Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice

We had the opportunity to take a bike maintenance course with the team!

A great way to spend a Friday! 🚲 We learned everything from basic tire patching, bike fittings to brake repairs

Trying out their free accessible bike rentals was the icing on the 🍰.

Check out the work Bike hub is doing in your community

Ignatius Soocial Thinking Week 🌿 

A week filled with reflections and motivations for the future

🌱 Eamonn Ryan spoke on the political side of ecology. Using the Irish word 'Meitheal'~ to labour together as we work towards ecological justice 

📓 Throughout the week we broke into case study groups covering everything from community garden, youth and ecology, farmers and migration.  Taking away ideas such as 

• Integral Ecology starts from the ground up! Literally in the soil. And taking small actions like gardening together encourages conviviality.

•  Young people have been and will continue to be agents of change. Seeking out the skills and knowledge to lead the charge.

•Future generation policy making asks us to think about the world that children will inherit 

•Creating a place for dialogue involves the integration of as many viewpoints as possible, so we also have to test our critics

• Migration goes much deeper then having to flee one's home. People are often forced to leave their culture behind because of our actions in the north.

The COP30 campaign has begun. Jesuits for climate justice have launched a policy brief and global statement demanding three things!

1. Cancel the debt of underdeveloped countries and strengthen the loss and damage fund
2. Accelerate agreements and set targets for a just energy transition to reduce CO2 emissions
3. Set concrete targets to build a Global food sovereignty system based on agroecological practices

Sign it today through the link in our bio

Last week we had the pleasure of welcoming Rev Dr Hannah Malcom as Pur guest speaker for our annual theology lecture!

She took the time to teach about the 'Theology of Naming' and how it is a vital part of us being good neighbours and community members! Taking the time to understand the names of not only the people but the environment around us.

If you missed it or want to watch it again!

Check out the link in our bio!

After identifying the principle of solidarity as an “essentially contested concept,” Cesare Sposetti, SJ, managing editor of Aggiornamenti Sociali in Milan, sidesteps the futile definitional task and, instead, outlines its current application, particularly in the context of European politics. ⁠
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To read more check the link in our bio

👀 Just a glimpse at something exciting coming in the week ahead 🎧