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Happy Saint Ignatius’ 2025 Feast

JESC — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:36:10 +0000

JESC happily celebrates, on this 31st July, the life and works of Ignatius of Loyola, a Basque noble who lived in the agitated XVI century, led an adventurous life that made him travel all over Europe, and ended up as the founder of the Jesuits, the biggest religious order of the Catholic Church with currently […]

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Ignatian Social Thinking week on the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si’

JESC — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 05:20:04 +0000

From the 17th to the 21st of June, the Jesuit Social Centres in Europe gathered for the Ignatian Social Thinking week, a revival of earlier Eurojess meetings. Along with Ignatian partners such as CLC (Christian Life Community) Europe and the Kircher European network of universities, , about 30 Jesuits and lay collaborators came together to […]

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European Jesuit Eco-delegates Chart Path Forward at Nuremberg Gathering

JESC — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:43:21 +0000

Eco-delegates from across the Jesuit Conference of European Provincials convened at the newly established Ukama Centre for Social-Ecological Transformation in Nuremberg for their annual gathering on 2-6 April. The meeting brought together representatives from seven provinces in person and two online, demonstrating the growing commitment to ecological action within the Jesuit network since the group’s […]

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Faith and Politics Workshop 2024

JESC — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 07:22:09 +0000

The 2024 edition of the Faith and Politics workshop has just concluded, having taken place from August 18th to 25th. Held every two years, the event gathers about 20 young professionals in Venice, Italy, for one week of formation and sharing. Most of the participants, originating from all over Europe, are active in the field […]

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Faith and Politics Workshop 2022

JESC — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 09:18:20 +0000

A Call to Public Life in a Wounded World WHEN? 14-21 August 2022 WHERE? Jesuit International Students Hostel, Cannaregio 4885, Venice WHO FOR? Young Europeans aged 20-35 Active in the voluntary sector, public administration, electoral politics (No more than seven from any one country) ABOUT WHAT? Public service as a Christian calling HOW MUCH? €350 […]

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Towards Loyola 2022

JESC — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 10:17:33 +0000

The Loyola 2022 Congress will take place between 28th March to 1st April 2022 at Loyola, Spain. The Congress will act as a milestone in the “deeper renewal” and align processes of the Jesuit Conference of European Provincials (JCEP) Justice Networks, equipping them to implement the Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs) by 2029. Finding our […]

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Loyola 2022 Justice and Ecology Congress

JESC — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 10:18:49 +0000

The Jesuit European Social Centre (JESC) is pleased to launch the new Loyola 2002 Congress website. The Loyola 2022 Congress will take place between 28th March to 1st April 2022 at Loyola, Spain. The Congress will act as a milestone in the “deeper renewal” and align processes of the Jesuit Conference of European Provincials […]

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Donate for Haiti: Responding to the Earthquake

JESC — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 12:29:42 +0000

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit Haiti on August 14, 2021. Its people need your help. To date, over 2,200 people have died with many still missing. More than 12,200 have been injured and close to 50,000 families rendered homeless. A network of Jesuit international development organizations and mission offices has launched a global fundraising effort […]

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A More Brutal Africa 3rd Wave

Charles Chilufya SJ — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 09:46:12 +0000

A third wave of COVID-19 infections more brutal than the first two that came before is seriously ravaging some sub-Saharan Africa countries, most of them in southern Africa as the continent falls way behind the rest of the world in vaccinations. The current rate of infections being experienced in sub-Saharan Africa is the fastest […]

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Stan Swamy SJ: Jesuit human rights activist dies at 84

JESC — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 14:33:20 +0000

We are deeply saddened to hear that Fr. Stan Swamy SJ, human rights activist and Jesuit priest, passed away on Monday, July 5. The 84 year old activist died in the hospital while waiting for bail. Stan Swamy SJ, the oldest person to be accused of terrorism in India, was arrested in October 2020. […]

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