Welcome to the Jesuit Social Research Institute
Serving faith, promoting justice
The Jesuit Social Research Institute works to transform the Gulf South through action research, analysis, education, and advocacy on the core issues of poverty, race, and migration. The Institute is a collaboration of Loyola University New Orleans and the New Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus, rooted in the faith that does justice.
Banner Photo: Donna DeCesare. Jocotenango, Guatemala, 2001.
JSRI News and alerts
Jesuit Colleague Killed in Honduras
On Friday, April 11, Jesuits and lay colleagues at two social ministries apostolates in Honduras learned Carlos Mejía Orellana was murdered inside his home. Mejía Orellana worked as the marketing director at Radio Progreso for 14 years.
Legislatures Protect Business that Preys on the Poor
Alabama and Louisiana legislatures defeated legislation this session to cap payday loans at 36% annual percentage rate (APR).
Inside Jesuit Justice: A Forty- Year Journey into the Public Square
Jesuits articulated the mission of faith and justice most dramatically in the 1970s, following two major Catholic events.
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“ ...grave imbalances are produced when economic action, conceived merely as an engine for wealth creation, is detached from political action, conceived as a means for pursuing justice through redistribution. „
- Pope Benedict XVI on economic and political action
