JustSouth Quarterly Winter 2020
Getting in the Game: On Advocacy and Activism
As of the writing of this essay, the Democratic presidential primary is underway and the Louisiana Legislative session will begin on March 9. I considered writing about the necessity of doing our civic duty to vote. While this is true, I decided to go one-step further in how we discuss civic duty.
A Prophetic Voice: Guatemalan Cardinal Visits Distraught Mississippi Immigrant Families
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<p>Dr. Weishar reflects on Cardinal Ramazzini's visit to Mississippi.</p>
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Early in his pontificate Pope Francis presented his vision of the Church in the world-- that of a “field hospital” for the wounded. In a 2013 interview with Jesuit journalist Antonio Spadaro, S.J., he said,
JustSouth Quarterly Fall 2019
Failing the Moral Test as a Nation
The Trump Administration’s capitulation to a Turkish invasion of Kurdish regions of Syria has begun to displace thousands of Kurdish civilians fleeing war’s destruction and death. They join more than 70 million refugees and internally displaced people fleeing for their lives worldwide.
After the Mississippi ICE Raids: Families Ask Why; Churches Respond
Catholic Social Thought and Integral Human Development
The Encuentro Project
Living the Mission of Connectedness
Last month in this column [1] Fred Kammer, SJ, treated the four Jesuit universal preferences for the future of our ministries, noting that “preferences” are more inclusive than that other oft-used term “priorities,” which tend to exclude more than they include.
Four for the Future: New Jesuit Universal Preferences
Early last year, the Jesuit Superior General Arturo Sosa, SJ, invited Jesuits and our colleagues worldwide to provide input in developing what are called “universal apostolic preferences.” These are to guide all Jesuit ministries for the next ten years. Here in Loyola’s Ignatius Chapel, on a Saturday in April of 2018, Jesuits and colleagues from Loyola University, Jesuit High School, Holy Name of Jesus Parish, Immaculate Conception Parish, and Manresa Retreat