Social Justice
Australian Jesuits survey their efforts in Reconciliation with Creation
Jesuit communities and works in Australia have been actively working to improve their environmental sustainability for many years, according to surveys conducted by the Australian...read more
Seeing the face of Christ in migrant workers
As a child, Sr Wei Wei spent a summer listening to Bible stories elaborated by a young volunteer in a market place in her village....read more
Partnering to serve refugees in Cambodia: The Mercy Sisters and JRS
Women religious partnerships with JRS have become a vital element in aiding displaced people wherever there is need. This was the case 37 years ago,...read more
Thirty years of serving at the frontiers of humanity
Thirty years ago, a 74-year-old Spanish Jesuit priest had his first encounter with a community of persons affected by leprosy in China. Moved by the...read more
Rerum Novarum Center’s “little” ambassador
The Jesuit social service centre in Taipei has a “little” ambassador. Twenty-seven-year-old Lily jumps at the opportunity to introduce Rerum Novarum Center whenever she hears...read more
How are you, my love?
“How are you, my love/ I hope you are well/ Do not worry about me/ I am getting by.” The poignant lyrics of “Kumusta ka...read more
The Rohingya are God’s own people
“What we saw and experienced in the camps was beyond comprehension,” reported Fr Dunstan Vinny Joseph SJ, Socius of the Myanmar Jesuit Mission upon returning...read more
A call for action on Manus Island crisis
Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Australia and Jesuit Social Services have joined other Catholic organisations in expressing grave concern for the humanitarian crisis on Manus Island...read more
Migrant workers come back to their “mother’s home”
“Returning to Rerum Novarum Center is like coming home,” said Hanh. Hanh and many other migrant workers like her who had sought the comfort of...read more