The Camden Center for Law and Social Justice (CCLSJ) is a privately-funded, non-profit, public-interest law firm dedicated to serving the civil law needs of the working poor. Founded in 1994, CCLSJ concentrates its practice in immigration law, employment and civil rights law, and family and juvenile law. 

Present in Haiti since the early 1990s, Jesuit Refugee Service was one of the first NGOs to react to the earthquake. Our aim is to provide psychosocial support, education, emergency assistance and capacity building training to displaced communities.
 

This is an education and literacy training for low income families. 

Jesuit Volunteers are called to the mission of serving the poor directly. They work for and with people who are homeless, unemployed, refugees, people with AIDS, the elderly, street youth, abused women and children, the mentally ill and the developmentally disabled.

This ministry provides meals and fellowship for laborers in our community during the summer. Volunteers prepare food and to help serve the meal, which is about a three hour time commitment

Since 1997, Poder has responded to the educational needs of immigrants in the primarily Latino areas of Pilsen/Little Village and Back of the Yards, on Chicago’s southwest side.  In less than ten years, 4,500 students have attended our tuition free classes.

As we meet and work with refugees who have confronted evil and suffering, it is important to remind them and ourselves as well to keep in touch with God, the source of all good and love. This is the only way to withstand evil.
 

During spring break, a large contingent of 50 students and 10 faculty members travels to Tijuana, Mexico, to build four houses for families that currently lack adequate housing

The Social Justice Ministry responds in prayer and reflection, direct service, education, advocacy, and donations to the needs of the parish, to the social needs in the diverse urban diocese and community who are our neighbors, and beyond these borders to a sister parish and national and international Jesuit social services. When program priorities are being set and choices made about resource allocation, the Ministry actively advocates for preferential treatment for the poor and marginalized in our community in light of the Gospel, Catholic Social Teaching and the priorities of the Jesuit Conference.

The Kino Border Initiative provides pastoral assistance, shelter, breakfast and other assistance to recently deported migrants on the border in Nogales, AZ. In addition to these basic services, the Centro de Atencion a Migrantes Deportados (CAMDEP) provides overnight shelter to unaccompanied women who may need time and pastoral attention as they discern their next steps.