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2020 Spring and Summer Newsletter

2020 Spring and Summer Newsletter

15 May 2020 / Published in Bridging Borders

2020 Spring and Summer Newsletter

Caring for “Our common home”: Reflections from the Amazon

By Alfredo Ferro Medina SJ

The Amazon, part of our “Common Home,” is a territory that covers 7 million sq km and has 35 million inhabitants. Today, this region and the 350 Indigenous communities that live there are threatened more than ever … Continue reading →

A word from Jenny Cafiso, CJI Director

A couple of months ago, we chose “Caring for our common home” as the theme for this issue. We chose it to mark the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’ which calls us to a deep personal and communal transformation and a new relationship with the earth, our common home … Continue reading →

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Young people take leadership to care for our common home

15 May 2020 by Charlie Chilufya SJ

One in three Africans, 422 million people, live below the global poverty line. They represent more than 70 percent of … Read more

Published in 2020 Spring and Summer, Newsletter article

Tagged under: Africa, empowering youth, international, JCAM, Lead Magis Africa, leadership, social justice, youth

SASAC: Our Common Home

15 May 2020 by Pramod Dabhi SJ

The disciples of Jesus wanted to learn how He prayed and so asked Him, “Lord, teach us how to pray.” … Read more

Published in 2020 Spring and Summer, Newsletter article

Tagged under: India, international, livelihood support, livelihoods, SASAC, social justice, SOJASI

Fr Stanislaus Jebamalai SJ visits Canada

15 May 2020 by Victor Reyes

Fr Stanislaus Jebamalai SJ (Sannybhai), National Coordinator of Lok Manch in India, visited Canada in February for a series of … Read more

Published in 2020 Spring and Summer, Newsletter article, Youth for others

Tagged under: Canada in solidarity, empowering youth, India, leadership, Lok Manch, outreach, social justice, youth, Youth 4 Others, youth for others

JUST Change – Advocacy Symposium in Ottawa

15 May 2020 by Victor Reyes

Canadian Jesuits International brought together secondary and postsecondary students from across Canada from February 9 to 11, to learn about … Read more

Published in 2020 Spring and Summer, Newsletter article, Youth for others

Tagged under: Canada in solidarity, empowering youth, leadership, outreach, social justice, youth, Youth 4 Others, youth for others

CNCA meeting in Ottawa

15 May 2020 by Victor Reyes

Last January 21-22, CJI attended a Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) strategic planning meeting in Ottawa. Representing CJI were … Read more