Students at Rockhurst University, in Kansas City, Mo., learned about the harsh realities of refugee camp life at the Jesuit Refugee Service/USA (JRS/USA) Refugee Campout, held during the university’s Social Justice Week in April. Part....
Jesuit Father Sean Carroll, Executive Director of the Kino Border Initiative (KBI), a bi-national humanitarian ministry of the Society of Jesus, will be testifying at a public hearing of Congress about immigration reform on April....
Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins (JC:HEM), a project bringing online courses from Jesuit universities to refugee camps worldwide, is considering a major expansion that may eventually include the creation of an online-only Jesuit....
The comprehensive report details incidents of physical and verbal abuse suffered by migrants both at the hands of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Mexican police, and through attacks by human traffickers, robbers and gangs. Additionally, the study highlights the stories of migrants separated from family members and those who have been sexually assaulted by criminals, left for dead in the desert and then denied medical care by U.S. border agents.
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA invites groups to hold full theatrical productions or dramatic readings of the play Imago Dei: Journeys of Courage, Hope & Home, a documentary theater piece written and produced by the students of Jesuit High School of Sacramento.
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA offered training to six chaplains from detention centers across the United States during a three-day meeting in Los Angeles last month. JRS/USA based the training on knowledge gained via our long years of service to detainees in our Detention Chaplaincy Program.
During a reception celebrating Mexico's Independence Day, Consul General Jaime Paz y Puente presented the Mexican government's Othli award to the Kino Border Initiative, represented by Jesuit Father Sean Carroll, executive director of the organization, along with staff members and volunteers.
Fires that swept through two U.N. camps in eastern Nepal on March 22 left up to 6,000 refugees from Bhutan homeless and burned down a health center and two Jesuit-run youth centers. Jesuit Father Paramasivam....
Refugees in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya are now able to study for a certificate in social services after Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) launched its first certificate program as part of a distance higher....
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA (JRS/USA) and other organizations sent a letter to the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives regarding the cuts to humanitarian assistance in recent budget proposals. The letter said these cuts “would....
