On September 4, 2019, nearly 500 Catholics gathered in Newark, NJ to call for an end to immigrant child detention—including Cardinal Joseph Tobin from the Archdiocese of Newark.
When we speak out about injustice and violence, we, like Jesus, take some risk. Catholics are mobilizing and taking visible risks to end child detention.
Why I feel called to participate in nonviolent civil disobedience for a second time is simple—sometimes I just have to put my body in the way.
ISN has collected a few of the best faith and justice quotes from commencement speeches across the country — enjoy and be inspired!
"Fear deprives us of the desire and the ability to encounter the other, the person different from myself," said Pope Francis in his 2019 World Day of Migrants and Refugees message.
During Ignatian Family Advocacy Month, St. Ignatius Parish collaborated with other San Francisco area Jesuit institutions to deepen their justice and advocacy work.
A University of Detroit Mercy student's transformative encounter on the U.S.-Mexico border looks beyond the headlines of the current immigration crisis.
As the semester comes to a close, a first-year Loyola University Chicago law student is not in Chicago with her classmates—she is instead navigating the immigration legal system as her mother faces deportation.
Two teachers at Brophy College Prep in Phoenix, Arizona share their model for effective state-level advocacy: leveraging their Jesuit school's place as a community power-broker, developing robust community partnerships and student leadership, and "getting out of the way."
Following a 3-day meeting in El Paso, Texas, Catholic bishops expressed "complete disagreement" with the Trump Administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy.
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 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.
#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.
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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