| Jesuits, Ignatians, and Justice Worldwide: JESUIT SOCIAL APOSTOLATE. The Social Justice Secretariat in Rome maintains the following website: http://www.sjweb.info/sjs/ PROMOTIO IUSTITIAE. The journal of the SJS is published four or five times a year and may be found at: http://www.sjweb.info/sjs/pj
JESUITS AROUND THE WORLD. Another site, originating from the Jesuits’ Roman headquarters, gives more general information about Jesuit activities: http://www.sjweb.info/news/index.cfm?Tab=7&Language=1&PubNumID=38JESUIT REFUGEE SERVICE. This site describes Jesuit refugee programs around the world and provides dispatches on areas with refugees in need. http://www.jrsusa.org/
JESUIT SOCIAL APOSTOLATE MAP AND GUIDE. A panoramic view of Jesuits social ministry is provided at this site (both addresses take you there): GENERAL LIST OF PERTINENT WEBSITES. Creighton University has assembled a handy website with many of these listings and others as well: http://www.creighton.edu/ministry/ccsj/justiceandadvocacy/jesuitsignatianfamilyandjustice/index.php WORLD SOCIAL FORUM OF MIGRATIONS. Jesuits and their collaborators have been quite involved in the recent World Social Forums and their follow-up activities, such as this site on migrations: http://www.fsmm2008.org/eng/ B. NORTH AMERICA U.S. JESUIT CONFERENCE. The social justice page of the Conference website keeps tabs on key issues and provides information on Jesuit social ministries in the U.S: http://www.jesuit.org/SocialJustice/default.aspxJESUIT ADVOCACY NETWORK. This is another Conference website, focusing on issues and legislation, as well as on candidates and officials and their efforts and stances on key advocacy issues: http://capwiz.com/jesuit/home/ IGGY – SOCIAL MINISTRIES DATABASE. This is a very informative listing of different social works in the U.S. JUSTICE WEB: A RESOURCE FOR JESUIT SCHOOLS. A general site addressing commitment to justice in Jesuit schools is hosted by the national steering committee. Hundreds of people nationally and internationally visit the site and contribute related syllabi, research materials, and Ignatian justice reflections. http://www.loyola.edu/justice Information about the 2009 “Commitment to Justice” Conference may be found at:http://www.loyola.edu/Justice/commitment/index.htmlASSOCIATION OF JESUIT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES. The justice page of the AJCU website may be found at: http://www.ajcunet.edu/justice IGNATIAN SOLIDARITY NETWORK. This is a network that actively facilitates and promotes communication, education, social justice awareness and action among Jesuit member institutions and individuals.http://www.ignatiansolidarity.net/isn_view/servlet/HomePage JESUIT SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM. A Jesuit take on how to engage in socially responsible investing: http://www.jesuit.org/SocialJustice/SRI/default.aspx JESUIT VOLUNTEERS. Volunteers are sent on national and International missions with renewable commitments starting at one year. http://www.jesuitvolunteers.org/ JESUIT PUBLICATIONS. Company Magazine and the National Jesuit News are periodicals that give general news about Jesuits in the U.S. and other parts of the world. CREIGHTON CENTER FOR SERVICE AND JUSTICE. Creighton University has an excellent “service and justice” website: http://www.creighton.edu/ministry/ccsj/index.php INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS. Fordham University has a website for it Institute of IHA, which “works to train professionals administering aid to those in need, offering dynamic solutions to humanitarian issues through courses, symposia, and publishing, dramatically shaping the world's conscience." http://www.fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/international_humani/ JESUIT MIGRATION ACADEMIC NETWORK. This website focuses on the role of Jesuit institutions in advocacy, teaching, and research in regard to global migration. http://jesuitmigration.fairfield.edu/ WISCONSIN PROVINCE SOCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES. A monthly report on what people in the Wisconsin Province are doing and on different opportunities in regards to social justice domestically and internationally. ECOLOGICAL SPIRITUALITY. Jesuit John Surette is behind Spiritearth, a center and a network whose focus is contemplation, reflection, justice-making for the ecozoic era. PEACE ACTIVISM. Jesuit John Dear is a longtime peace activist and organizer. He lectures and writes widely on peace and nonviolence MENTAL HEALTH & HUMAN RIGHTS. The Martín-Baró Fund, named for one of the Jesuits killed in 1989 in El Salvador, supports community-based activism for mental health and human rights. WOODSTOCK THEOLOGICAL CENTER. This Jesuit-related center carries out theological and ethical reflection on the most pressing human issues of the day. http://woodstock.georgetown.edu/ QUIXOTE CENTER. As the website says, Quixote Center is "a gathering of people who work and pray with laughter, to reach for stars that seem too distant to be touched, or too dim to be worth the effort. We try to be friends with people in need, and to celebrate life with people who believe that the struggle to be like Jesus in building a world more justly loving is worth the gift of our lives." EUROPEAN CONFERENCE. A website produced by the Jesuit Conference of European Provincials has general information about work in Europe. JESUIT EUROPEAN OFFICE. The JEO offers a variety of pages on justice and solidarity work, starting from this site: http://www.ocipe.info/index.php?id=13 SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY. The JEO also has this website detailing a "way of proceeding" in social justice advocacy in accord with the spirit of Ignatius.BRITAIN. The Jesuits of Britain dedicate a page of their website to faith and justice. www.jesuit.org.uk/faithandjustice.htm XAVIER NETWORK. This European network of Jesuit-related non-governmental organizations works to promote justice through comprehensive development initiatives designed for the world’s most underprivileged people. JESUIT SOCIAL NETWORK OF ITALY. The Jesuits of Italy maintain this website, which helps to network the social justice works of that country. (Website is in Italian.) http://www.jsn.it/Internet/italiano PEACE RESEARCH. The Research Seminar for Peace in Zaragoza, Spain, studies peace in its many facets, using an interdisciplinary approach. (Website is in Spanish.) CHRISTIANITY AND JUSTICE. The Lluis Espinal Foundation in Barcelona, Spain, runs courses and seminars and published books and booklets on faith and justice. IGNATIAN ECO-NET. This site is geared toward ecological justice. (It seems to be in a start-up stage still). http://www.ignatian-eco.net/public/ D. LATIN AMERICA LATIN AMERICAN JESUITS. The social apostolate page of the conference of Latin American Jesuits can be found at: http://www.cpalsj.org/apostolado/ FE N’AMAZONIA (PORTUGUESE, SPANISH, AND ENGLISH). The 2009 World Social Forum (held in Brazil) took great interest in the question of justice in the immense Amazon region. Jesuits have this follow-up website: http://preforumfenamazonia.wordpress.com/ AMAZON REGION. A more general site (in Portuguese) on Jesuit work in the Amazon región is this one: http://www.jesuitasamazonia.org/ SOCIAL ACTION IN HONDURAS (SPANISH). The Jesuits of Honduras have a progressive radio station and a research and action center with the following website: http://www.eric-js.net/ or http://eric-sj.org/ ENVIO – JOURNAL OF POLITICS FROM NICARAGUA (SPANISH AND ENGLISH). Published monthly, ENVIO has superb reporting on the Central American regions: FE Y ALEGRÍA. This Jesuit-inspired movement to provide quality education to the poor is working in more than 25 countries. E. AFRICA AND ASIA SOUTH ASIA: JESUITS IN SOCIAL ACTION. A very impressive website from the part of the world where the Society is growing fast. AFRICA AND MADAGASCAR: SOCIAL APOSTOLATES. This site connects to several social centers, the Jesuit AIDS network, and activities involving refugees and internally displaced persons. |
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