BY ISN STAFF | July 31, 2014 The Society of Jesus in the United States (the Jesuit order) is making a personal plea to the 43 Congressional representatives who graduated from […]
Today, the Ignatian Solidarity Network joined more than 300 faith-based organizations delivered a letter to President Barack Obama and Members of Congress urging protection, care and legal counsel for the thousands of Central American children who have fled escalating violence, conflict and exploitation in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
The Ignatian Solidarity Network (ISN) Board of Directors has unanimously voted to welcome Maureen Beckman, Salvador Colon, Paris Jones, and Justin White, as directors. The new members of ISN’s national governance board will serve three year terms.
Over 1,200 alumni of Jesuit universities and high schools have sent a letter this week to fellow alumni in the U.S. House of Representatives calling on them to pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation. The group forty-three House members, which includes Speaker of the House Representative John Boehner (Xavier University ‘77) have attended one or more of the 28 universities and 60 high schools sponsored by the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) in the United States.
During the 25th anniversary year of the Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador, forty-six U.S. delegates will travel to El Salvador from July 24, 2014 to August 1, 2014.
National Catholic organizations are joining Pope Francis in calling for prayers of peace in the midst of increasing violence in Iraq.
National Catholic leaders, including ISN executive director, Christopher Kerr, are sending a message to Speaker John Boehner today, calling on the U.S. House of Representatives to pass “humane and practical immigration reform.”
LIVESTREAM of USCCB Mass for Migrants in Washington D.C. today, May 29th
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.
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.”
