The Ignatian Voices for Justice Podcast is back for Season 2! We kick off with Michael Libunao-Macalintal and Lucas Bujosa of Regis High School in NYC, both of whom spoke from the mainstage at #IFTJ!
🎧 Catch the episode here, on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts ➡️ igsol.net/vfj
Missed the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice? Catch some 🔥 higlights:
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This Christmas, we are reminded that hope is born in a place no one expected, where love refuses to stay silent.
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The New York State Education Department on Friday issued a defiant response to the Trump administration’s threats to pull federal funding from public schools over certain diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
The priest started yesterday's homily:
"We as Catholics should be thrilled when politicians are engaging rigorous theology. But we should only be pleased when they actually get it right."
He went on to decry the misuse of Catholicism as a cudgel for hate and oppression.
Well done!
Essentially the entire U.S.A.I.D. workforce—10,000 people—has been furloughed or fired, and staff overseas ordered to return home. U.S.A.I.D. programs have served millions of the world’s most vulnerable people in more than 170 countries around the world.
Pope Francis expressed his support for the U.S. bishops’ work standing in solidarity with migrants and refugees in a letter addressed to his brothers in the episcopate on February 10, 2025. Read more about the letter at igsol.net/migrants
#PopeFrancis #protectasylum #ignatiansolidarity
Funding freezes for international humanitarian organizations like #Catholic Relief Services (CRS) enormously impact lives and livelihoods. CRS contributed this prayer to our library of resources at Education for Justice. For more resources on #CatholicSocialTeaching visit igsol.net/efj-explore
#Catholic Cardinal Blase Cupich of the Archdiocese of Chicago has issued a message of solidarity with immigrants and asylum seekers in the Chicagoland area and across the country. The full message can be found here: www.archchicago.org/en/statement...
Let's keep these Bible verses in mind over the next few days.
"You shall not oppress a resident alien; you know the heart of an alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt." (Exodus 23:19).
"I was a stranger and you did not welcome me" (Matthew 25:43).
"We want legal pathways, not deportations," is a message young advocates shared at the U.S. Capitol this past fall during the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice. Order rally signs for your own public action, etc., at the ISN Online Store at: igsol.net/64
It's both challenging and increasingly important to recognize World Peace Day as we lament the abhorrent acts of violence that caused death and harm in New Orleans, Las Vegas, and the regions around the world under conflict. May these words from #PopeFrancis inspire us to work for #peace.
Cardinal McElroy will do a great job of sharing the prophetic justice-oriented message of the Gospel in the DC Archdiocese. He will be a beacon of Christ’s light at a critical time for the Church and our county. www.washingtonpost.com/religion/202...
News Analysis: President-elect Trump says he is about to take over a nation ravaged by crisis, a desolate hellscape of crime, chaos and economic hardship. But by many metrics, the country is in better shape than it has been for a new president's inauguration in over twenty years. nyti.ms/407cWbk
I was so saddened to watch a U.S. Senator use this press conference about the #NewOrleansTerrorAttack to make an off color partisan joke. The citizens of #Louisiana deserve better than this amid a tragedy. Read the room, Senator Kennedy.
Many undocumented workers employed by staffing agencies have been placed in dangerous situations where they suffered serious physical harms — fractures, amputations, miscarriages — or death, a New York Times investigation found.
Presumably, many laptops are or will be ceremoniously shut today. As such, enjoy this Christmas greeting from ISN. We are grateful for your support and impact as we contribute to building a more just world!
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That’s a great spot!
Thank you to Fr. Walpole for his excellent leadership and diligence over many years and congratulations to Fr. Kennedy on his appointment to this important role in the mission of the Global Society of Jesus.
Good work happens when you have a good team. Thankful to be part of this team and proud of all they do to build a more just world through their work of the Gospel, especially the work they do to inspire, educate, and mobilize young people.
Grateful for the @ignatiansolidarity.bsky.social team and the time we got to spend together earlier this month for our Advent staff retreat and planning days.
How many electoral votes did Elon get?
There have been more than 400 school shootings in the U.S. since the Columbine High massacre in 1999 — and more than 383,000 students have experienced their violence. (@washingtonpost.com)
That is on average 1.33 school
shootings per month.
What is wrong with us as a nation that we allow this?
The Christian society that God wants is one in which we share the goods that God has given us for the happiness of all people —St Oscar Romero, 3rd Sunday of Advent (C), 1979. Read/listen at buff.ly/49zLtDJ
Young people from other countries will need to become much more aware of their immigration reality when they return to campus in 2025. These concerns will harm our country by alienating young leaders from studying and remaining here to contribute to our communities.
Congrats, Jamal!
Are you an educator with talented high schoolers who are ripe for some Ignatian-inspired leadership formation? Check out the Arrupe Leaders Summit!
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An Oklahoma-based cleaning company has been fined nearly $172,000 after federal investigators found that it had hired nearly a dozen children to work dangerous overnight shifts at an Iowa slaughterhouse.
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