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The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, 2020. Coivd-19 restrictions may have curtailed ways of marking the occasion but according to the center’s new director Dr Kevin Hargaden, the work of the centre is developing and flourishing.

In September, the community of the Nasuta village in Timor-Leste gathered to celebrate and rejoice together in being able to access clean water for the first time in their village. The gift of water – enabled through your generosity – has brought this community joy and hope for a better future.

Contemplation and Political Action is the title of an Ignatian Guide to Civic Engagement recently published by the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States to reflect on our Gospel call to promote the common good in the public square.

The conversation on safeguarding has been ongoing within the Society of Jesus for some years. A three-year project was launched: the Promotion of a Consistent Culture of Protection (PCCP). Fr John Guiney SJ and Ms.

In an endeavour towards rebuilding the lives of millions of migrant workers, who have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, the Jesuit Conference of India (JCI) is organising “FUN RUN 2020” – One Step for Migrants - a virtual event.

On November 16th 1989 at dawn, a detail of Salvadoran soldiers belonging to the Atlacatl Batallion burst into the residence hall of the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) in San Salvador and killed six Jesuits (Ignacio Ellacuría, Segundo Montes,

Canadian Jesuits International (CJI) has a new look ... but our commitment to social justice and equality is as strong as ever CJI has a brand new logo, newsletter name and design, and new website. Our new look embodies CJI’s vision for the future,

The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) working in more than 80 countries all over the world are deeply pained to know that yesterday (8 October 2020) evening the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Fr. Stan Swamy SJ, an 83 year old Jesuit,

Convened by the Society of Jesus’ SocialJustice and Ecology Secretariat, link opens on Narrative the leaders of the Global Ignatian Advocacy Networks (GIAN) of Right to Education,Migration,Ecology and Justice in Mining met online and discussed, among other things, the effects of Covid-19 pandemic.

Using religion to prop up an exaggerated sense of nationalism perverts healthy patriotism in its attempts to solidify national identity by excluding some members of society, said an essay in an influential Jesuit journal. "In some countries, a form of religious-cultural nationalism is back in vogue.