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ISN Board Chair Fred Kammer, SJ to Receive Harry A. Fagan Roundtable Award

On Monday, January 25, Ignatian Solidarity Network board chair Fr. Fred Kammer, SJ will be honored with the Harry A. Fagan Roundtable Award in a ceremony at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.On Monday, January 25, Ignatian Solidarity Network board chair Fr. Fred Kammer, SJ will be honored with the Harry A. Fagan Roundtable Award in a ceremony at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Since 1987, the Roundtable Association of Catholic Diocesan Social Action Directors has annually given the award to a person or persons whose work, in the tradition of Catholic social teaching, has led to significant progress towards greater social justice and dignity for all members of society at the national or international level.

PODCAST: Previewing the Jesuit Conference’s Advocacy Issues in 2016

In this week's episode of the Ignatian Solidarity Network Podcast, we are visited by two guests from the National Advocacy Office at the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States to preview the issues that they will be taking up this year. Policy Director Shaina Aber and Policy Associate Matt Cuff joined ISN executive Christopher Kerr by phone from their offices in Washington, D.C. to discuss the recent raids of Central American migrants in the United States, prospects of reform to the criminal justice system, the minimum wage campaign, and more.

Fr. Pepe: Allow Me to Introduce Myself

I am Pepe Ruiz, a Jesuit priest, high school theology teacher and campus minister. I am a member of the U.S. Central and Southern Province of the Society of Jesus, currently serving at St. Louis University High School in St. Louis, Missouri. But I am a native of Ciudad Juárez, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.