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Christian voice of the voiceless
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Migration, youth, leadership and Africa: eight Christian organisations debated these topics with two MEPs - Klaus Bruchner (Green) and Andreas Shwab (EPP) - at the Chapel for Europe. The Church spoke out for the poor, refugees and the marginalised. More
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The power of vote EU, take action
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This May, vote for a European Parliament that ensures dignity for all
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JRS supports all political forces that commit to work towards the protection, liberty, dignity and equality of refugees, asylum seekers and forced migrants.
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Formation and Social Apostolate Delegates meet
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Falenica, Poland, Apr. 1-4
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Over forty formation and social delegates from Europe and the Near East gathered in Poland to keep justice at the center of Jesuit formation. Alberto Ares SJ has more.
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Why did he not leave: A life dedicated to Syria
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"Don't be angry at my murderers. Please pray for them."
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On April 7, 2014, Fr Frans Van der Lugt SJ was murdered in Homs, the Syrian city where he spent most of his life serving disabled children. The Jesuits from the Netherlands and Flanders made an animated film about his mission. Why did he not leave Homs? More
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Love, hatred and reconciliation in Syria
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"When I learnt of Father Van der Lugt SJ's death I was tempted by hate. But then I thought, what can I do for him?"
Susan Dabbous, JESC's Communications Assistant, covered the conflict in Syria. Here she reflects about the legacy of the Dutch Jesuit who fell in love with Homs.
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Photo credits: Syria Deeply
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Be kind in a practical way
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"Giving a sandwich and hot coffee to homeless people will not change the world," says Magdalena Smenda, one of the ELP fellows. "However, it will make a cold morning in Brussels a bit easier for someone."
Read Magdalena's story about why she serves the excluded early every Monday when she volunteers at the Gare du Nord.
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Photo credits: Serve the City
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Cyclone Idai - Jesuits call for solidarity
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Hundreds of thousands of people in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi are still affected by Cyclone Idai that caused 350 deaths.
A month after this natural disaster there are 1.700 orphans and more than 80.000 displaced. The Jesuits Relief Fund calls on people to help and donate urgently.
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Photo credits: Routers
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We stand with deported migrants
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"We bring people affected by government policies in front of policymakers in Washington, DC."
Ted Penton SJ, Secretary of Justice and Ecology at the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the USA, talks about his work.
He describes how a woman from his Jesuit parish shared the pain of the deportation of her parents with US congressmen.
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New leadership in Justice in Mining
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Guillermo Otago from the Spanish NGO, Alboan, has been appointed by Frank Janin SJ as the new chief of the Justice in Mining Jesuit Network. The network began many years ago in Ranchi in India and since expanded all over the world.
Photo credits: Pamplona archive
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JESC at Santa Clara University
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On March 15, Peter Rožič SJ met Keith Warner in California who runs the research division of Miller Center for Social entrepreneurship. Recently the Miller Centre organised a workshop with the Jesuits in Africa (JENA) to improve business and local economy. More
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Doctors, the angels of war zones
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Seeing health care workers in war-torn areas is a sign of hope
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Pope's prayer for doctors and nurses who risk their lives to save the lives of others.
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Just Talk is a monthly online newsletter of the Jesuit European Social Centre.
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