William Ryan, SJ, is a special advisor to the Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice, Toronto.
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On September 8, 2017. Fr. Bill Ryan, SJ passed away. Three years ago, Fr. Ryan wrote an article for igNation sharing his "exciting journey" on his 70th anniversary as a Jesuit. Today, igNation reposts Bill's "exciting journey". ...
In 1971, Cardinal Bernardin, the General Secretary of the USCCB and Fr. Arrupe,the Jesuit General, announced their intention to create jointly an international center for justice and peace in Washington DC. Today, The Center of Concern is still active, influential and admired after 45 years....
Last year, two very public leaders have given us challenging messages on how to change our future by changing our basic cultural and belief story. One of these was economist David Koren, the other was Pope Francis....
Did you know that the co-operative movement is at work in more than 100 countries, and that it has more than 800 million members? Would you be surprised to hear that four out of every ten Canadians belong to at least one co-op? (In Quebec, co-op membership includes 70% of the population.)...
We know that power is shifting from West to East and North to South, from presidential palaces to public squares, from once formidable corporate behemoths to nimble start-ups and slowly but surely, from men to women. But power is not merely shifting and dispersing. It is also decaying. Those in power today are more constrained in what they can do with it and more at risk of losing it than ever before....
