Carrefour d’action interculturelle
Notre rôle est d’offrir un accueil chaleureux et attentif aux personnes qui font l’expérience d’une vie nouvelle, dans un contexte social, laïque, économique, culturel, alimentaire, climatique … dépaysant.
Notre rôle est d’offrir un accueil chaleureux et attentif aux personnes qui font l’expérience d’une vie nouvelle, dans un contexte social, laïque, économique, culturel, alimentaire, climatique … dépaysant.
JRS seeks to accompany, serve, and advocate the cause of refugees and other forcibly displaced people, that they may heal, learn and determine their own future.
March 23, 2020 —But how should those of us in North America understand Querida Amazonia? In what ways do the fruits of this synod concern us?
How often have you heard the claim that faith and science are incompatible or strictly opposed? Too often religion seems to ‘get a bad rap’ these days. Well, Fr. John McCarthy, Jesuit priest and ecologist, doesn’t buy this opposition.
For gymnasts it might be a twisting tumble, for astrologers a star, for politicians a sandwich. But for an style=’background:yellow;’>Jesuitan> ecologist Fr. John McCarthy that ultimate accolade — confirmation of a lifetime of scientific research — is to have a lichen named after him.
Grounded in Ignatian or Jesuit spirituality, the Forum’s approach is built on the conviction that God is at work in the world, continually attracting people towards the greater good and inspiring positive change.
March 16, 2020 — On my recent trip to Haiti I visited the southern peninsula for the first time. This is the region of the country that was devastated by Hurricane Matthew in 2016. The local community has been desirous of having its own parish for several years and most recently the local bishop, Jesuit Gontran Décoste, asked the Society to discern the possibility of providing a priest for the potential new parish. In the Haitian context a new parish church means also an elementary school and a local health centre.
March 9, 2020 — Wikwemikong was selected to pilot activities that would contribute to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), a project supporting conversion of fossil fueled appliances to appliances heating with wood pellets.
Canadian Jesuits International is an international development agency of the Jesuits of Canada that supports poor and marginalized people in developing countries through the work of Jesuits and other partners. We also carry out education and advocacy in Canada on international social justice.