Updates

Laudato Si` excerpt.
May 06, 20 | JPIC

The Society of the Sacred Heart joins 150 other Catholic organizations in urging Congress to direct COVID-19 funding to prioritize the needs of the poor and vulnerable as well as care for God's creation.

Jitsi Meet promo graphic.
May 06, 20 | CEDC

Video conferencing usage has spiked during this pandemic, and while Zoom has gotten most of the press, there are some other options out there. One of them also happens to be open source: Jitsi. We've begun some early work on integrating Jitsi into an easy to use module for Backdrop CMS.

Jubilee USA Logo.
Apr 22, 20 | JPIC

The Jubilee year was meant to restore equality among all of the children of Israel, offering new possibilities to families which had lost their property and even their personal freedom. Pope John Paul II

Calendar photo with a quote at the bottom.
Apr 02, 20 | CEDC

The quote at the bottom of March in our desktop calendar has been striking to me all month as the pandemic continues to unfold. Now that we've just turned the page to April I wanted to post it here:

"Weaving involves two threads, one horizontal and the other vertical... Our broken, suffering world is bound together by fragile threads that, together with others, we can strengthen."

Mar 14, 20 | JPIC

Each of us shares responsibility for the protection and care of the most vulnerable, especially our children.  Globally, children find themselves in places of increasing risk, facing the challenges of migration, poverty, violence and unequal access to educational opportunities.

Mar 03, 20 | JPIC

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg writes, “When I'm sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, 'When there are nine,' people are shocked. But there'd been nine men, and nobody's ever raised a question about that.”  (Georgetown, 2016). The JPIC Calendar for March invites you to explore the lives and initiatives of those who made it possible for women to sit on Supreme Court today and who continue to fight to overcome the systematic sexism that still exists in Canada and the United States. 

Jan 31, 20 | JPIC

Harriet Tubman reminds us “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”  

With the attached JPIC Calendar for February and for Black History Month, we invite you to explore the lives of those who found the strength, patience and passion to change the world– yesterday and today.  

Dec 17, 19 | JPIC

National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month

“The scale of human trafficking is atrocious...We have to raise our voices for them. That means confronting the social and economic conditions that abet this crime..” – former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon

Dec 06, 19 | Executive Director

You will find the description of the position attached. Please forward this to candidates who meet the criteria listed and whose passion for our mission and the work of the stuartcenter.org makes them a good candidate.

If you have questions, need additional information, or wish to submit a letter of interest please send an email to jobs@stuartcenter.org

 

 

Border Witness Program
Nov 26, 19 | EIL

We are pleased to announce the 2020 Border Witness Program in McAllen, Texas, the US side of the border with Reynosa, Mexico. The Border Witness Program provides a powerful, first-hand look at the human experience behind the issues as well as a critical, analytical look at the systemic issues contributing to the complexity of migration and immigration at the US-Mexico border.