the lasting wounds caused by the Church and government’s colonization of Indigenous peoples in Canada: "I felt it was important for me to be with Indigenous People and to experience shame and vulnerability for our collective responsibility for their suffering. While I felt uncomfortable, I also recognized that my discomfort did not compare to the disruption and violence that Indigenous People have experienced for generations." Through humbling and transformative encounters, Bisson reflects on how General Congregations 32 and 34 deepened his experience of the Spiritual Exercises and his understanding of Jesus as a figure of welcome and reconciliation for all.