Spiritual and contemplative content, including prayers of the faithful, creation stories, and guided land acknowledgements intended to promote a "change of heart" or metanoia.
Using the listening circle method for the 2025 COP Animators Circle by For the Love of Creation (FLC), a faith-based initiative for Climate Justice that the Jesuit Forum is a part of. For the Love of Creation’s Animators Circle is a space for people who follow the proceedings of the COP30 meetings (a global meeting […]
Environmental NGOs Listening to Indigenous Voices at the Anishinaabe Spiritual Centre by Amy Darrell Community Engagement Coordinator Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy From September 28 to October 2, I had the privilege of participating in the Listening to Indigenous Voices gathering at the Anishinaabe Spiritual Centre near Espanola, Ontario. Set beside a lake and surrounded by forest, the retreat […]
Listening and Learning Through Discernment Circles by Elio Sergnese, MSW, RSW, Senior Advisor - Policy, Research and Advocacy, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto As part of Catholic Charities’ 2025 Fall two-part Poverty Series, we introduced the Jesuit Forum’s discernment circle process, and the experience was so impactful. The discernment circle offered a grounded, […]
The Jesuit Forum Takes Part in a Gathering on Decolonizing Environmental NGO and First Nations Partnerships by Victor Reyes The Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice participated in the Decolonizing ENGO-First Nations Partnerships (DEFNP) Alumni Fall Gathering from October 15-17, 2025, in Thunder Bay. Victor Reyes, Communications and Outreach Manager, represented the Jesuit Forum […]
Open Conversations Podcast #2 - ‘Ally Is a Verb: A Guide to Reconciliation with Indigenous People’s’ by Rose LeMay With Murray Pruden Welcome to our second episode of ‘Open Conversations,’ a Jesuit Forum podcast series devoted to thought-and-prayer provoking reflections with people knowledgable and engaged upon the social issues needing to be mindful of as […]
Open Conversations Podcast #1 - ‘Palestinian Walks: Forays Into a Vanishing Landscape’ by Raja Shehadeh with Dafer Kassis For this first episode of ‘Open Conversations’ we will explore a richly provocative book by the Palestinian human rights lawyer and author, Raja Shehadeh, entitled ‘Palestinian Walks: Forays Into a Vanishing Landscape.’ Through his recounting of his […]
How I Became More Appreciative of Synodality and Discernment by Stan Leveau-Vallier Synodality and discernment are key concepts, but they can feel abstract or laborious at first. At least they did to me… until I understood them concretely. When I was invited to a four-day “Ignatian Formation Program” in Montreal for lay partners from the […]
Call for Repentance Conference Reflection by Trevor Scott, SJ At any given time for every generation there are realities in our world, near or far, that we must recognize the moral importance of acknowledging and addressing in some way. One reality near to us as Canadians is how Indigenous peoples have been negatively looked upon […]
‘Who We Are: Four Questions for a Life and a Nation’ ~ Honourable Murray Sinclair (Mazina Giizhik) An Appreciation by Trevor Scott, SJ In his final reflections upon the fruits and wisdom gained from his life before he passed away this past Fall Honourable Murray Sinclair revealed in his recent memoir ‘Who We Are: […]