Ignatian Voices for Justice

Antell Cole, a recent graduate of Saint Joseph’s Prep in Philadelphia, kept a reminder pinned in his notes app on his phone: “don’t forget what you learned at IFTJ.” Inspired by the formation and connections from his participation in 3 different Ignatian Family Teach-Ins for Justice and the formative Arrupe Leaders Summit, Antell was the driving force behind the Prep’s first Interreligious Peacebu...

Aydee Cruz Mejía, an undergraduate student at Fairfield University and an alumnus of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Milwaukee, credits the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice as a major catalyst in her justice-seeking vocation. She has attended five of them so far, presented at three of them, and deepened her leadership skills as a high schooler at the Arrupe Leaders Summit. Aydee is a fantasti...

Xavier High School in New York City organized a prayer service and two mile march from their school down to Federal Plaza, where federal immigration court is located. Brandon Sumba, and John Mahovlic, both current juniors at Xavier, participated in that public witness on behalf of migrants and, a few days later, attended the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice in Washington, D.C., where they got...

Ruth Morgan, an undergraduate student at Georgetown University studying healthcare management and policy, features on this podcast episode. Ruth is introduced in the first segment by one of her mentors, Kimberly Mazcyk, the Associate Director for Engagement of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University. Kim moderated a panel at the Ignatian Family Teach-In f...

Season 2 Episode 3: Featured on this episode is Sarah Flores, a New Yorker and a student at Loyola University Maryland. Sarah hyped up those gathered in front of the U.S. Capitol before the Advocacy Day of the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice. In all three segments, Sarah expresses how her campus ministers and what she has been learning about inter-religious dialogue grounded her experience of...

Bishop O’Dowd High School senior, London Walker, joins us in three segments: live from D.C. at the Ignatian Family Teach-In before her mainstage address, a clip of her mainstage address, and from her school in Oakland, CA, as she reflects on her Teach-In experience. Watch the entire recording of London’s mainstage address at IFTJ . Check out HBCU Prep School , the publishing company that published...

Kicking off season 2 of the podcast—which will focus largely on speakers and presenters at the 2025 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice—we are joined by Micahel Libunao-Macalintal, director of campus ministry at Regis High School in NYC, and Lucas Bujosa, a senior at Regis. In addition to captivating clips from their respective mainstage addresses, hear them speak about the inspiration behind the...

Interluding seasons one and two of the Ignatian Voices for Justice Podcast, we offer a thoughtful reflection from Dr. Annmarie Caño on the birthday of one of the UCA Jesuit martyrs, Ignacio Martín-Baró. Many in the Ignatian family will be gathered with us on the anniversary of the 6 Jesuits and their two lay companions assassinated in El Salvador at the 28th annual Ignatian Family Teach-In for Jus...

Wrapping up our first season of the podcast, we sit down with Alyssa Perez Marquez, who just started a new role at Cristo Rey San José. So far, all of our featured guests are currently in high school, college, or just starting their full-time professional careers. The intention to feature these impressive individuals was to demonstrate to our network—especially the young leaders in our Ignatian ne...

This episode revolves around the Ignatian Solidarity Network’s Undocu Network. This initiative began in 2020 to provide a space for students and recent alumni connected to Catholic and Jesuit universities who identify as undocumented, with DACA or TPS, or in mixed-status families. In this unconditionally safe space, folks gather to build community, share concerns, and seek advice and professional...

Amidst the back-to-school fervor, this episode of Ignatian Voices for Justice features Lucy Robb, who graduated from Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon, and is starting her first semester of college. Lucy was deeply involved with justice work and advocacy over her time at Jesuit Portland, so much so that she received an award from her alma mater based on her “commitment to advocating for those...

With a couple weeks to spare before the Feast of Saint Phoebe (September 3), we sit down with Kascha Sanor, director of social and environmental justice for the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, and Elise Stankus, a Rosemont College graduate student deeply involved with Discerning Deacons. Kascha and Elise went to Rome as pilgrims for Discerning Deacons during the two-part Synod on Syno...

On this episode, we sit down with Cecilia Gonzalez-Andrieu, Ph. D., a beloved theologian from Loyola Marymount University (LMU), who introduces us to Jesus “Paco” Estrada, a recent LMU graduate who is integrating his Catholic faith with political advocacy. Paco’s efforts to speak up for the most vulnerable in his community has taken him from local rallies all the way to a personal audience with Po...

Patrick Cavanaugh, a student at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, shares his wisdom on restoring and ecological spaces on the podcast and demonstrates how caring for our common home is integral to his faith.  Patrick has had incredible mentorship from his teachers, including Katie Collins, a great friend of ISN, who has taken her students to the IFTJ, Arrupe Leaders Summits, the fir...

Brice Hansen, an undergraduate student at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania, joins the podcast to talk about moving her campus towards ethical purchasing and procurement of the clothes and food that are sold on campus. Brice has had great mentorship from one of her professors, Dr. Elizabeth Pyne, and also from Grace Adams, ISN’s coordinator for the Catholic Ethical Purchasing Alliance (C...

Reueline Arulanandam, a recent Saint Louis University graduate and mainstage speaker at the 2024 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice, speaks about Christian leadership and how her faith has deepened as she has engaged critical issues in criminal justice, including judicial equity, reentry from incarceration, and anti-death penalty advocacy.   With a keen interest in the intersection of...