Shaina Aber (Policy Director, Jesuit Conference Social & International Ministries) and Rev. Tom Greene, S.J. (Secretary for Social & International Ministries) recently visited Honduras to develop a deeper understanding of the volatile human rights situation facing the Central American country and how Jesuits and lay partners are responding. The interview offers perspectives on these realities and insights into ways that people here in the U.S. can support those who are marginalized by injustice through outreach and advocacy.
Human Rights in Honduras Interview
in Aber, Greene SJ, Honduras, North AmericaShaina Aber (Policy Director, Jesuit Conference Social & International Ministries) and Rev. Tom Greene, S.J. (Secretary for Social & International Ministries) recently visited Honduras to develop a deeper understanding of the volatile human rights situation facing the Central American country and how Jesuits and lay partners are responding. The interview offers perspectives on these realities and insights into ways that people here in the U.S. can support those who are marginalized by injustice through outreach and advocacy.
Men and Women for Others
in Arrupe SJJesuit Superior General Pedro Arrupe, S.J.’s address to the Tenth International Congress of Jesuit Alumni of Europe in Spain in 1973. This address includes the famous “Today our prime educational objective must be to form men-and-women-for-others…” quote.
Author: Pedro Arrupe, S.J.
Link: http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/men-for-others.html
The Service of Faith and Promotion of Justice in Jesuit Higher Education
in Kolvenbach SJJesuit Superior General Hans Kolvenbach, S.J.’s keynote address at the Justice in Higher Education Conference at Santa Clara University in 2000.
Author: Hans Kolvenbach, S.J.
Link: http://www.marquette.edu/mission/documents/TheServiceofFaithandthePromotionofJusticeinAmericanJesuitHigherEducation–Kolvenbach.pdf
Fair Minimum Wage Act Policy Update
in Economic Justice, Minimum WageJudy Conti, National Employment Law Project, offers a policy update on the fair minimum wage act at the 2013 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice
Immigration Policy Update
in ImmigrationMary Small, Jesuit Refugee Service/USA, offers an immigration policy update at the 2013 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice
EcoJesuit
in Environment, Jesuit Organizations“Connecting Jesuits, people, and ecology”
Link: http://www.ecojesuit.com/
Global Ignatian Advocacy Network
in Advocacy, Jesuit Organizations“News and information about bridge-building marginalized communities and decision makers, in the spirit of St. Ignatius of Loyola”
Link: http://www.ignatianadvocacy.org/
Remembering the Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador: Twenty Years On
in Brackley SJ, El Salvador, Jesuit Martyrs, North AmericaDean Brackley, S.J. shares the story of the Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador.
Author: Dean Brackley, S.J.
Source: Thinking Faith
Link: http://www.thinkingfaith.org/articles/20091116_1.htm