Luis Espinal, SJ, is a Jesuit hero I hadn’t heard about. He was a Spanish Jesuit who worked for social justice in Bolivia. He was murdered in 1980. He wrote this. Losing one’s life means working for others, even though they don’t pay us back. It means doing a favor without it being returned. Losing [...]
A stirring look at community service work by students at Loyola High School in Los Angeles. (Click here if you can’t see the video.)
Everyone with an interest in Ignatian social ministries in the U.S. should spend some time with “Iggy”–a fascinating database of information about Ignatian-inspired direct service ministries, research projects, and social outreach programs. The number of projects and their scope is astounding. Hundreds of ministries and people are listed. Users can search by type of project, [...]
A recent website JesuitSocialMinistry.org is a comprehensive listing of Jesuit programs in the social apostolate. Programs are classified into three categories: Direct Service, Justice Research and Education, and Advocacy/Social Change/Empowerment. A nifty feature displays all these programs on a map. The site includes a page of links to documents underlying the Jesuit social apostolate, including [...]
“Service” is a central idea in Ignatian spirituality. But what does it really mean? Here is an excellent article by David Fleming, SJ, that unpacks the Ignatian concept of service. Service is humble. Ignatius spoke of being helpful–not something that conjures up “great deeds and great accomplishments,” Fleming notes. Love is the foundation of service, [...]
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