Healing a Broken World - Society of Jesus

Healing a Broken World
(iv) Root university teaching, research, and service activities in social and
environmental justice issues of the region to inform policy-making.
This should include student and faculty engagement in developed
and developing countries, and accompaniment in reflection, research,
action and advocacy.
(v) Support long-term partnerships between institutions strengthening
student engagement in research related to ecological and social
responsibility.
(vi) Faculties of theology can play a critical role in strengthening the
Society‘s understanding of the need to face the ecological crisis
through deeper reflection. In this way the dialogue with youth can be
strengthened, deepening the foundation of their hopes and
commitments to a sustained life-giving reconciliation with the
ecology they inherit.
81] RECOMMENDATION 5: centres of theological reflection, spirituality,
social and pastoral works are invited to develop the spiritual sources
motivating our commitment and fostering our celebration of creation.
[level Conference; purpose: motivational]
82] Suggested action/activities
(i) Encourage Conferences to appoint an institution (theological centre,
retreat house or pastoral centre) to implement this recommendation.
This may involve,
seeking deeper communion with creation and learning from
other religious traditions;
setting up an agenda of critical topics to be researched;
supporting retreat centres and those persons involved in the
retreat movement to organise eco-spirituality programmes and
retreats;
encouraging pastoral centres to develop simple material for
homilies, liturgies, catechetical courses, and social and cultural
programmes;
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