About the joint review of Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace’s international partner organizations
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Subject Area: International
The Crisis in Haiti: A Statement from the Jesuits in Haiti
“The severe crisis that has affected Haitian society for several decades has now reached unimaginable dimensions. It feels as though we are living in total chaos, at the bottom of an abyss with no prospect of escape. Uncertainty and suffering seem to have taken away all hope. Our nation is slowly collapsing, and with it …
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Cigarettes, Coffee, and Justice: The Unusual Holiness of Martin Royackers, SJ
Chain-smoking, dishevelled, even hearing confessions in a bar: Fr. Martin Royackers, SJ, never ceased to amaze. According to several sources, he rarely made a good first impression. Yet this Canadian Jesuit with a razor-sharp mind was a strong advocate for human rights, deeply committed to social justice, and firmly rooted in his relationship with God. …
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Padre Melo: welcoming the good news wherever it is
Our chat was supposed to last 15 minutes. I had my questions ready. They were all aimed at trying to discover the man behind the public figure that is Ismael Moreno, a Honduran Jesuit who many simply know as Melo, and who has dedicated his life to defending the freedom of expression and basic rights …
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Being open to the world: a reflection of the late Fr. Bill Bourke
“That’s the one thing I hope everyone avoids – going to another country is not meant to transplant one so-called developed culture for another supposedly undeveloped.” Several members of the Jesuit Province of Canada work outside the Province. Fr. Bill Bourke, SJ, the last of the Canadian Jesuits to have been sent to India, worked …
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COVID-19 and the vulnerable: Jesuit works in Canada look at the social divides exposed by the pandemic
COVID-19 has struck across the planet, but not always in the same ways. Divides between the countries of the Global North and the Global South, or even between the most privileged and the most vulnerable within the same society, such as here in Canada, have been made painfully apparent by the ongoing crisis. photo: reuters.com …
Querida Amazonia : Living the Apostolic Exhortation in Canada
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?
Online apostolic work in the time of Covid-19: How Jesuits and non-Jesuits adapt
Being together has never been more difficult than in these times of Covid-19. Across the world, however, Jesuits and non-Jesuits are showing their creativity and connecting digitally with their colleagues and the people they serve.
From online spiritual conversation to virtual retreats: How to use technology for apostolic work
While a large proportion of the Canadian population is in self isolation due to Coronavirus Covid-19, technology is vital to sustaining our need for human contact. So, in a today’s context, how can technology help us to maintain personal connections and build community?