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This section provides access to a variety of publications from Jesuit Refugee Service Asia Pacific and the international office. You can find annual reports; Diakonia our regional publication; Servir our international quarterly magazine on issues affecting refugees and forcibly displaced persons and; books, research reports and other material by JRS.

30th Anniversary -- JRS Asia Pacific
Over the past 30 years, JRS Asia Pacific has touched many lives. In this book, the voices of JRS staff members, past and present, and the voices of people we serve are highlighted to share in the commemoration of the organization.
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Advocacy in Jesuit Refugee Service
The 36-page booklet addresses all aspects of JRS advocacy, from day-to-day work in favour of one or more individuals to longer-term activities seeking to change policies nationally, regionally and globally, such as the organisation's participation in campaigns against the use of landmines and refugee detention.

The booklet gives a breakdown of the most important issues on which JRS advocacy is focused and provides concrete examples of concerns and positive outcomes of this work. The issues include: access to quality education, food security, detention, protection and durable solutions, landmines and cluster bombs, sexual- and gender-based violence and peace and reconciliation.

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In the Footsteps of Pedro Arrupe
The hundredth anniversary of Pedro Arrupe's birth is a fitting moment to remember his vision for JRS and ensure, even as the organisation grows and the world changes, that its vitality is sustained into the future.
The reflections of Jesuits shared in this booklet testify to the enduring legacy of his vision. They prove correct his prophetic hopes of the role that Jesuits are called to play in alleviating the dramatically urgent needs of forcibly displaced people, and of the spiritual benefits to be reaped in this important modern apostolate.

Twenty-seven years after the establishment of JRS, the magnificent response to his initial appeal has not diminished, and the impact of this apostolate on Provinces who make men available, remains real and profound. Arrupe's vision has inspired so many Jesuits, lay people and religious who have worked with JRS and will continue to guide it into the future.

Rome 1 November 2007
Lluís Magriñà, SJ Peter Balleis SJ

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The wound on the border: 25 years with refugees
The history of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is the history of refugees. To mark the 25th anniversary of its foundation by Fr Pedro Arrupe SJ, we offer this memoir. The centre of gravity of this book is not JRS or its work, but the refugees themselves. What we celebrate is their dignity, courage and determination to keep hope alive: to choose light instead of darkness. This book has been written thanks to a priceless resource material: the lives and experiences of JRS workers. It is not meant to be historically exhaustive, but to bring together testimonies of people who have witnessed the growth of JRS at different stages and to offer their experience and vision, sharing significant events in their regions, the specific challenges and dilemmas they encountered, and the signs of hope.

In his letter which established the Jesuit Refugee Service, Fr Arrupe had said: 'The spiritual as well as the material needs of nearly 16 million refugees throughout the world today could scarcely be greater'. Today there are 50 million forcibly displaced people worldwide. The words of Fr Arrupe have inspired many people to give themselves to the service of refugees, a privilege that many share in the pages of this book. Those who would like copies of the book are asked to contact the JRS International Office at international@mail06.jrs.net We have chosen to distribute the book without charge. We would be grateful for your contribution towards its publication. Thank you. The Wound of the Border is also available here in Acrobat PDF format.
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God in Exile: Towards a Shared Spirituality with Refugees
To join JRS is to embark on a journey of faith accompanied by refugees (JRS seminar, Kigali, 1995). Over the years, JRS workers have reflected on the spiritual values represented by refugees, what message they have to share with JRS and the rest of the world. This spontaneous search for meaning echoes a need voiced several times over, for greater emphasis on and definition of aspects of the faith, the cornerstone on which JRS is built.

God in Exile: Towards a Shared Spirituality with Refugees evolved precisely as a response to this need. It is a compilation of reflections from a spiritual perspective shared by people - religious, lay people and refugees - who are part of the JRS mission. It does not pretend to be the final answer in what is essentially a process; rather it is a step in the journey towards discovering, together with refugees, a spirituality arising out of the experience of forced exile and the specific faith-based response of JRS. A value of this book is that it underlines the typically Ignatian nature of the JRS response.
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JRS Asia Pacific 25 Years
JRS Asia Pacific celebrates 25 years working with refugees with reflections from current and former staff

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Horizons of learning, 25 years of JRS education
As JRS marks 25 years of existence, this book focuses on the organisation's provision of education to refugees, springing from the needs of refugees and on our Ignatian tradition of discernment as to how best we can offer our support.

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Surviving Landmines
Personal accounts of child Bosnian landmine survivors.

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Everybody's Challenge
This book, gathering essential documents of the first 20 years of JRS, also serves to record this same step-by-step process, repeated by JRS workers over and again across the world during these past years. Moved with compassion at the plight of so many displaced people, Jesuit Refugee Service members, who are Jesuits, religious and lay people, have undertaken new initiatives, reflected anew on these experiences, and planned new actions. Each time, JRS calls again on a wide network of friends and companions to join in this service. As one JRS group reflected in 1985, We believe this call is not for ourselves alone.

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War has changed our life, not our spirits
This book gives women's accounts of the atrocities and exploitation they suffered, including stories of women and girls targeted for sexual abuse. In recent wars civilians are specially targeted. Women become a special target because they keep civilian society functioning. In our absurd contemporary wars of identity, the reproductive power of women is feared, since they can reproduce the enemy. In all wars, women are subjected to violence; in Rwanda this was done on a massive scale. There some women were allowed to live only so they would "die of sadness".

In Rwanda rape was a weapon to dehumanize and degrade a whole community for a political end. In such circumstances, gender intersects with other aspects of a woman’s identity such as ethnicity, religion, caste, social class or political affiliation.

Rape constitutes a war crime and a crime against humanity. But law enforcement and judicial systems are usually so weakened as a result of civil conflict that justice is slow in coming for women. Moreover stigma and fear breed silence.

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Advocacy au Service Jésuite des Réfugiés

Le livret de 36 pages affronte tous les aspects de l'advocacy du JRS, du travail quotidien en faveur d'un ou de plusieurs individus jusqu'aux activités à plus long terme cherchant à changer des politiques nationales, régionales et globales, telles que la participation de l'organisation à des campagnes contre l'utilisation de mines antipersonnel et la détention des réfugiés.

Le livret analyse les principales problématiques sur lesquelles se concentre l'advocacy du JRS et fournit des exemples concrets des préoccupations et résultats positifs de cette activité. Les problématiques comprennent: accès à l'éducation de qualité, sécurité alimentaire, détention, protection et solutions durables, mines antipersonnel et bombes à sous-munitions, violence sexuelle et basée sur le genre, ainsi que paix et réconciliation.
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Dans les pas de Pedro Arrupe

La spiritualité ignacienne vécue dans le service des réfugiés

Le centième anniversaire de la naissance du père Pedro Arrupe est le moment rêvé pour se rappeler sa vision du JRS et faire en sorte que, même si l'organisation grandit et si le monde change, le JRS continue à vivre aujourd'hui et demain.

Les diverses réflexions que des Jésuites ont bien voulu partager dansce livret rendent témoignage à la vitalité de cet héritage. Elles témoignent du rôle prophétique que les Jésuites sont appelés à jouer pour alléger le fardeau qui pèse sur les épaules des personnes déplacées. Mais elles témoignent également du profit spirituel que l'on peut tirer de cet apostolat qui est aussi important que moderne.

Vingt-sept ans après la fondation du JRS, la merveilleuse réponse à l'appel initial demeure. Tandis que l'impact de cet apostolat sur les Provinces qui fournissent des hommes, reste profond et réel. La vision du père Arrupe a inspiré un grand nombre de Jésuites, de laïcs et de religieux et religieuses qui ont travaillé avec le JRS et elle continuera à les inspirer dans l'avenir.

Rome, 1 novembre 2007
Lluís Magriñà SJ Peter Balleis SJ

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Incidencia política en el Servicio Jesuita a Refugiados
Este opúsculo de 36 páginas trata todos los aspectos de las actividades de advocacy del JRS, desde el trabajo cotidiano en favor de una o más personas hasta las acciones a largo plazo que tratan de cambiar políticas nacionales, regionales y globales, como es la participación en la organización de campañas contra el uso de minas antipersona o la detención de refugiados.

El folleto hace un esbozo de los temas más importantes en los que inciden las actividades de advocacy del JRS y ofrece ejemplos concretos de los temas que preocupación a la organización y de los resultados positivos de esta labor. Estos temas incluyen el acceso a una educación de calidad, la seguridad alimentaria, la detención, la protección y las soluciones duraderas, las minas antipersona y bombas de racimo, la violencia sexual y de género y la paz y la reconciliación.
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Tras los pasos de Pedro Arrupe

La espiritualidad ignaciana vivida al servicio de los refugiados

El centenario del nacimiento de Pedro Arrupe es un momento oportuno para rememorar la visión que tuvo para el JRS y asegurar, incluso cuando la organización crece y el mundo cambia, que su vitalidad se mantenga en el futuro.

Las reflexiones de los jesuitas compartidas en este folleto testifican la permanencia del legado de su visión. Prueban que acertó en su esperanzadora profecía de que los jesuitas han sido llamados para aliviar las acuciantes necesidades de las personas desplazadas por la fuerza y de los beneficios espirituales que se recogerán de este importantey moderno apostolado.

Veintisiete años después de la creación del JRS, la magnífica respuesta a su llamamiento inicial no ha disminuido, y el impacto de su apostolado en las Provincias que ponían hombres a su disposición, sigue siendo real y profunda. La visión de Arrupe ha inspirado a muchos jesuitas, laicos y religiosos que han trabajado con el JRS y les continuará guiando en el futuro.

Roma, 1 de noviembre de 2007
Lluís Magriñà SJ Peter Balleis SJ

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