The Death of Joyce Echaquan: Anti-Indigenous Racism
On September 28, 37-year old Joyce Echaquan, mother of seven, member of Atikamekw First Nation of Manawan, died amidst dehumanizing racist insults in a hospital in Joliette, Quebec.
Subject Area: Social Justice
A most interesting life – Father Jacques Monet
On being a Jesuit: “It is the most exciting vocation that I can think of,” says Monet. ‘There has not been one dull moment in my life.”
Building Bridges Between Faith and Secular Society: The Experience of “Relations”
“It’s a challenge for believers to formulate their ideas in ways that non-believers can understand them, and vice versa. But we have shown that it is possible, nourishing and inventive,” said Jean-Claude Ravet, the former editor-in-chief of the Relations magazine, published by the Centre justice et foi. Free and independent, this magazine offers a critical look …
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Holy Cross Church in Wiikwemkoong vandalized, forced to close temporarily
The Holy Cross Church in Wiikwemkoong, Ontario, founded and still run by Jesuits, was vandalized between Saturday, June 13 and the early hours of Sunday, June 14.
Multidimensional Development: Empowering Haiti’s Rural Communities
The Support Group for Rural Development (GADRU) is a nonprofit organization founded on November 16, 1992, by Fr. Jean-Marie Louis, SJ, not only to oversee and promote the rights of those living in rural communities but also to participate in the construction of an inclusive, fair, and democratic society. According to GADRU’s founding philosophy, the …
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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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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 …
Mer et Monde
Mer et Monde souhaite favoriser l’exercice de la solidarité entre les personnes et les peuples, en encourageant l’émergence d’un réseau d’artisans, qui osent des gestes significatifs pour la dignité de tous les humains aspirant à la liberté, à la justice, à la paix.