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June 15, 2009 |
IgnatianSpirituality.com, a new web site by Loyola Press, offers resources for Ignatian prayer, retreats, spiritual direction, community, voices, and more, as well as a blog that covers topics from the best Ignatian songs to remarkable Jesuits or Jesuit ministries.
Explore the site at http://ignatianspirituality.com. [Loyola Press]
The Jesuit Refugee Service will sponsor an exhibition of artwork by refugees and asylum seekers from June 14-20 in Sydney, Australia. Staff from the JRS Shelter Project have recorded the refugees’ stories, which will be exhibited with their paintings. The exhibit coincides with World Refugee Day, June 20.
More information is on the Australia Province website. [Australia Province Express]
Hopeworks, a program for Camden youth run by Fr. Jeff Putthoff SJ, is now selling its 2009 Camden Street Map. Hopeworks provides technology training to Camden youth in an effort to “create hope for the future, good-paying jobs, business development and educational opportunities for Camden's young people—specifically African-American and Hispanic youth between the ages of 17 and 25 who have dropped out of school.”
The Camden Street Map project is a signature project of the Hopeworks program; youth from the program work on all aspects of the map, from base data to creation and sale of advertisements to product distribution. To learn more about Hopeworks or to order a map, visit www.hopeworks.org. [Hopeworks]
Avery Cardinal Dulles SJ was brought to his final resting place on June 1 at the Shrine of the North American Martyrs in Auriesville, New York. A Mass was said in his honor at the shrine, which is the cemetery for all North American Jesuits.
Cardinal Dulles, who died on Dec. 12 at the age of 90, was professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University since 1988. He was the first American to become a cardinal without first becoming a bishop. [Fordham University]
The Cristo Rey Network launched the University Partner Initiative on May 26. Universities participating in the initiative will help the network expand its support for Cristo Rey graduates through scholarships, pre-college summer enrichment and academic support programs, job sponsorship, and professional development conferences.
Boston College, Fordham University, Georgetown University, Loyola University Chicago, and Marquette University are among the program’s founding national partners; Santa Clara University is also a national partner. [Cristo Rey Network]
Dr. Tim Rice, a doctor and professor of pediatrics and internal medicine at Saint Louis University, will make his fourth annual trip to the Congo on June 16 as founder and CEO of a self-sustaining medical clinic there, which he helps manage.
Rice’s clinic takes the idea of a medical mission trip a step further. "When I'm there my goal is not to see as many patients as possible, but to work with local providers to improve the clinic infrastructure and practices . . . so the community gets the care it needs year round, not just for two weeks," Rice said.
More than $10,000 in donations helped Rice get started, and nurse practitioners, church volunteers, a defined scope of practice, and low-cost medications keep his clinic sustainable.
For the full story, visit http://www.slu.edu/x30742.xml. [Saint Louis University]
Honors students from Jesuit universities in the United States immersed themselves in New Orleans culture during the first Jesuit Summer Institute for Advanced Study. Students participated in seminars, met experts and activists, and explored the city’s history, philosophy, ecology, music, literature, art, and cuisine.
The seminar concluded on Friday, July 12, with student presentations on how the visit changed their perceptions of the city and what they plan to take back with them to their own cities. [Loyola New Orleans]
From June 18-21, representatives from all 28 Jesuit colleges and universities and from schools in developing countries such as Nicaragua, India, and Colombia will gather at Fairfield University for the third Commitment to Justice in Jesuit Higher Education conference.
The conference’s theme is “Transforming the World and Being Transformed”; panels and presentations will focus on diversity issues, graduate education, international immersion, teaching social change, and Africa and social justice, among other topics. This is the first year representatives from other countries will attend, thanks to sponsorships from their sister institutions in the U.S.
For more information about the conference and other Commitment to Justice initiatives, visit http://is-dsb.fairfield.edu/justice. [Fairfield University]
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