Social Justice - Jesuit European Social Centre https://jesc.eu Vision and Values for Europe Fri, 04 Jan 2019 11:07:51 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Justice: 50 years of Jesuit Commitment https://jesc.eu/social-justice-and-ecology-50-years-of-jesuit-commitment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=social-justice-and-ecology-50-years-of-jesuit-commitment Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:30:49 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=2659 In this video, Fr. Arturo Sosa, the Superior General of the Society of Jesus announces the beginning of the 50th Anniversary of the Social Justice and Ecology Secretariat (SJES) that began its journey in 1969. Fr. Sosa states that “This is not only a time of renewal for our institutions, social centres or for members of social […]

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]]> Social Apostolate Delegates Annual Meeting, Bilbao 22-23 September 2017 https://jesc.eu/social-apostolate-delegates-annual-meeting-bilbao-22-23-september-2017/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=social-apostolate-delegates-annual-meeting-bilbao-22-23-september-2017 Sun, 22 Oct 2017 15:45:54 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=1883 Taken from Jesuits in Europe News From GC36 to Ecology, Spirituality and Collaboration  At this year’s annual meeting we sought conversion in social apostolate with regards to ecology, spirituality, collaboration and more. The meeting started with short, realistic and encouraging reports from nine province delegates, joined by the incoming Europe and Near East delegate Peter […]

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]]> An Unexpected Call: From Teaching to Serving Justice https://jesc.eu/an-unexpected-call-from-teaching-to-serving-justice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-unexpected-call-from-teaching-to-serving-justice Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:10:45 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=1869 The following is the text of an article written by JESC’s new director, Peter Rožič SJ, which was recently published on the website of the Social Justice & Ecology Secretariat (SJES) for the Society of Jesus.   This is a short story of a relatively young and happy Jesuit scholar who did not plan to return […]

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]]> Stuck in the Doldrums – EU-Africa Trade Deals https://jesc.eu/stuck-in-the-doldrums-eu-africa-trade-deals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stuck-in-the-doldrums-eu-africa-trade-deals Fri, 22 Sep 2017 15:48:26 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=1857 The blueprint for a patchwork of trade agreements between the EU and African nations has not been achieved. This is because existing and proposed arrangements are based on an economic paradigm that fails to deliver authentically sustainable development, argues Henry Longbottom SJ. Current political negotiations for trade deals between the EU and African countries seem […]

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]]> Financial Transaction Tax: Has the Time Come? https://jesc.eu/financial-transaction-tax-has-the-time-come/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=financial-transaction-tax-has-the-time-come Mon, 17 Jul 2017 08:11:47 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=1841 The FTT has been under discussion for more than 5 years now. After such a long process, will an agreement be reached or will it fall at the last hurdle? How will it contribute to social justice? Who bears the burden? What will be the consequences for economic activity? Will it deter harmful practices? These […]

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]]> You shall not tell lies! https://jesc.eu/you-shall-not-tell-lies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=you-shall-not-tell-lies Tue, 14 Feb 2017 21:16:21 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=1401 The spread of fake news has made truth and lies an urgent topic of political and social debate. The Association for the German Language chose the new idiom “postfaktisch” (post-truth) as its Word of the Year for 2016. The publisher of the Oxford Dictionary also chose the English term “post-truth” as its International Word of […]

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]]> Mixed results for legislation on “conflict minerals” https://jesc.eu/mixed-results-for-legislation-on-conflict-minerals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mixed-results-for-legislation-on-conflict-minerals Sun, 05 Feb 2017 16:55:59 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=1303 After three years of negotiations, the European Union has finally got round to legislating on conflict minerals.  Definitely a step forward, but not going far enough, writes JESC Advocacy Adviser Emmanuelle Devuyst On 22 November 2016, the Trilogue negotiations between the European Commission, Parliament and Council of the EU Member States agreed upon a Regulation, albeit […]

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]]> Rural depopulation – The harvest is rich but the labourers are few https://jesc.eu/rural-depopulation-the-harvest-is-rich-but-the-labourers-are-few/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rural-depopulation-the-harvest-is-rich-but-the-labourers-are-few Mon, 23 Jan 2017 13:08:13 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=1245 Responding to ever-louder calls for a radical overhaul of the Common Agricultural Policy (‘CAP’), MEPs have recently voted in favour of measures to help small farmers. In this article, environmental lawyer Henry Longbottom SJ (JESC) considers a range of voices in a debate about public funding of rural activities. Few would deny the importance of […]

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]]> The US elections – a rude awakening in Europe https://jesc.eu/the-us-elections-a-rude-awakening-in-europe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-us-elections-a-rude-awakening-in-europe Thu, 08 Dec 2016 08:58:25 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=1201 The election of Donald Trump as the future 45th US President took place on 9 November, 27 years to the day after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Does it herald a comparable cataclysm in world politics? Like the British referendum in June, the US election came as a rude awakening to many in Europe. […]

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]]> Retour sur le Faith and Politics workshop 2016 https://jesc.eu/retour-sur-le-faith-and-politics-workshop-2016/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=retour-sur-le-faith-and-politics-workshop-2016 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 12:11:28 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=1172 Lorsque l’on veut éviter des débats endiablés au cours d’un repas de famille, il est de coutume d’éviter deux sujets de discorde : la politique et la religion. Il est donc logique que tous les deux ans, les jésuites organisent à Venise un workshop pour jeune de 18-30 ans sur le thème suivant : faith and politics. […]

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