Creighton University’s Center for Service and Justice (CSSJ) may soon bear the name of the John P. Schlegel, S.J., a cherished former Creighton president battling cancer.
Demonstrating unity across the U.S. Catholic Church, the editors of the Jesuit-sponsored America Magazine have joined fellow editors at National Catholic Register, National Catholic Reporter, and Our Sunday Visitor, in calling for the end of capital punishment in the United States.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States joined a faith-based call of justice and compassion for those incarcerated in the U.S. justice system. In a letter to leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary committees, Jesuit Father Timothy Kesicki, president of the Jesuit Conference, and over 20 other institutional leaders representing a range of Christian denominations, asked Congressional leaders in both houses to enact legislation that will “restore equity, end excessive punishments, promote alternative to incarceration, encourage rehabilitation and reintegration, and protect the dignity and well-being of everyone impacted by the system.”
Loyola University Chicago has established the Arrupe College, a two-year junior college that will prepare students in the Jesuit tradition and enable them to transfer successfully into a four year college or university—with little or no debt.
WASHINGTON DC- Just weeks after making a public statement regarding the anti-immigration amendments in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill (H.R. 240), the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States has sent a letter to Congress challenging them to reject such amendments.
Twenty-five undocumented students and graduates of Catholic colleges and universities across the U.S. have co-signed a letter to fellow alumni in the U.S. Congress.
A new report from Loyola University New Orleans’ Jesuit Social Research Institute reveals that more than 250,000 families with children in Louisiana lack economic security to meet essential needs such as housing, food, child care, transportation and health care.
Leaders joined in signing a statement which asks Catholics serving in Congress to recognize immigration as a pro-life issue and support the U.S. bishops’ efforts to pass comprehensive immigration reform.
The Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States released a statement today (1/15/15) about a series if anti-immigrant amendments attached to Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act (HR 240) by the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Ignatian Solidarity Network (ISN) joined the Jesuit Conference, Jesuit Refugee Service USA and a number of other national faith-based organizations in a sign-on letter the U.S. Congress calling for opposition to legislative action that would harm short term relief from deportation for undocumented immigrants.
The University of Scranton’s 200,000-square-foot Loyola Science Center earned LEED gold status. LEED certification is globally recognized as the premier mark of achievement in green building, a concept to which the University has long been committed, said Mark Murphy, the University’s director of sustainability.
William P. Quigley, J.D., professor at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, is the 2015 recipient of the Father Robert Drinan Award. The annual award is presented to only one law professor a year by the American Association of Law School’s (AALS) section on Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities and recognizes educators working toward increasing access to justice.
John Carroll University became the fifth Jesuit university to earn “Fair Trade University” status from Fair Trade Campaigns. John Carroll joins Creighton University, Loyola Marymount University, Saint Joseph’s University, and Seattle University, and is also the first university in Ohio to earn the status.
Recently students from Lourdes Catholic School who belong to the Kino Teen Club associated with the Kino Border Initiative in Nogales were in DC for the Jesuit Teach-In. Kino Teen students took part in the Posada reading various parts.
Brophy College Preparatory, a Jesuit high school located on the north side of Phoenix is showing its support for immigrants in the area who will be impacted by President Obama’s executive action on immigration.
