News
Jesuit Mission And JRS UK Concert
Saturday 19th May 2012 7.45pm
Sacred Heart Parish, Edge Hill, Wimbledon
Join us to say thank you, good bye and good luck to JM director Fr Tim Curtis SJ before he returns to Guyana. Tickets are free but please reserve your place by contacting the JM office on 0208 946 0466 or emailing richard@gbjm.org. Light refreshments will be served in the parish hall. All are welcome.
It is with great sadness that we share the news that Brother Bernard died on Monday 2 April 2012. Bernard Elliott founded the work of JRS in the UK in 1991 and has over the last twenty years made an immeasurable contribution to the lives of many refugees.
We offer sympathy to his family and his brother Jesuits, as well as the refugees, volunteers, staff and everyone associated with JRS. We will miss him and miss working with him.
Thank you to everyone who came to the funeral mass at Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon, and for the many kind wishes and gifts that have been sent to JRS in his memory.
Current Focus
26.2 miles on behalf of JRS
Rupert Jolley and Siobhan Howley are running the London Marathon on Sunday 22 April 2012 in support of Jesuit Refugee Service. Please make a donation in recognition of their efforts which will help destitute asylum seekers with their basic needs.
Focus On
Message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2012 from His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
A message reflecting on themes of migration, humanity and faith.
Other News
Mass for MigrantsBank Holiday, Monday 7 May 2012, 10.30am at Westminster Cathedral, Victoria, London SW1P 1QW (Victoria Underground Station)
Come and join fellow migrants for a morning of reflection and celebration, in honour of St Joseph the Worker. The Mass will begin with a procession of representatives from London's diverse communities, occcupations and civic organisations.
London is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world, home to migrant communities who have come to seek shelter from oppression and to improve their situation. Many of the new migrants to our City are Catholics, and their social, pastoral and spiritual needs are made manifest in churches and parish communities. Many recent migrants living in London can experience exploitation and racism. Faith, driven by Catholic Social Teaching, demands that we stand up and speak our as one for justice, social cohesion and for a society which values the contribution of migrants.