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Posts in Justice
“Slaveholding was always a choice”
Why and How Should the Catholic Church Respond to Its Past? Unpacking Chris Kellerman’s book, All Oppression Shall Cease.
The Jesuit Border Podcast
Louie Hotop, SJ, and Brian Strassburger, SJ, are two recently ordained Jesuit priests working on the US-Mexico border in Brownsville, TX. They’ve started the Jesuit Border Podcast to share stories and interviews that explore the humanitarian response along the U.S.-Mexico border from a Catholic perspective. Check it out and subscribe!
Open Letter to a Friend Waking Up to Racism
Welcome to the resistance, here’s how to proceed.
Carta Abierta a un Amigo(a) que Despierta Ante el Racismo
Bienvenido(a) a la resistencia, así es cómo debes proceder.
His Name was George Floyd
How can we respond to another unarmed black man killed by white police officers? We need to read MLK’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” and look to Jesus’s example of righteous anger.
After George Floyd’s Suffocation: A Litany for Oxygen From a Black Jesuit
While many fear contracting COVID-19, a respiratory illness, the death of George Floyd reminds Black people that we must also worry about the police blocking, or stopping, our respiration.
Mental Health Awareness Month: Why I Go to Therapy Now
It took me a long time to start going to therapy. My biggest obstacles were stubbornness and stigmas about mental health. Here’s how I am getting over them.
On Holocaust Remembrance Day: The Love and Suffering of Etty Hillesum
The Jewish diarist and Auschwitz victim Etty Hillesum shows us that suffering need not have the last word.
7 Reminders from the Popes that Catholics Must Oppose Anti-Semitism
Our Jewish brothers and sisters have experienced much violence in recent times, especially a recent string of anti-Semitic attacks in the New York area. These quotes from Pope Francis and his predecessors remind us of our duty to stand with them.