Consolation in action : the Jesuit Refugee Service and the ministry of accompaniment

2006·7.2 MB·English

by  O'Brien, Kevin

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CONSOLATION ACTION
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The Jesuit Refugee Service and the Ministry of Accompaniment
A
Thesis
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
ofthe Requirements for the S.T.L. degree
ofWeston Jesuit School ofTheology,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
S.T.L. Candidate: Kevin O’Brien, S.J.
Thesis Director: John O’Malley, S.J.
Second Reader: Kevin Burke, S.J.
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Contents
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: The Story ofJRS as a Jesuit Ministry 7
Roots ofJRS in Jesuit History 8
Foundation ofJRS 13
Arrupe’s “Swan Song” 15
JRS After Arrupe 17
Expansion ofJRS Around the World 18
JRS Charter of2000 24
Mission ofJRS Today 25
JRS and Education 29
Conclusion 32
Chapter 2: Accompaniment as the Practice ofSolidarity 34
Solidarity as a Social Principle and Moral Virtue 35
Solidarity as Accompanying the Poor and Powerless 41
JRS and Refugees Bearing One Another’s Burdens 47
Conclusion 54
Chapter 3: JRS and the Spiritual Exercises 55
Accompanying Jesus through the Exercises 56
Taking Crucified Peoples Down from their Crosses 60
Witnessing to the Hope ofthe Resurrection 65
Conclusion 68
Chapter 4: JRS as an Embodiment ofthe Biblical Virtue ofHospitality 70
Hospitality as a Classical and Biblical Virtue 70
Hospitality in the Gospels 73
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Hospitality in Paul and the Early Church 81
Jesuit Hospitality 87
Conclusion 90
Conclusion 92
Appendix A: How You Can Become Part ofthe JRS Story 95
Appendix B: The Story ofJRS in Summary 98
Sources 102
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