Oct 29, 2022 | Immigration Subcommittee Media Watch, Media Watch
About a year ago Jesuit Refugee Service/USA staff at the U.S.-Mexico border realized something about many migrants’ journeys: They needed as much help settling into their final destinations as they did when they first entered the country. This week, the organization...
Oct 29, 2022 | Immigration Subcommittee Media Watch, Media Watch
New programme will allow 24,000 Venezuelans into the US, but most arriving at border with Mexico will be expelled. United States immigration officials are set to begin accepting applications for a new parole programme for Venezuelan asylum seekers, in a plan...
Aug 5, 2022 | Economic Justice Media Watch, Immigration Subcommittee Media Watch, Justice and Peace Media Watch, Media Watch
Aug. 2, 2022 The Senate passed legislation Tuesday to expand lifesaving health care benefits for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. Senators voted 86-11 after Republicans agreed to lift their blockade of the popular bill, caving in to...
Jul 30, 2022 | Economic Justice Media Watch, Immigration Subcommittee Media Watch, Justice and Peace Media Watch, Media Watch
July 31, is the feast day of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus who passed away on this day in the year 1556. Born in 1491, Ignatius was a different kind of saint. As the noted Jesuit historian Fr. John O’Malley, SJ, observed, “Ignatius redefined...
Jul 29, 2022 | Advocacy, Economic Justice Media Watch, Immigration Subcommittee Media Watch, Justice and Peace Media Watch, Media Watch
On July 7, 2022, President Joe Biden presented Sister Simone Campbell, S.S.S., former executive director of NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom along with 16 other individuals who have “made exemplary contributions to the...
Dec 9, 2021 | Economic Justice Media Watch, Immigration Subcommittee Media Watch, J&P Baltimore, Justice and Peace Media Watch, Media Watch
On Tuesday November 16th, the Justice and Peace Committe held a community forum to help better inform voters for the upcoming Maryland Gubernatorial election. The church hosted 4 of the canditates for a successful discussion. Official Press Release OFFICIAL PRESS...
