SJES ROME

“The best thing at school is studying," says Sulendra, a 16-year-old student at the Jesuit-run Masi Marsal (Light of the Messiah) High School, in the Bokaro district of Jharkhand, India.

Jesuit social apostolate encompasses a wide spectrum of activities and engagements ranging from works of charity to taking sides in solidarity with historically marginalised peoples and their struggles to bring structural and systemic change for a more just and humane society.

Jesuits throughout the Americas are demanding justice for two Mexican Jesuits who were murdered last June in Cerocahui, Mexico. Eight months have passed since their deaths, but the perpetrator, a notorious local cartel leader, has still not been apprehended.

This week the Chair of Hospitality was held in Rome as a space of formation. It explores the ethical, anthropological and juridical bases of the hospitality advocated by various actors of the Church and society with migrants.

Luis is from a rural town in Guatemala. He didn’t start school until he was 11 years old and at the time cleaned boots to pay for school fees. Later (at age 13), he started harvesting coffee. Once he was 16, a Christian nonprofit started to help him with the school fees and helped him graduate.

8 March is an important day for the rights of all women in the world, but today is a special day for Eveline in particular: today she opened a small business in Chad, while her 7-year-old daughter goes to school for the first time.

Caring for our home planet drives Cristina Molina, who is keen to understand the link between ecology and spirituality.

Akhfaa, who is 19 years old, is one of ten student-boarders who reside with his family in the Pesantren. Founded in 2008 by Nissa, the boarding school aims to teach young men the Qur’an and farming practices of agroecology.

Ho Chi Minh Ville (Agenzia Fides) - "To serve God through the poor, in whom Christ is present, and to be with them every day" is the desire of Peter Pham Minh Hung, a priest from the parish of Vuon Xoai, belonging to the archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh Ville, in South Vietnam.

I came to the Discerning Leadership Program as an empty cup. I did not have any knowledge about leadership. The emptiness came from the weakness I felt from my lack of knowledge. I brought an empty glass into the meeting room each day and put it on the table in front of me. And each day, the glass filled up.