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A group of Jesuits underwent intense five-week training on Ignatian sources to help those interested in discernment and experience of Christ in daily life. “There has been an increased enquiry on Jesuit spirituality after a Jesuit became a Pope.

On May 21, 2019 at the first annual Ignite: A Celebration of Justice in New York City, the Ignatian Solidarity Network honored Sr. Norma Pimentel, M.J., and Fr. James Martin, S.J., for their commitment to faith and justice—for “being a beacon of light to those who have been discarded, dehumanized, or forgotten.

Edmond Grace, JESC’s secretary for ecology and justice, gives an overview on the achievements and challenges of European climate policy. Not all news relating to climate change is bad. The EU is on track to meet its emissions reduction target of 20% by next year.

With his characteristic joyfulness and pleasant closeness, Sergio became friend of many peasants of the region, together with whom he gathered a great variety of beautiful plants in order to make visible the extraordinary diversity of the flora that adorns each and every corner of the paths and fields of the area.

In the 1960s a great number of families moved to Barcelona from other parts of Spain in order to look for jobs in the factories of the industrial belt of the city. Many of them dwelt in shantytowns which later developed into working class neighbourhoods.

the Jesuits requested that GEO “report annually…on how it implements” its human rights policy in its facilities, which include 69 in the United States. Jesuits West was one of a number of religious organizations that bought a small number of shares in GEO nine years ago with the intention of influencing corporate policy and standards,

June 5 marks the World Environment Day. World Environment Day reminds us of the damage we have done to our God-given Common Home and the action we need to take to heal it. As Pope Francis tells us,

A human rights group in Jharkhand, eastern India, has condemned what it called repeated raids on Jesuit social activist Father Stan Swamy. “The raids and arrests are part of the government’s growing attempts to stifle dissent and intimidate those who are fighting for justice,”

“The Jesuits first had to learn to say: “We are responsible,” then “We are sorry,” and finally, “We need your help.” This is how Fr. Peter Bisson, SJ, summarizes the evolving relations between the Jesuits and indigenous peoples regarding residential schools in the latest edition of the Canadian Jesuits.

The annual assembly of the Social Centres Network of the Jesuit Conference of Latin American and Caribbean Provincials (CPAL in Spanish), mainly focused on the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of theSecretariat for Social Justice and Ecology (SJES), took place in Puente Grande (Guadalajara, Mexico) from June 3rd to 6th.