Walking with the Excluded and World Refugee Day

The Society of Jesus' Universal Apostolic Preferences invite us to learn more and take action on important subjects. One of the four is "Walking with the Excluded." This month, faculty and staff are invited to join the Omaha community to celebrate and walk with the those on the margins during the free World Refugee Day Omaha event on Saturday, June 22. See the event flyer. 

Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ, superior general of the Society of Jesus, wrote, “Sent as companions in a mission of reconciliation and justice, we resolve to walk with individuals and communities that are vulnerable, excluded, marginalized, and humanly impoverished. We commit ourselves to walk with the victims of abuse of power, abuse of conscience, and sexual abuse; with the outcasts of this world; with all those whom the biblical tradition knows as the poor of the earth, to whose cry the Lord responds with his liberating incarnation ... We confirm our commitment to care for migrants, displaced persons, refugees, and victims of wars and human trafficking ... Consequently, we will continue to help create conditions of hospitality, to accompany all these people in their process of integration into society, and to promote the defense of their rights.” Read more.