Ministries: Pastoral
Results
Addictive Behavior Ministry (San Diego, CA)
Arrupe Program in Social Ethics for Business (Washington, DC)
The mission of the Arrupe Program is to promote the pursuit of truly human values by business managers and executives and the people who run them. The program offers an eight-week seminar entitled Faith and Values at Work, to help the participants develop a faith-centered framework for thinking about themselves, the purpose of business, and the vocation of organizational leadership. The Arrupe Program has also developed a one-day workshop centered around these same themes for groups of Jesuit high school and university alumni, and a values-based course, The Foundations Seminar, for use with business management teams.
Campus Ministry (Detroit, MI)
The office of Campus Ministry provides all students with an opportunity for spiritual growth. All of the activities that flow from this office support our Catholic, Christian school identity. As a community we celebrate the rich diversity of our school and welcome the involvement of all our students and faculty, regardless of their religious practices and beliefs.
Centro Altagracia de Fe y Justicia (New York, NY)
The Centro Altagracia is dedicated to faith in action; promoting social justice through active collaboration with parishes, community organizations, and individuals and through initiatives that serve the needs of the community as those needs have been identified by the Hispanic community of northern Manhattan. We seek to awaken awareness within individuals of how their Catholic, Christian faith calls them to be aware of the issues impacting their community and to be engaged in action to address these issues. Among the Centro's programs are: Social/Pastoral Ministry Teams that serve as coordinators and catalysts for social awareness and action within parishes; H.E.L.P. (Hispanic Evangelization Leadership Program) that trains young adults for leadership roles within their parishes; and G.R.A.C.E. (Gaining Respect and Awareness through Community Education) which addresses the issue of domestic violence. The Centro also maintains a library of books and DVDs for community use.
Christian Life Communities(CLC) (Sacramento, CA)
Members live the Ignatian ideal through prayer, contemplation, discernment and action. CLC is a discerning community for Mission, which gives us a sense of Church that leads us to be present where God’s love is lacking. http://www.clc-usa.org/
Dolores Mission Parish (Los Angeles, CA)
Dolores Mission became a parish in 1945, after twenty years as a mission for nearby
St. Mary's Parish. By then, public housing had become a fixture of the neighborhood.
In 1980, the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) came to the parish in response to a
request from Cardinal Timothy Manning, the archbishop of Los Angeles at the time.
Education, health, and social service needs in a rural area (Mars Hill, USA)
serves a rural area in Madison and Yancey counties
Fath and Justice Institute (Philadelphia, PA)
after school and tutoring programs, alumni community service, Arts and the community, business education assistance, community scholars program, Habitat for Humanity, Hand-in-Hand, immersion programs, MANNA, outreach, peer meditation, PRIDE, SJU staff service project, Thanksgiving dinner dance, and visitation programs for sick and elderly.
Gabriel Project (El Paso, TX)
Crisis Pregnancy Center
Gesu Social Ministries (Milwaukee, WI)
Parish Based Community organizing
Direct service (food and housing)
Parish twinning with St Jude's parish in Haiti
Ongoing social justice eduation program
Health and Faith Ministry (Missoula, MT)
To serve our faith community here at St. Francis Xavier and to reflect the compassionate healing love of Jesus Christ through prayer, the promotion of faith, health and personal wholeness of body, mind and spirit for all our church family.
Institute for Latin American Concerns (Omaha, NE)
The ILAC Center in the Dominican Republic is an international, Catholic, Ignatian-inspired, collaborative health care and educational organization that exists to promote the integral well-being and spiritual growth of all participants. It is built upon the values of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Jesuits (Society of Jesus). All of Creighton's ILAC programs emphasize the importance of global vision and understanding in the process of educating well-rounded individuals. To this end it offers dental, medical, nursing, pharmacy, law, physical therapy and occupational therapy, undergraduate and high school students, and also to faculty-led groups, medical/surgical teams and other colleges the opportunity for service-learning and immersion experiences in the rural Dominican Republic.
Current Projects:
Service Learning Opportunities in the Following Disciplines: Law, Water Quality, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Medical School Electives, Encuentro Dominicano.
Instituto Cultural para Liderazgo en el Medio Oriente (Southbend, IN)
The Cultural Institute for Leadership in the Midwest seeks to build the capacity of lay Latino leaders in the Church.
Interfaith Hospitality Network (University Heights, OH)
Gesu Church is a member of the Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) – a coalition of area churches, synagogues, and places of worship, which provide temporary overnight housing for homeless families at periodic weekly intervals during the year. Volunteers are needed to provide meals and companionship during times when Gesu hosts IHN guests in McAuley Hall.
Jesuit Family Retreats (Baltimore, MD)
Annual Summer series of four weekly five-day retreats for low-income families from northeastern cities between Boston and Washington DC.
Jesuit Urban Service Team (Camden, NJ)
The Jesuit Urban Service Team provides educational, medical, legal and social services to the working poor and underserved families living in Camden and South Jersey. These ministries include Holy Name School and the High School Scholars Program, St. Luke’s Catholic Medical Services, the Camden Center For Law and Social Justice and Guadalupe Family Services.
