Over 250 students and faculty attended the 2022 Ignatian Family Mass for Life at Saint Aloysius Church just minutes from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Fr. Brian Paulson, S.J., president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States, presided at the Mass.
In October and November of 2021, more than 2,800 individuals committed to the common good gathered virtually and in-person for the 24th annual Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice (IFTJ).
The Catholic Ethical Purchasing Alliance, a partnership between the Ignatian Solidarity Network and Ethix Merch, supports Catholic institutions and individuals in integrating the values of Catholic Social Teaching with their purchasing practices.
A graduate of Gonzaga College High School and Loyola University Chicago is on day eight of a hunger strike outside of the White House, demanding that President Biden follow through on his campaign promise to pass climate policy that matches the urgency and the scale of the current climate emergency.
Members of the Jesuit network joined asylum seekers and Catholic leaders at the U.S.-Mexico border to march in solidarity with migrant families demanding the Biden Administration respect their right to asylum.
The Jesuits West CORE’s Ignite program, held during the summers of 2020 and 2021, is designed to train and empower a diverse cohort of high school students in community organizing leadership.
Bee at Peace is an initiative designed to make Ignatian spirituality more accessible to women of color, and in the process, build mutual support and community.
In the aftermath of the revelation that the remains of 215 Indigenous children were discovered at Kamloops Indian Residential School in Canada, Red Cloud Indian School, as well as the Midwest Province of the Jesuits and the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the U.S., has issued a response related to its own legacy and history.
For ten years, the University of Detroit Mercy has hosted an annual fundraising event for the UCA Jesuit Martyrs Scholarship, which enables students living in impoverished communities in El Salvador to attend the UCA—the Jesuit university in San Salvador.
In spring of 2021, Gonzaga University earned the Fair Trade University distinction from the international Fair Trade Campaigns organization.
The ISN Board of Directors has unanimously voted to welcome Carlos Aedo, Jim DeGraw, Colleen Dulle, Vince Herberholt, and Ashley Klick as new members, effective July 1, 2021.
A Jesuit-sponsored study in northern Honduras found that the environmental destruction caused by mining permeates all areas of Honduran life—and also that resistance on the part of local communities is yielding results, empowering communities to reach for a different model of economic development and environmental stewardship.
On July 5, 2021 human rights activist Fr. Stan Swamy S.J., died at age 84 at the Holy Family Hospital in Mumbai, India while in custody of the Indian government, after months of calls for his release.
The Jesuit Schools Network held a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Cohort Gathering from June 22-25 in Cleveland, OH, focused on the theme “Planning for Diversity and Change.”
Attendees at the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities’ 2021 Commitment to Justice in Jesuit Higher Education conference explored how to accompany young people in building a future of hope.
