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Keeping Up the Pressure
We must keep advocating, keep putting the pressure on the new Biden Administration and Congress to work toward humane immigration reform.
Discernment & Racial Justice: A Q&A with Teresa Marie Cariño
ISN spoke with Teresa Marie Cariño about a new project, Discernment Series: Racial Justice, utilizing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius as a framework for discerning how one can work for racial justice in their life.
#SaveAsylum: Dignity and Safety for All
"I hope that, as a result of this movement, immigrants' voices will not be silenced; that all of us are provided help, no exceptions, as we are all humans and have the same rights."
And So We Wait
Waiting—with holy patience and holy impatience—is Advent’s call to us.
A Call to Creative Openness: Hope for Asylum Seekers & Refugees in 2021
May the Biden-Harris administration heed the words of Pope Francis and encourage our nation to “develop a creative openness to others"—and may we reaffirm our commitment to advocating in solidarity with the immigrant and refugee community.
Lessons from a Student Organizer During Covid-19
Being an organizer during a pandemic is hard. Remember to explore your options, be creative, and take care of yourself.
America is a nation of immigrants? Not precisely.
The often idealized American immigrant story that involves invoking the elusive “American dream” omits the experience Black and Indigenous people in the U.S.
If You Want Justice, Move from Othering to Oneness
Catholics in America have a collective moral and spiritual imperative to pray and act for unity, rejecting the sin of othering to work for justice as one.
A New Administration
As we prepare for a new presidential administration, we must remember that it is imperative to always work towards justice, regardless of who the president is.
Saint Louis University UndocuWeek: Bridging the Gap & Community Empowerment
The Saint Louis University UndocuWeek, held in February 2020, was a week of events designed to bring awareness to what it means to be undocumented in the United States and open up space for students and community members to speak, listen, share, learn, and challenge the narratives we so often hear about immigration.
Featured Blogs
Rise Up: A Weekly Call to Solidarity
Start your week by asking: how can we rise up to address injustice? Every Monday morning, voices from the Ignatian network will reflect to explore response to injustice through the lens of Ignatian spirituality and previous Sunday’s daily readings. We seek to understand one another’s stories, to individually and collectively rise up to engage in the work of building a more just and peaceful world.
Just Parenting
Just Parenting provides a framework for discussion around the intersections of parenting, faith, and social justice from the perspective of parents touched by the spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola through Jesuit schools, parishes, and other organizations.
Jesuit Volunteers Reflect
#JVReflects explores the intersection of faith and justice from the perspective of JESUIT VOLUNTEERS serving as long-term volunteers both domestically and internationally with Jesuit Volunteer Corps and Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest. The reflections specifically focus on the cornerstone values of the Jesuit volunteer experience: spirituality, simple living, community, and social justice.
Archived Series
Lift Every Voice: A Lenten Journey Toward Racial Justice
Lift Every Voice is a Lent 2016 blog addressing America’s original sin of racism through the lens of Ignatian spirituality and the daily readings. From Ash Wednesday through Easter Sunday, voices from throughout the Ignatian network will lament racial injustice in our communities and reflect on how the Gospel calls us to repent, pray, and act in solidarity with those affected by an enduring legacy of systemic and personal racial discrimination.
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