by Ian Peoples, SJ | Jan 27, 2023 | Current Events, Justice, Prayers ~ Approx. 4 mins
On January 27th, 1945—78 years ago today—Auschwitz Concentration Camp was liberated by the Soviet troops on the Vistula–Oder Offensive through Eastern Europe. Since 2005, the United Nations encourages all UN members to observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day...
by Ryan Birjoo, SJ | Jan 27, 2020 | Current Events, Justice, Race ~ Approx. 5 mins
“We should be willing to act as a balm for all wounds.”- Etty Hillesum How do we remember traumatic events of the past? Richard Kearney, a philosophy professor at Boston College, asked this question with specific reference to the Shoah.1 It is a poignant question,...
