Ministries: Catholic Social Teaching and Social Action, LOUISIANA

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Campus Ministry's Community Action Program (New Orleans, LA)

Our Mission

Composed of and directed by student volunteers, the Loyola University Community Action Program (LUCAP) is a campus organization having three primary goals, the first being to provide and direct volunteers in service-oriented activity within the community and the university, the second being to inform and promote involvement in the area of social justice, and the third being to aid in the volunteers' social and spiritual growth through their involvement in service and care-giving activities.

Who We Are

LUCAP offers over a dozen great ways to become actively involved in advocacy and service projects which help the Loyola, New Orleans, and Global communities. This active community is student-directed, and LUCAP volunteers work with a variety of issues in different ways, including feeding the homeless, tutoring learners of all ages, spending time with the elderly, attending protests, rebuilding the Gulf Coast, and sponsoring speakers and events for social justice. Participation in our programs provides a chance to make a real difference while attending Loyola.

Website: 
http://www.loyno.edu/~lucapweb/
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Issues: 
  • Catholic Social Teaching and Social Action
Instruments: 
  • Direct Service
  • Immersion / Service-Learning

Jesuit Social Research Institute (JSRI) (New Orleans, LA)

 

JSRI exists to promote research, social analysis, theological reflection, and practical strategies for improving the social and economic conditions in the southern United States and in select parts of the Caribbean and Latin America with a particular focus on issues of race, poverty, and migration.The Institute is intended to further the mission of the Society of Jesus to promote the faith that does justice, to apply Catholic social teaching to the concrete realities of these regions, and to enhance the academic and service missions of Loyola.
Website: 
http://www.loyno.edu/jsri/
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Issues: 
  • Catholic Social Teaching and Social Action
  • International
  • Migration and Refugees
  • Poverty
Instruments: 
  • Econ Soc Cult Analysis

Service Project (New Orleans, LA)

Through its Service Project program students share their gifts, talents, energy, and enthusiasm by completing a 100-hour project to help out the poor, the sick, the elderly, the physically and mentally handicapped, and others in some way disadvantaged or disabled. The main focus of the program is that the students have direct contact with people in need. The Service Project course is scheduled as a part of the students academic curriculum during the second semester of junior year and the first semester of senior year.

Sponsor(s): 
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Issues: 
  • Catholic Social Teaching and Social Action
Instruments: 
  • Direct Service
  • Immersion / Service-Learning

Urban Partners (New Orleans, LA)

Urban Partners is based on the concept of partnerships and collaborations with organizations working on social justice issues. It seeks to link university resources, faculty, staff and students to assist as a resource to these community organizations and leaders. This has included service on boards, volunteer service, research and analysis, mentoring and consulting, training and facilitation, speaking out, organizing and demonstrating.

Sponsor(s): 
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Issues: 
  • Catholic Social Teaching and Social Action
Instruments: 
  • Direct Service
  • Econ Soc Cult Analysis