Jesuit Education Network
We offer training and support for conducting community-driven research and teaching for environmental justice for our peers in Jesuit higher education in the U.S. and around the world. We foster partnerships between Jesuit institutions, Catholic social ministry, and secular and grassroots organizations through workshops, events, conferences, and publications. We provide thought leadership on issues of ecological justice.
Contact: Chris Bacon and Chad Raphael
Projects
- Laudato Si’ across the Curriculum
This professional development program supports faculty and sustainability staff at SCU and many other colleges, universities, and high schools to integrate the teaching of ecological justice across the curriculum. We offer several highly-rated online workshops each summer in partnership with SCU’s Center for Sustainability and the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).
SCU Participants: Chad Raphael
Funder: John Burns (SCU ‘66)
For more information:
- Laudato Si’ University Pathways
SCU is a founding signatory of this global program to enact the goals of integral ecology in universities, developed by the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the International Association of Jesuit Universities as part of the Laudato Si’ Action Platform. Chris Bacon served on the committee to develop the University Pathways’ community participation goal.
SCU Participants: Chris Bacon
Partners: ,
For more information:
- AJCU Commission on Laudato SÃ: Advancing a Shared Agenda for our Common Home
Chris Bacon co-chaired this Commission formed by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) to generate bold proposals for advancing environmental justice and sustainability at the 2024 Faith, Justice, & Reconciliation Assembly in Chicago.
SCU Participants: Chris Bacon, Chad Raphael, and Lindsey Kalkbrenner
Partners: Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, SCU Center for Sustainability, SCU Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education
For more information:
- (white paper)
- (letter)
- (slide deck)
