Bishops on the Border

LIVESTREAM of USCCB Mass for Migrants in Washington D.C. today, May 29th

Santa Clara University - Immigration Week

Santa Clara University hosted “Immigration Week” on campus in late April to bring attention to very pressing issue of immigration and the call for immigration reform in the U.S.

Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, SJ, PhD

Nigerian Jesuit Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, S.J., Ph.D., a keynote speaker at the 2011 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice, recently wrote an open letter to President Goodluck calling for his resignation.

The U.S. Jesuit Conference recently released a report focused on the treatment of Honduran asylum cases within the U.S. asylum system.

The Program committee of the 2015 Jesuit University Humanitarian Network (JUHAN) Conference is requesting papers that address the question of Ending Enduring Human Suffering.

According to a statement by Bishop Gregorio Rosa Chavez (Auxiliary Bishop of San Savlador) to Prensa Latina, the canonization process of Archbishop Oscar Romero may be coming to its final stage.

Ignatian Family Advocacy Month (IFAM), a national advocacy effort of the Ignatian Solidarity Network in partnership with the U.S. Jesuit Conference, inspired hundreds of advocates from Jesuit universities, high schools, parishes, and ministries to engage in legislative advocacy on three priority issues: humane comprehensive immigration reform, the fair minimum wage act, and protecting the SNAP program.

Can you find Jesus in a pub? That’s the question incoming Jesuit provincial of the Oregon Province, Father Scott Santarosa, S.J., will answer this week at an event entitled “Pub Theology.”

Saint Joseph’s University (SJU) recently earned recognition as a Fair Trade University, according to the guidelines established by Fair Trade Colleges and Universities.

Carlos Mejia Orellana

Carlos Mejía Orellana, a journalist and marketing manager for Radio Progresso was found murdered in his home in the northern city of El Progreso on the night of Friday, April 11, 2014. He was stabbed several times in the chest.

Kevin O'Brien and Charlotte Mahoney (ISN Board of Directors) with Fr. Jim Connor, S.J.

The Ignatian Solidarity Network honored Fr. James L. Connor, S.J., with the “Robert M. Holstein: Faith that Does Justice Award” on Sunday, April 6th, at a Mass and award reception at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

The Ignatian family worldwide mourns the loss of Dutch Jesuit Father Frans van der Lugt, S.J., who lived in the war-torn Syrian city of Homs, and was killed on Monday, April 7, 2014. According to the Middle East Jesuits, Father van der Lugt was abducted by armed men who beat him and then killed him with two bullets to the head in front of the Jesuit residence in Homs.

Ignatian Solidarity Network connected with a few of the Jesuit schools who topped the list to find out how and why their institutions are engaging in service learning efforts.

While Congress is at a standstill on immigration the Obama administration recently announced that the Department of Homeland Security will review U.S. deportation policies.

Over 90 student leaders and faculty mentors from Jesuit high schools across the country gathered for Ignatian Solidarity Network’s Arrupe Leaders Summits in January and February 2014.