2021

FR. STAN SWAMY, SJ, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST IN INDIA, PASSES AWAY

Fr. Stan Swamy, 84, a leading advocate for Adivasis, Dalits and all marginalised people in India, died in a Mumbai hospital on Monday 5 July. He was unjustly accused and imprisoned last October and, despite his age and frail health, was consistently denied bail. Let us pray for him; let us give thanks for his

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9 June 1597 – St José de Anchieta (1534-1597)

José de Anchieta was a Jesuit missionary, poet, and the first Brazilian author.  He was canonised by Pope Francis on 3 April 2014. Known as the ‘Apostle of Brazil’, St José was described by Father General Adolfo Nicolás SJ as ‘inspiring and extremely relevant to this day’. José was of ‘medium height, lean, with a

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#ignatius500 Pilgrims with Ignatius online prayer service

On Sunday, 23 May 2021 the global Ignatian Family gathered together in prayer in an online prayer service, broadcast in 3 languages at 8pm across three timezones to thousands of Jesuits and friends, and the wider Ignatian Family. (Click here to watch it again.) Fr General Arturo Sosa SJ addressed the online gathering: I’m in

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A call for justice in the global allocation of COVID-19 vaccines.

As COVID-19 vaccination campaigns accelerate in the world’s wealthiest countries, the Society of Jesus joins the calls for concrete efforts to ensure an equitable and just vaccine allocation framework. Currently, 87% of administered vaccines have gone to high-income or upper-middle income countries while low-income countries have received only 0.2% of available vaccines. We, as organisations of the Society

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(Left-to-Right:) Fr Nicholas Penge SJ, SAP Country Delegate for Zambia, with Sr Agnes Lungu, National Health Co-ordinator at the Zambian Conference of Catholic Bishops, representing Bishop George Lungu, Bishop of Chipata Diocese, at the handover of food parcels at the Jesuit Curia in Lusaka, Zambia.

Press Statement: SAP Jesuits continue COVID-19 Response

“Walking with the excluded: Walk with the poor, the outcasts of the world, those whose dignity has been violated, in a mission of reconciliation and justice.” Inspired by the third universal apostolic preference of the Jesuits, the COVID-19 response by the Society of Jesus in Zambia, has helped over 3,800 families in Lusaka at a

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