The Ignatian Voices for Justice Podcast is back for Season 2! We kick off with Michael Libunao-Macalintal and Lucas Bujosa of Regis High School in NYC, both of whom spoke from the mainstage at #IFTJ! 🎧 Catch the episode here, on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts ➡️ igsol.net/vfj

This Christmas, we are reminded that hope is born in a place no one expected, where love refuses to stay silent. Call 216-200-4120. Your story matters.

Missed the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice? Catch some 🔥 higlights: youtu.be/ic_fyrCeRXg?... #iftj #ignatianfamily #ignatiansolidarity #ignatianfamilyteachin #pressingon

The first evening of the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice wrapped up with some gems! Follow along from the livestream if you aren't with us in D.C. #iftj #ignatianfamily #ignatiansolidarity #pressingon #frgregboyle

Happy birthday, Padre Nacho! Fr. Ignacio Martín-Baró, S.J., was one of the Jesuits assassinated at the UCA in El Salvador in 1989. Read the thoughtful reflection on his legacy by Annmarie Caño ➡️ igsol.net/nacho ¡Padre Nacho, presente! #ignatiansolidarity #ucamartyrs

Why go to the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice? Rose from Chevrus High School gives 3 great reasons! #ignatiansolidarity #ignatianfamily #iftj #pressingon #ignatian

Curious about how this whole IFTJ thing came to be? Part 3 of the history series covers just that! Can't wait to see you in D.C. for the 28th Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice! #iftj #ignatianfamily #ignatianfamilyteachin #pressingon

T-minus 1 month until the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice!! #iftj If it’s your first time, learn a little more here and share with your peers/students. More videos in the queue! Follow for more. #pressingon #ignatiansolidarity #ignatianfamily

Greetings from Rome! Learn more about this campaign of solidarity with immigrants and refugees at 1family.us @jorgetheworker.bsky.social #ignatiansolidarity #solidaritywithimmigrants #welcomethestranger #jubileeofmigrants

On October 4-5, we celebrate the 111th World Day of Migrants and Refugees. Pope Leo XIV has a beautiful message for it, but Cardinal McElroy, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., brought a 🔥 homily this past Sunday. Here are some highlights. #welcomeimmigrantsandrefugees #goodsamaritan #loveyourneighbor

Reject the culture of fear and silence that dehumanizes. Join the One Church, One Family campaign to stand with migrants. Register your public witness at and learn more at 1family.us #OneChurchOneFamily #StandWithMigrants

Congress's budget proposals threaten vital programs supporting low-income families, immigrants, and our planet. As people of faith rooted in the Ignatian tradition, we must speak out. Send a message of concern about Congress's budget proposal to your U.S. Senators today: igsol.net/moral-budget

🌱 What does it mean to share our gifts for the common good? Speakers invited delegates to reflect deeply on how they can build a more hope-filled future in partnership with their local communities. Read more from day 2 of the Jesuit Integral Ecology Assembly: ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/06...

In a pivotal moment for #Jesuit ecological leadership and action, approximately 90 delegates from ministries across the US and Canada have convened for the Jesuit Integral Ecology Assembly from June 17 to 20 at Loyola University Chicago. Read more at igsol.net/jiea #JesuitEcology, #LaudatoSi10

This living document holds recent statements, letters, and publications from individual #Catholic bishops and the #USCCB on our moral duty to welcome and integrate #immigrants in our communities. Please access and share our living resource document at igsol.net/imm-resources

Welcome Pope Leo XIV!!!! We pray that Pope Leo XIV may further inspire our work as he leads the Catholic Church, stands as a much-needed moral voice in the world, and animates a faith that does justice. Read ISN's full statement here: ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/05...

As the novemdiales (nine days of mourning) begin for #PopeFrancis, we carry forward his legacy. In his words, we will “never tire of working for a more just world, marked by greater solidarity!” Check out our Pope Francis legacy landing page ➡️ igsol.net/pope-francis #ignatiansolidarity

What would #PopeFrancis want more on this #EarthDay than if we (collectively) took his encyclical on care for our common home seriously? #LaudatoSi

As the disorienting reality sinks in, let us #pray in thanksgiving for the life of #PopeFrancis. Education for Justice members, stay tuned for the resources that will become available for you to navigate the near future in your classrooms. To explore a membership, visit igsol.net/efj-explore

Today, Jesus is in the tomb. Fr. Brian Strassburger, SJ, reflects on the heartbrokenness that must have brought Jesus' friends with a contemporary example along the US-Mexico border. Engage the reflection ➡️ ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/04... #takeheart #lent #lentenreflection #ignatiansolidarity

Holy Thursday: Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J. argues that, in these polarized times, people don't "hold an opinion," but are, rather, "held in anguish." And that anguish is won over by love. Engage the whole reflection ➡️ ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/04... #takeheart #lent #ignatiansolidarity

April 16: Sean Gargamelli-McCreight reminds us that we often find ourselves in difficult times. To combat that we must, as today's scripture states, "appear together." Read & listen to the reflection ➡️ ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/04... #takeheart #lent #lentenreflection #ignatiansolidarity

Judas and Peter both sinned when push came to shove. Each has a very different legacy based on their respective responses to their very human behavior. Read and listen to the whole reflection here ➡️ ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/04... #takeheart #lent #lentenreflection #ignatiansolidarity

Marcos Gonzales kicks off #HolyWeek with a powerful #PalmSunday reflection, inviting us to speak out for justice in times of fear. Read and listen to the whole reflection ➡️ ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/04... #takeheart #lent #lentenreflection #ignatiansolidarity

April 11: Edward Sloane gives a heart-rooted reflection on the hurt that we individually and institutionally can effect through our interpretations, calling on us to humbly seek restoration. Engage the reflection ➡️ lnkd.in/eU2P6msH #takeheart #lent #lentenreflection #ignatiansolidarity

#OTD in 1955, the death of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ, a philosopher, paleontologist and #Jesuit priest. In our latest Everyday Ignatian, Marissa Papula reflects on practicing patient trust: ow.ly/y8cn50VyenN

April 10: Nicholas Hayes-Mota questions why we are so prone to choose death over life, especially when Jesus offers life abundant. Read and listen to the whole reflection ➡️ ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/04... #takeheart #lent #lentenreflection #ignatiansolidarity

Reueline Arulanandamin acknowledges that the anxiety we may feel standing for what is right—grounded in our faith—may bring heat upon us. Ultimately, though, it is what brings us true freedom. Engage the whole reflection ➡️ lnkd.in/ed7jHAfX #TakeHeart #Lent #Lentenreflection #ignatiansolidarity

April 8: Amanda Montez invites us to explore our identities, inspired by Jesus' revelation of his divine identity through the words "I AM." Read and listen to the whole reflection ➡️ ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/04... #takeheart #lent #lentenreflection #ignatiansolidarity

Scores of low-income nations are nearing debt distress, “limiting their ability to invest in people’s futures.” www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

April 7: Jeff Peak offers encouraging words about advocating for a more just world by relating how God stirred up a young prophet Daniel to our opportunities to speak out against injustice. Read & listen ➡️ ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/04... #takeheart #lent #lentenreflection #ignatiansolidarity

April 3: Vijay DaCosta insightfully reminds us that the practice of our faith opens our eyes and hearts to see God in our midst. Our respective "golden calves" cloud our divine vision. Read and listen to the whole reflection: igsol.net/lent-2025 #takeheart #lent #lentenreflection #ignatiansolidarity

No fooling with this insight. Bri reflects on today's first reading, alive with the physical and spiritual significance of water. Read and listen to her whole Take Heart reflection at ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/04... #takeheart #lent #lentenreflection #ignatiansolidarity

March 31: Israel Cedeño refreshes the prophet Isaiah's call of what God has in store for the faithful, reminding us that love and hope are the bricks that build it! Read and listen to the whole reflection ➡️ ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/03... #takeheart #lent #lentenreflection #ignatiansolidarity

We're about halfway through Lent today, March 29. Yasi Mahallaty encourages us to embrace the humility of the tax collector rather than ride on our good deeds and executed Lenten plans and observances. Read the reflection at igsol.net/lent-2025 #takeheart #lent #lentenreflection #ignatiansolidarity

March 28: Brophy College Preparatory senior John Campo reflects on today's gospel through the lens of the incredible work he and his peers have been doing to expand access to literature. Read & listen to the whole reflection ➡️ lnkd.in/eJ_nZAYb #takeheart #lent #lentenreflection #ignatiansolidarity

March 26: Joe Miller challenges himself and others to get out there and put the gospel into action! This is especially true when we may be grappling with all the tumult around us. Read and listen ➡️ ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/03... #takeheart #lent #lentenreflection #ignatiansolidarity

The NW Ignatian Advocacy Summit was an intergenerational, 3-day event that included a direct encounter with creation and those most impacted by climate change, social and pastoral analysis, skill training, and direct collective action with public officials. Read all about it ➡️ igsol.net/nw-advocacy

On this Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, Deena Sellers reflects on the blessing that Mary's "yes"—and, by extension, each of our "yeses"—brought to the world. Read the whole reflection ➡️ ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/03... #takeheart #lent #lentenreflection #ignatiansolidarity

Theresa Gardner's March 24 Take Heart reflection brings us into a powerful moment during mass at the US/Mexico border, where a young child revealed to her the face of the living God. Read the whole reflection ➡️ igsol.net/lent-2025 #takeheart #lent #lentenreflection #ignatiansolidarity

In a fantastic take on the Prodigal Son parable, Colin Martínez Longmore relates the older, resentful brother to those who put "rules" over humanity and welcome. Read the whole reflection at ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/03... #takeheart #lent #lentenreflection #ignatiansolidarity

March 21: Gretchen Crowder challenges us all with a question about how we can show up as the best version of ourselves AND respond to our legitimate emotions with intentionality. Read and listen to the whole reflection ➡️ ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/03... #takeheart #lent #ignatiansolidarity

Shoutout to our Ignatian Solidarity Network Institutional Members who have men's and/or women's basketball teams competing in "the big dance" this month! @jesuitbball.bsky.social #ignatianfamily #jesuiteducated #marchmadness #jesuit #creightonbluejays #fairfieldstags #xumuskateers #gozags #mubb

March 20: Justin T. White acknowledges the divide—indeed, a chasm—in our country and invites true repentance through authentic listening to those whose "lives have been marred by pain, exclusion, and dejection." Read more ➡️ igsol.net/lent-2025 #takeheart #lent #lentenreflection #ignatiansolidarity

In this March 19 Take Heart reflection, Tia Noelle Pratt, Ph.D., exhorts us to embody the gift of faith through our actions, using the tools of #CatholicSocialTeaching. Read and listen to the whole reflection ➡️ ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/03... #takeheart #lent #ignatiansolidarity

March 18: Sister Erin McDonald, CSJ, challenges us to recognize the proverbial Pharisee in ourselves before recognizing one in all the places and people outside us. Read and listen to the whole reflection ➡️ ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/03... #takeheart #lentenreflection #lent #ignatiansolidarity

In a stunning reflection on this Feast Day of Saint Patrick, Michael Downs connects the theme of compassion throughout today's readings to the tenderness of a parent, fresh off the birth of his third child. Read and listen to the whole reflection here: ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/03...

"I’ll probably never meet the man who crafted my dulcimer, but if I do, it will be easier for me to love him because I know the beauty he’s brought into the world." Read and listen to the whole Take Heart reflection here ➡️ ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/03...

As we celebrate 12 years of Pope Francis' pontificate, let us pray for his health and remember the still-pertinent address he gave to our lawmakers on his visit to Congress in 2015. #PopeFrancis #ignatiansolidarity #joyofthegospel #welcomethestranger

March 12: Leave it to a fifth grader to completely shift your perspective on reconciliation! Courtney Esteves invites us into a perspective shift like the one her student brought her. Read the whole reflection here ➡️ igsol.net/lent-2025 #takeheart #lentenreflection #lent #ignatiansolidarity