The new JHE issue will drop later this week! Find us at our new website: digitalcommons.lmu.edu/jhe/

The JHE Journal has a new home! You can find all of our past issues and content at digitalcommons.lmu.edu/jhe, plus we will publish a new issue later in June.

Find us at our new home after May 20!

Ed-Dee G. Williams is on a quest to improve the mental health of Black youth. He will discuss his work as the keynote speaker at the School of Social Work’s 2025 Pinderhughes Diversity Lecture, an annual talk in which doctors, anthropologists, journalists, and more gather. on.bc.edu/WilliamsPi...

For more on that idea, you can read Teresa Grettano's "Arrupe’s ‘Men for Others’ is 50 years old and still challenges us" from 2023. conversationsmagazine.org/arrupes-men-...

Pedro Arrupe, 28th Superior General of the Jesuits, died on this day in 1991. He is often credited for a renewed emphasis on justice in Jesuit education. In 1973, he said "our prime educational objective must be to form men-for-others," an idea which guides Jesuit education to this day.

Lynch School Professors Betty Lai & Rebecca Lowenhaupt and their colleagues discuss strategies and support systems for schools as they play a critical role for students in the aftermath of disasters. bit.ly/LynchProf_NAM...

Here's another important dialogue from Georgetown's Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life

Watch the recording of our Public Dialogue “Budget Priorities and Tax Policies to Help Poor Children and Families: Protecting the Safety Net and Strengthening the Child Tax Credit” w @peggybaileydc.bsky.social, John Carr, Sandra Jackson, & @michaelrstrain.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUA_...

Check out JHE author Maureen O'Connell's insights on the Global Synod

Join us tomorrow, Wed 1/29 @ 7pm ET for our next Public Dialogue, “Budget Priorities and Tax Policies to Help Poor Children and Families: Protecting the Safety Net and Strengthening the Child Tax Credit” online via livestream RSVP: bit.ly/SupportFamil... #SupportFamiliesGU

A wonderful opportunity to hear from Catherine Punsalan-Manlimos, Vice President for Mission Integration at Seattle University and JHE Journal advisory board member.

Interviewed by @sentiido.bsky.social "Liderazgos de la Iglesia católica buscan la inclusión de las personas LGBTIQ" sentiido.com/liderazgos-d...

The “diploma divide” is a driver of U.S. polarization, according to Political Science Professor @davehopkins.bsky.social, co-author of a new book on the subject, who discusses it on California public radio's @kqednews.bsky.social. bit.ly/DiplomaDivide...

From Corey Knadler et al: ""We call on institutions of higher education, especially Jesuit colleges and universities, to critically examine practices that may be obstacles, or even the reinforcement of structural sin in society, for their underserved students" epublications.regis.edu/jhe/vol13/is...

Jesuit materials at the Booth Family Center for Special Collections (BFCSC) at Georgetown University include archives of the Maryland Province with resources on early American Catholicism and the history of Jesuit slaveholding in the Province epublications.regis.edu/jhe/vol13/is...

From Colby Dickinson: "the process of research [is] an act of love, fueled by a passion to discover new connections and insights hidden within the familiar." epublications.regis.edu/jhe/vol13/is...

What do we know about "the more than 300 people enslaved by the Society of Jesus in Maryland who were sold ... in 1838 to alleviate the substantial debts of the Maryland Province and Georgetown College"? Kelly Schmidt reviews The 272 by Rachel Swarns epublications.regis.edu/jhe/vol13/is...

One of our journal sections features resources for scholarship and learning about Jesuit higher education. Here, Amy Cooper Cary of Marquette University describes their collections and repository, as well as how to access them epublications.regis.edu/jhe/vol13/is...

How can Jesuit universities "foster a more inclusive environment that upholds social justice and affirms the dignity of every community members"? Keating and Platonov of LMU explore the question with respect to transgender and gender-queer community members epublications.regis.edu/jhe/vol13/is...

From Jeffrey LaBelle, SJ of Marquette: "This study conceptualizes cura communitatis as a contemporary bridge between cura personalis and cura apostolica for Jesuit higher educational institution" epublications.regis.edu/jhe/vol13/is...

From the Physician Assistant program at the University of Detroit Mercy: "Experiences with service-learning allow future healthcare professionals to better understand diverse and vulnerable populations while becoming compassionate leaders." epublications.regis.edu/jhe/vol13/is...

Parte de nuestra serie Discernimiento Comunitario, en español epublications.regis.edu/jhe/vol13/is...

Susana Di Trolio of the Kircher Network examines "the formation, challenges, and best practices for fostering sustainable collaboration" among Jesuit universities epublications.regis.edu/jhe/vol13/is...

Julia Dowd: "En este artículo sostengo que las mujeres proporcionaron un andamiaje esencial para afianzar la identidad y vocación de Ignacio, y para contribuir igualmente al establecimiento y trabajo pastoral de la Compañía" epublications.regis.edu/jhe/vol13/is...

How can communal discernment help people to listen and respond to voices that have been marginalized? Robert Choiniere of Ignatian Encounter Ministry explains the case o a parish listening to LGBTQ+ people to build a more vibrant, inclusive community epublications.regis.edu/jhe/vol13/is...

The video from our Public Dialogue “What Do We Do Now? Catholic Responsibilities, Opportunities After the Election and Synod” with David Brooks, Sr. Teresa Maya, Kerry Robinson, and Vincent Rougeau is now available! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzLX... #WhatNowCatholics

What is communal discernment? How can it be practiced in church and in society? Christina Kheng of the East Asia Pastoral Institute offers this praxis overview epublications.regis.edu/jhe/vol13/is...

How can communal discernment enhance leadership at Jesuit universities? Deogratias Fikiri SJ of Marquette explores the question here epublications.regis.edu/jhe/vol13/is...

Last week, Conversations contributor Michael Serazio (@michaelserazio.bsky.social) published a piece in the Boston Globe about the dangers of using AI to summarize everything instead of doing "real reading." How does this affect students in our classrooms? Let us know what you've been seeing.

Are you interested in discernment and synodality? Check out our newly published special collection on communal discernment in service to a synodal church, introduced here by Thomas Kelly and Joseph DeFeo epublications.regis.edu/jhe/vol13/is...

Our next issue drops later this week! It features a special collection on communal discernment from guest editors Tom Kelly and Joe DeFeo, plus more scholarship, praxis, reflection, and resource articles. Stay tuned!

Canonization cause of Pedro Arrupe—Jesuit who tended to victims of Hiroshima—takes an important step forward www.americamagazine.org/faith/2024/1...

Full-time faculty not on the tenure track want to unionize to address salary and other disparities. They say Marquette's decision not to recognize the union goes against the school's mission and Catholic identity.

UPDATE: Catholic climate leaders criticize COP29 outcome as insufficient, unfair and likely to add to debt burden in developing world. Strong climate commitments from the U.S. at COP29 may mean little in a second Trump administration www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

We are happy to be on BlueSky! Our next issue will drop in early December. Stay tuned