A Reconciliation Journey with Open Hearts
By Tracey Primrose On Palm Sunday in 2016, Monique Trusclair Maddox was leaving Mass when she received a New York Times alert sharing an article about Georgetown University. She opened the story to read about a little-known chapter in the school’s history: In 1838, Jesuit leaders at Georgetown sold 272 slaves to settle debts, helping […]
The Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation Announces $27 Million in New Contributions
$10 Million from Georgetown University and $17 Million from the Jesuits September 13, 2023 — The Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation today announced $27 million in contributions to support the Foundation’s mission, which is to uplift future generations of Descendants of Jesuit enslavement while helping to create a world in which the false ideology of a […]
Little Brown Brother
Fr. Sonny Manuel, SJ, who is celebrating 50 years as a Jesuit this year, offers a reflection on his Filipino heritage.
The Jesuit Provincials of Canada and the United States Commit to Studying the History of Indigenous Boarding Schools
We write to express our deep sorrow at the recent discoveries of unmarked graves of Indigenous children at the sites of several former boarding schools in Canada. We grieve deeply the loss of human life and culture that took place at such schools, both in Canada and the United States, and we acknowledge that the Society of Jesus participated in that history.
Descendants of Jesuit Slaveholding and Jesuits of the United States Announce Historic Partnership
In a landmark undertaking in the pursuit of racial healing and justice, Descendants of ancestors enslaved and sold by the Jesuits and the Jesuits of the United States have announced a partnership to create the Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation.
