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From 15 to October 19, some 70 people from 32 organisations linked to the Red Jesuita Con Migrantes(RJM) [Jesuit Network With Migrants] met in El Salvador.

In this newsletter we hear from our partners in Africa and Asia about the ways in which people they work with are denied the most basic right of education and why they have made education a priority for their work.

The Jesuits in Europe, through the Jesuit European Social Centre (JESC) in coordination with Jesuit Missions UK and the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice and in collaboration with Ecojesuit, launched the COP28@Home ‘Together for Climate Justice’ campaign.

From 16th October 2023, The Institute of Daughters of Mary Help of Christians held a three-day seminar on Sexual Abuse and HIV/AIDS.

In response to a rapidly changing Philippine society, the social apostolates of the Philippine Jesuit Province gathered for a colloquium on Developing Ignatian Spirituality in the Social Apostolate from 19 to 21 October in Tagaytay City.

The Society of Jesus endorses the Pope’s unconditional call for peace.

Michael Campbell-Johnston SJ, the second Secretary of the Social Apostolate at the General Curia (1975 – 1985), said the “last amen of his life and the first alleluia of his eternity” on October 12.

Tragically, the stories shared by these African girls are not unique. Globally, 15 million adolescent girls have endured forced sex at some point in their lives, according to a report by the U.N. Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children.

Appealing for peace in the Holy Land, Pope Francis expresses concern for the humanitarian situation in Gaza, calling on all parties to lay down their weapons and all Christians to pray and fast on 27 October for peace.

Within the framework of the project: "Defending the rights of children in Quispicanchi", Wayra Association, a Jesuit social centre in Quispicanchi (Cusco), accompanied and advised for months the formation of CCONNA (Consultative Councils of Children and Adolescents)