Secretary for Social and International Ministries

Thomas Greene, SJ
Secretary for Social and International Ministries

Thomas Greene, SJFr. Thomas Greene, SJ, a member of the New Orleans Province, joined the Jesuit Conference in Washington, D.C. in the summer of 2010. Formerly a Research Fellow at the Jesuit Social Research Institute of Loyola University in New Orleans, Greene’s responsibilities at the Jesuit Conference include coordinating and supporting the many social ministry works in the U.S. and networking with many of the international justice ministries of the Society. In addition, Greene and the staff participate in advocacy in both legislative and corporate arenas voicing the concerns of Jesuits and those they serve in Washington and other centers of public policy. They facilitate meetings with federal officials and Congress for Jesuit apostolates so that they can effectively convey their concerns when they come to the nation’s capital. Greene joins a staff that represents a Jesuit perspective on wide-ranging issues around key focus areas of immigration, domestic poverty, war and violence and Africa.

Greene entered the Society of Jesus in 1997 and was ordained in 2007. His assignments have included serving as the Supervising Attorney for detained, unaccompanied minors at Catholic Charities of Galveston-Houston, as a volunteer attorney for asylum seekers from Bosnia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Guatemala at the Midwest Immigrant and Human Rights Center in Chicago and working with Jesuit Refugee Services and Jesuit Migration Service on immigration issues.

A native of New Orleans, Greene completed his Juris Doctorate in Civil Law at Loyola University in New Orleans and a Masters in Philosophy at Loyola University in Chicago. He holds a Master of Divinity from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley.

In addition to Greene, a staff of two supports the Jesuit Conference Office of Social and International Ministries:

  • Shaina Aber, Policy Director
  • Matt Cuff, Policy Associate