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 […]
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: […]
A reflection on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on human relationships by Victor Reyes “The Bible teaches that every man and woman is created out of love and made in God’s image and likeness (cf. Gen 1:26). This shows us the immense dignity of each person, ‘who is not just something, but someone.’” - Pope […]
The Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice joins the faithful worldwide in welcoming the election of Pope Leo XIV. We reflect upon his chosen Papal name and the last Pope who shared this name, Pope Leo XIII. Pope Leo XIII was the author of Rerum Novarum, an encyclical on capital, labor and workers' rights. […]