During these last months, here in Spain there is news of the tragic situation of the migrants who try to come to the Canary Islands. Many of them die in the boats, others, who manage to arrive, are kept crowded together at the embankment of...
The Jesuit Refugee Service was founded by Fr Pedro Arrupe SJ, then Superior General of the Society of Jesus, on 14 November 1980. 40 years later, JRS continues to promote his ministry of “being with rather than doing for” our refugee sisters and brothers throughout the...
On November 4, we shared the joy of opening the doors of the Pastoral de Movilidad Humana office in Curicó, with the participation of priests, members of the Pastoral de Movilidad Humana (PMH), migrants and representatives of the Curican municipality. READ + ...
Sloterdijk, a German philosopher of the twentieth century, argues that the beginning of all life stories begins with the absence of the protagonist or at least, with the absence of the memory of having been present. "We came to life with the first act begun"...
The key element in working with immigrants in the coming years is going to be that of sustaining and maintaining hope in the face of the current instability and the social crisis that is already upon us. The Incola Network Foundation, a social entity promoted by...
Since 2019 in the Argentine Catholic Commission for Migration Foundation (that Sr Constanza is part of) a group of enterprising women has been working, all immigrants that, led by the example of the Labor Section of the Foundation, have been convoked in order to think...
On October 12 in the Province of Colombia-Panama we celebrated our now traditional annual Eucharistic Gathering, inviting the ACI Families of the different communities. This year it was virtual and with excellent participation. We chose as theme: An existential offertory, inspired by Laudato Si, 236,...
Since four yours ago, the CONFER (Conference of Religious) of Spain, together with other ecclesiastical bodies such as Caritas, SJM and the Bishop’s Sub-commission on Migration formed the Red Migrantes con Derechos (Network: Migrants with Rights), a network of Church organizations that work with migrants...
This year some activities were cancelled and others arose as an opportunity to broaden our apostolic summer camp. That’s how I got the chance to participate in the summer school of “JRS Jeunes” (JRS Youth) of Paris where all collaboration is welcome. I spent a...
We share the 3 keys that JRS USA proposes to implement the encyclical Fratelli Tutti in the field of migrants and refugees: Move Beyond Initial ReactionsJourney TogetherAdvocate on Behalf of Refugees at Home COMPLETE ARTICLE ...
