Publications
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.
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.
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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. Download Now |
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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. Download Now |
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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 Download Now |
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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. Download Now |
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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. Download Now |
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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 Download Now |
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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. Download Now |
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Surviving Landmines Personal accounts of child Bosnian landmine survivors. Download Now |
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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. Download Now |
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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. Download Now |
