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As the Christmas holiday approaches, there is still time to join ISN as we work for justice during the Advent season. Below, find information about Virtual Posadas and the Advent Simplicity Challenge, plus news and voices from the Ignatian network.

As the year comes to a close, thank you for your ongoing commitment to justice and your support in 2020. 

Peace, 

Christopher Kerr
Executive Director
FAITH AND JUSTICE-FILLED ADVENT

Virtual Posadas: In Search of
Shelter and Protection

December 16-24
Join a daily virtual experience of music, art, prayer, reflection, and action as we journey with the Holy Family and migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Learn more and register: English | Español

Give the gift of Catholic Social Teaching this Christmas!

Education for Justice Gift Subscriptions
Gift a 1 year membership to Education for Justice. Includes access to 2,500+ faith and justice resources. A printable gift certificate will be mailed to your inbox. Gift EFJ!

Advent Simplicity Challenge

Now-December 24, 2020
As we prepare our hearts for Christmas, join the Advent Simplicity Challenge. Learn ways to care for people and the planet and to live simply in a season that is normally filled with mass-consumption. Learn more | Register
NEWS FROM THE NETWORK

Catholic Leaders Welcome Court Decision Reinstating DACA and Urge Congress to Act

"While we are pleased that the DACA program will be restored, we note that only legislation that provides a path to citizenship will give Dreamers and their families true security and the ability to fully thrive."

Catholic Mobilizing Network Condemns Tidal Wave of Federal Executions

The federal government will execute Brandon Bernard and Alfred Bourgeois this week. Catholic Mobilizing Network will host virtual prayer vigils this week on the afternoons of each execution.

Jesuits Demand Immediate Release of Fr. Stan Swamy, S.J.

In Washington, D.C., Jesuits protested outside the Indian Embassy, at the foot of Gandhi’s statue, demanding the release of Fr. Stan Swamy.
VOICES FOR JUSTICE

A Call to Creative Openness: Hope for Asylum Seekers & Refugees in 2021

May the Biden-Harris administration heed the words of Pope Francis and “develop a creative openness to others"—and may we be advocates with the immigrant and refugee community. 

America is a nation of immigrants? Not precisely.

The often idealized American immigrant story that involves invoking the elusive “American dream” omits the experience Black and Indigenous people in the U.S.

If You Want Justice, Move from Othering to Oneness

Catholics in America have a collective moral and spiritual imperative to pray and act for unity, rejecting the sin of othering to work for justice as one.

Lessons from a Student Organizer During Covid-19

Being an organizer during a pandemic is hard. Remember to explore your options, be creative, and take care of yourself.
        
 

OUR MISSION:

Network, educate, and form advocates
for social justice animated by the
spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola
and the witness of the Jesuit martyrs of El Salvador
and their companions.
 
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