Oct. 17, 2023 – In July 2021, the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province missioned a small team of Jesuits to serve in the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border. They met with Bishop Daniel Flores who articulated their mission to “read the reality and respond to it.” Since then, they have strived …
Del Camino Jesuit Border Ministries Launches in Brownsville, Texas Read More »
By Ignatius Plato Social justice is central to the Society of Jesus’ way of proceeding. Christine Dragonette, the director of social ministry at St. Francis Xavier College Church in St. Louis, shares fully in this mission, basing all she does in love of her neighbors. Dragonette has served in social ministry at the parish for …
Christine Dragonette Promotes Love in Action at St. Francis Xavier College Church Read More »
Maureen O’Connell examines the fabric of America’s racial history, manifested in our own faith communities, reveals the coarse, uneven, and knotted weave that has entangled us in patterns of injustice and continues to tear us apart as a people. Two Options to Attend: Online Via Zoom or in Person at the College Church Ballroom. The presentation …
Undoing Our Knots: Personalizing And Praying With Our Parish Racial History Read More »
By Ignatius Plato The Jesuits Anti-Racism Sodality (JARS) formed in the Jesuits USA Central and Southern (UCS) Province in response to the 2019 mass shooting in El Paso that left 22 Latino people dead. What began as a way for Jesuits in formation to discuss racism and racial injustice quickly became a community of prayer …
Prayer, Service and Community in the Jesuit Anti-Racism Sodality Read More »
By Ignatius Plato God occasionally calls us to serve others in new and potentially challenging ways. We may be asked to leave our comfort zone to respond to that call. For Jim Broderick-King, a new way to serve came in the form of the Ignatian Spirituality Project. Broderick-King has been an important part of the …
Jesuit Educator Shares Experience in New Ministry with Ignatian Spirituality Project Read More »
Update Dec. 29, 2022: See Fr. Rafael Garcia, SJ, interview on CNN By Ignatius Plato Dec. 21, 2022 – Sacred Heart Church, the Jesuit parish in El Paso, Texas, has for years served as a beacon of hope for immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. Recently, the parish has opened its doors to the flood of …
By Therese Fink Meyerhoff “Since Maria …” It’s a phrase one hears often when talking to people on Puerto Rico, much like “before Katrina” when speaking to New Orleanians. Life on Puerto Rico is marked as “before Maria” and “since Maria,” referring to the Category 4 hurricane that struck the island on Sept. 20, 2017. …
Five Years after Hurricane Maria: Recalling the Impact on Puerto Rico Read More »
By Jerry Duggan As director of community service and social justice at Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas, Rich Perry is living out what he knows is his vocation: to be a faith and justice educator. He developed a love for all things Jesuit as a student at Boston College. Upon his graduation in 2002, …
Rich Perry Lives Out His Vocation at Jesuit Dallas Read More »
By Rafael Garcia, SJ In the synagogue of Nazareth, Jesus proclaims his “mission statement”: The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed …
The Church’s Consistent Ethic of Life: The “Narrow Door” Read More »
As the nation awaits a new ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court regarding abortion, the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province recommits to Catholic Church teaching on abortion and reaffirms our commitment to respecting all human life. In 2018, the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States issued a statement on Jesuits’ support for …
Protecting the Least Among Us: Jesuit Statement on Abortion Read More »