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Ignatian Social Thinking Week 2025

JESC — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:48:55 +0000

To go directly to practical information and registration, click here. The Ignatian Social Thinking Week aims to gather participants connected to the Society of Jesus in Europe, who are engaged in social thinking, research and action, in order to deepen the understanding of a chosen crucial contemporary question, share good practices and lessons learned, practice […]

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Every spirituality has a story

Edmond Grace SJ — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 08:25:29 +0000

Editorial November 2021 ELSiA – The European Laudato Si’ Alliance – is a network of Catholic organisations with a commitment to promoting the vision of Laudato Si’. Last Friday a group of people from these diverse organisations set out for Taize. We came from many different countries and with differing levels of seniority in our […]

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Eco-Camp: Reconnecting youth with the nature

JESC — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 14:13:19 +0000

Valerio Ciriello SJ from Lassalle Institute in Switzerland organised an Eco Summer Camp for Young People from 22 to 27 of August 2021 on the theme “From wild consumption to responsible engagement.” In this interview Valerio speaks shares his experiences on what moved him to start this venture and how does he intend to take […]

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Business and the Earth

Edmond Grace SJ — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 12:03:21 +0000

Editorial October 2021 On 25 September, 2019, at the invitation of Commissioner Mairéad McGuiness, Vice President responsible for dialogue with churches, religious and philosophical associations, an event was held in the European Parliament. It was hosted by JESC and attended by representatives of a number of companies around Europe with a commitment to ecological values. […]

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The Threat of Climate Change and the Pope’s Response

Peter Rožič SJ — Tue, 25 May 2021 12:15:01 +0000

“Today’s ecological crisis, especially climate change, threatens the very future of the human family.” Pope Francis (2019)1 Human Security as Humanity’s Survival: The Threat of Climate Change and the Pope’s Response In this short reflection, I discuss the relative weight of climate change as a security risk. I asses the discussion through the lens of […]

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Ethics and sustainability

Martin Maier — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 10:49:59 +0000

We are living not only an epoch of change but a change of epoch. Digital and technological innovations are creating a huge range of new opportunities. Technology offers instruments to build a better world but it needs ethical parameters. Not everything that is technically possible is ethically acceptable. Therefore a basic principle of the European […]

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Four Preferences, a way to God

JESC — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 12:59:27 +0000

At the beginning of the year, Pope Francis approved the four Universal Apostolic Preferences of the Jesuits – Discernment and the Spiritual Exercises, Walking with the Excluded, Caring for our Common Home and Journeying with Youth. Anyone who is familiar with other Jesuit publications will almost certainly be acquainted with these Preferences and wondering why […]

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Integral changes without conflict

JESC — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 08:42:52 +0000

Laudato Si’ is an Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis that lays down an interesting perspective on ecological and societal factors as causes of global changes, such as migration. Even though population movements are common phenomena, observed countless times in the history of humanity, they have an impact on migrants themselves and on local populations. Many […]

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Finding God in a Leaf

JESC — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 10:26:46 +0000

“Finding God in a Leaf” was written by Brian Grogan SJ. It is a series of guided meditations written as short daily paragraphs, leading to a deep understanding of the nature of our planet, – our common home – and of our deep bond with it. It reflects the message behind Laudato Si on conservation […]

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The future of work after Laudato Si’

JESC — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:34:00 +0000

Martin Maier, SJ, participated as recently appointed spiritual adviser of UNIAPAC, the International Christian Union of Business Executives, in an International Research Seminar on the theme The Future of Work: Labour after Laudato Si in Rome from 10-12 January 2019. This seminar is a joint project of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Dicastery for […]

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