Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice, abbreviated to the Jesuit Forum and formerly known as the Jesuit Centre for Social Faith and Justice, is a centre for social justice located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a place where people and groups meet for discourse and engagement in social justice. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1979. It worked with Jamie Swift in researching and publishing about social analysis in Canada. It is situated in Loretto College, part of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto.
History It was created in 1979 by Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., and Fr. Jim Webb, S.J., to promote methodologies for social justice analysis.James Freeman Webb from The Globe and Mail, 10 October 2012, retrieved 29 November 2014 It was composed of four sections that worked on issues to do with Latin America, Jesuit Refugee Service, ecology at the Ignatius Jesuit Centre and Canada. In 1988, Jamie Swift, with Fr. Michael Czerny, S.J., wrote Getting Started on Social Analysis in Canada. By 2003, a fourth edition of the book had been printed. In the 1986, the centre started The Moment Project.Nabeeha Chaudhary, "Naming the Moment" from Connexions.org, retrieved 28 November 2014 It was a group of over one hundred community activists from across Canada who met to discuss methodologies for social and political analysis.Deborah Barndt, Naming the Moment: Political Analysis for Action, A Manual for Community Groups , pp. i-1. In 1989, they published Naming the Moment: Political Analysis for Action, A Manual for Community Groups. It sold out and was reprinted in 1991.Ann Currie-Stevens, An Educator's Guide for Changing the World (Toronto: Centre for Social Justice, 2003), p. 54.
In 1996, it ceased most of its operations, because of a lack of funding. Some work continued, but only in three areas: Jesuit Refugee Service, ecological projects at the Ignatius Jesuit Centre and Catholic social teaching."Father James W. (Jim) Profit S.J." from Toronto Star, 17 January 2014, retrieved 29 November 2014"Sr. Lois Anne receives the Amina Malko award " from FCJ Refugee Centre, 23 November 2006, retrieved 29 November 2014 In 1997, the Centre for Social Justice was created separately to carry on the work of the Jesuit Centre.About from Centre for Social Justice retrieved 29 November 2014"Home Safe Toronto Screenings "from SkyWorksFoundation.org, retrieved 29 November 2014 In 2001, the organisation returned, under the new name Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice.
See also List of Jesuit sites Centre for Justice and Faith
References
Further reading Barndt, Deborah, Naming the Moment: Political Analysis for Action, A Manual for Community Groups (Toronto, 1991) . Sheridan, Edward F., Do Justice!: The Social Teaching of the Canadian Catholic Bishops, 1945-1986 (Sherbrooke, Québec: Médiaspaul,1987) Sheridan, Edward F., Love Kindness! The Social teaching of the Canadian Catholic Bishops (Sherbrooke, Québec: Médiaspaul, 1991) Swift, Czerny, et al., Getting Started on Social Analysis in Canada, Fourth Edition (2003), .
External links Jesuit Forum site Centre for Social Justice