JCEP

For last two years I have worked in Centre Avec, the research and social action centre in the South Belgium-Luxembourg province. Our mission is to raise the public's awareness of social issues of a local and global nature, giving people the means of working towards a more just society.

A Hungarian folk tale tells the story of the friendship of a young Hungarian, Dani, with a Gypsy of his own age. The godfather of the young Hungarian asks the boy’s parents to explain to him why they allow their son's friendship with the “no-good” Gypsy Lajos.

I am a journalist by profession, but instead of spending my time writing and editing for a newspaper or a television channel, my days are spent preparing packets of fruit and vegetables, delivering medicines, and helping children do their homework. In other words,

In 1999, after spending my regency in Cambodia, where I accompanied and assisted refugees who were disabled or elderly, I returned to the Province of Loyola, to which I belong. Those years in Cambodia were a time of grace: there was interior distress at seeing so much suffering,

London Jesuit Volunteers is a recent initiative of the Mount Street Jesuit Centre in London. Members commit to volunteering for 2-8 hours per week, working alongside people in prisons, hospitals, and homeless shelters; also with communities of people with learning disabilities,

Most of my workdays are spent in front of a computer. This is not a complaint; merely a mere statement of fact. As a policy and advocacy officer for JRS-Europe, my tasks are more research- and policy-intensive than people-intensive. Of course, part of my job is to meet policymakers.

Life in the Congo is not easy. The Jesuit Refugee Service has a health project in the area of Wanie-Rukula, near Kisangani. Recently I found myself passing through that place, visiting a site where a health centre was being built. I was able to speak to the team and enjoy the company of the local people.

During Holy Week, the Migrations Team of Christian Life Community (CLC) in Spain, along with the Vedruna Carmelites Community and the Elín Association, sought to share the sufferings and the joys of the migrants of Ceuta, an autonomous Spanish city located on the African coast of the Strait of Gibraltar.