Canadian Jesuits International
70 Saint Mary St
Toronto, ON
M5S 1J3
Canada
Tel: 416.465.1824
Toll Free (Canada and USA): 1.800.448.2148
Email: cji@jesuits.ca
COVID-19 Response | Asia
13 January 2021
In March 2020, a national lockdown was imposed in India in response to COVID-19. The lockdown left migrant labourers in … Read more
- Published in 2021 Winter
A JUST FUTURE FOR ALL
13 January 2021
Thank you to all our friends and supporters for making CJI’s Giving Tuesday campaign, A JUST FUTURE FOR ALL, a … Read more
- Published in 2021 Winter
CJI stands in solidarity with Fr Stan Swamy, an 83-year-old Jesuit in India, and the 15 other human rights defenders … Read more
- Published in 2021 Winter
A Christmas greeting from the Darjeeling Jesuit Province
17 December 2020
3 December 2020
You, Lord have given all that to me. I now give it back to you, O Lord. … Read more
- Published in News
Webinars on the impact of COVID-19
08 September 2020
Last June 25, CJI presented A cry from the Amazon: Indigenous communities threatened by COVID-19, a webinar with Fr Alfredo … Read more
- Published in 2020 Fall
A JUST FUTURE FOR ALL: Resisting a democracy recession
24 November 2020
Fr Xavier Jeyaraj SJ talks about the alarming transformation of democracy in the world with the election of authoritarian regimes … Read more
- Published in Community engagement, Webinars
COVID-19 in India: Accompanying marginalized communities
03 September 2020
India has been severely impacted by COVID-19. Marginalized communities are disproportionately affected and are suffering immensely. Canadian Jesuits International hosted … Read more
- Published in Community engagement, Webinars
Updates from Jesu Ashram
30 July 2020
Just across our boundary walls there is a big slum area of some 600 migrant families. Most of these families … Read more
- Published in COVID-19
SASAC: Our Common Home
15 May 2020
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
Fr Stanislaus Jebamalai SJ visits Canada
15 May 2020
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
From St Xavier’s College, Darjeeling, India
07 May 2020
I hope and pray God almighty has kept you all under the wings of his protection.
I would like to … Read more
- Published in COVID-19
Covid-19 Response in Darjeeling Province
28 April 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic reached India, the federal government enforced a three-week lockdown from the midnight of March 23, giving … Read more
- Published in COVID-19
COVID-19 Emergency appeal
21 April 2020
Donate Now!
“How difficult it is to stay at home for those who live in tiny, ramshackle dwellings, or for … Read more
- Published in Appeals
Lok Manch: The power of collective action
06 January 2020
Lok Manch community awareness meeting on basic rights. (Photo: Lok Manch)
Access to quality education, health and other basic services … Read more
- Published in Newsletter article, Newsletter Cover Story
JUST Communities success
03 January 2020
Thank you to all participants, donors and volunteers who helped make CJI’s Giving Tuesday “JUST Communities” campaign a success! Numerous … Read more
- Published in Community engagement
Walking with the excluded at Jesu Ashram
23 September 2019
From its founding in 1971 by Br Robert Mittelholtz SJ, a Canadian missionary, Jesu Ashram has had one focus: caring … Read more
- Published in 2019 Fall, Newsletter article
2020 solidarity learning tour in India
23 September 2019
Do you have a passion for social, economic and ecological justice? Then join Canadian Jesuits International (CJI) on a learning … Read more
- Published in 2019 Fall, Newsletter article
Y4O Day 2019
25 April 2019
The first Youth 4 Others (Y4O) Social Justice Day of 2019 was held in Toronto on 25 April. It was … Read more
- Published in Youth for others
2019 Easter Appeal
21 March 2019
Luke’s gospel tells us about two disciples in Emmaus who, after the resurrection, realized that the stranger they had accompanied … Read more
- Published in Appeals, Uncategorized
Bridging Borders success
22 January 2019
Thank you to all participants, donors and volunteers who helped make CJI’s Giving Tuesday “Bridging Borders” campaign a success!
Numerous … Read more
- Published in Community engagement
Bridging Borders: Acting in love rooted in justice
16 January 2019
Pope Francis’s appeal “not to create walls but to build bridges” is at the heart of Canadian Jesuits International’s 2018 … Read more
- Published in Article
A people’s movement
16 January 2019
Lok Manch (People’s Forum) is an inclusive, secular, human-rights-driven agency that supports various social movements of marginalized people in India. … Read more
2018 Christmas Appeal
03 December 2018
The prophet Isaiah tells us that the coming Messiah will be known by his “justice and righteousness.” This is the … Read more
- Published in Appeals
Bridging Borders
09 November 2018
Crossing borders with hope
As I write this, over 7,000 Honduran migrants including children have crossed the Guatemalan and Mexican … Read more
- Published in News
Bridging Borders – Tell Ten!
18 September 2018
Join CJI’s Tell Ten campaign called BRIDGING BORDERS this fall in the lead-up to Giving Tuesday on November 27!
You … Read more
- Published in Uncategorized
Gandhi Ashram changes lives
18 June 2018
Gandhi Ashram in India was founded in 1992 by Fr Edward McGuire, a Canadian Jesuit. He was asked by his … Read more
Defending human rights
15 May 2018
Human rights are cultural concepts, evolving continually in response to socio-cultural and political changes. Since 1948, when the UN General … Read more
2018 Spring and Summer Newsletter
14 May 2018
The spring and summer newsletter of Canadian Jesuits International is all about human rights. It is available in PDF format … Read more
- Published in Bridging Borders
Youth 4 Others call for action
24 April 2018
CJI’s annual Youth 4 Others – Social Justice Day was held on April 24. This year’s theme was “Youth in … Read more
- Published in Youth for others
2017 Christmas Appeal
29 November 2017
CJI’s Christmas Appeal this year focuses on livelihood support as integral to the good news announced to the shepherds:
In … Read more
- Published in Appeals
Livelihood support: HLDRC and tea plantation workers
16 November 2017
This is the third article in a blog series appearing on the igNation website in November 2017. The series aims … Read more
Livelihood support: To live life to the fullest
13 November 2017
This article is the first in a blog series appearing on the igNation website in November 2017. The series aims … Read more
India: Politics of denial
01 November 2017
Early this year, major newspapers and TV stations in India proclaimed with pride that India had replaced the United Kingdom … Read more
2017 Fall Newsletter
18 September 2017
The politics of famine is explored in the latest issue of CJI’s newsletter. It is available in PDF format here: … Read more
- Published in Bridging Borders
Giving Tuesday – Tell Ten!
07 September 2017
“Tell Ten” is CJI’s Giving Tuesday campaign for 2017. It is aimed at spreading the word about support for livelihoods … Read more
- Published in Community engagement
Remembering Fr Joe Brennan SJ
30 August 2017
Fr Joseph David Brennan SJ, 1925 – 2017
Joseph Brennan was born shortly before the Great Depression, on September 22, … Read more
- Published in Tributes
Remembering Fr Bill German
07 July 2017
Fr William German SJ, 1925 – 2017
CJI honours the memory of Fr William German SJ, who died at the … Read more
- Published in Tributes
2017 Easter Appeal
06 March 2017
“Faithfully bring forth justice” is the theme of CJI’s Easter Appeal this year. It is based on a Holy Week … Read more
- Published in Appeals
2016 Christmas Appeal
30 November 2016
CJI’s annual Christmas Appeal focuses this year on the theme of light shining in darkness, based on the words of … Read more
- Published in Appeals
2016 Fall Newsletter
06 October 2016
The 2016 fall issue of CJI’s Mission News is now available and may be downloaded in PDF format from here.… Read more
- Published in Bridging Borders
Father Abraham Day
30 September 2016
On 21 September, Canadian Jesuits International (CJI) hosted a reception with longstanding supporter Mary Ellen Sullivan to celebrate the Halifax … Read more
- Published in Community engagement
Fr Henry Nunn SJ
17 August 2016
CJI mourns the passing of Fr Henry P. Nunn SJ, who died at the age of 86 in Bangalore, India, … Read more
- Published in Tributes
Making a real difference: Ted and Shirley Valentine
18 July 2012
As a nursing graduate of St Louis University, Missouri, I met Tom Dooley MD, a former alumnus who spoke of … Read more
- Published in Your voices
A dream come true
18 July 2012
This letter from 90-year-old Diana Brand, a loyal CJI donor, recalls the beginnings of Gandhi Ashram, in Darjeeling, India:
Fr … Read more
- Published in Your voices