Solidarity - Jesuit European Social Centre https://jesc.eu Vision and Values for Europe Mon, 05 Jul 2021 15:18:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Stan Swamy SJ: Jesuit human rights activist dies at 84 https://jesc.eu/stan-swamy-jesuit-jailed-activist-died-at-84/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stan-swamy-jesuit-jailed-activist-died-at-84 Mon, 05 Jul 2021 14:33:20 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=8740 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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]]> A Journey through the heritage of Central Europe: Bratislava 1989-2019 https://jesc.eu/international-workshop-challenges-for-solidarity-living-together-in-europe-30-years-after-the-fall-of-the-iron-curtain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=international-workshop-challenges-for-solidarity-living-together-in-europe-30-years-after-the-fall-of-the-iron-curtain Thu, 17 Oct 2019 14:35:38 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=4262 Thirty years since the fall of the Wall, here in Bratislava, the feeling is still strong about the changes that this historic event and process brought to Europe. The international workshop “Challenges for solidarity: Living together in Europe 30 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain” was organized in the context of the Justice […]

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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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]]> Getting together one year on: Celebrating the memory of British MP Jo Cox https://jesc.eu/getting-together-one-year-on-celebrating-the-memory-of-british-mp-jo-cox/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=getting-together-one-year-on-celebrating-the-memory-of-british-mp-jo-cox Fri, 02 Jun 2017 10:23:18 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=1821 June marks the first anniversary since the murder of the gifted social justice campaigner and British MP, Jo Cox. A series of events are planned to celebrate what unites communities. On 16th June, the UK will remember the day one year ago when the nation was left shaken as details emerged about the death of […]

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]]> New spring in Europe? https://jesc.eu/new-spring-in-europe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-spring-in-europe Fri, 12 May 2017 09:33:38 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=1747 In recent months a range of initiatives have emerged that actively support the European Union. Is this a sign that the EU’s identity crisis is coming to an end? At the end of a speech in Brussels last November, former Minister President of Baden-Württemberg, Erwin Teufel, a dedicated European and former member of the European […]

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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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]]> Brexit – A schism for Europe https://jesc.eu/brexit-a-schism-for-europe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brexit-a-schism-for-europe Mon, 18 Jul 2016 13:41:17 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=1149 “The curtain is closed while all questions remain open” – this Bertolt Brecht quote aptly sums up the situation after the UK’s referendum on 23 June. By a narrow margin of 51.9% the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. With a turnout of 72% of the electorate, this corresponds to 37% of all […]

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]]> Pope Francis and the compassion of the Europeans https://jesc.eu/pope-francis-and-the-compassion-of-the-europeans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pope-francis-and-the-compassion-of-the-europeans Wed, 04 May 2016 09:08:43 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=1123 In visiting refugees on the island of Lesbos, Pope Francis pointed signalled a humanitarian approach and appealed to the compassion of the Europeans His first official visit outside of Rome in 2013 to the island of Lampedusa, the celebration of Holy Mass in Ciudad Juárez in February 2016 in front of the barbed wire fence […]

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]]> EU fails its responsibility on responding to migrant crisis https://jesc.eu/eu-fails-its-responsibility-on-responding-to-migrant-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eu-fails-its-responsibility-on-responding-to-migrant-crisis Thu, 17 Mar 2016 20:22:20 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=1114 The massive flow of migrants has induced the EU to forge a controversial agreement with Ankara to send to the neighboring country migrants who arrive in the Greek islands, even the Syrians. In turn, the EU is committed to accept an equivalent number of Syrian refugees directly from Turkey. By sending refugees to Turkey, the […]

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