News and Stories
In preparation for World Day of Migrants and Refugees, which took place on October 4th and 5th, 2025, the Diocese of Montreal celebrated the Jubilee of Migrants and Refugees on September 29th at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral.
Read the letter of Jeffrey S. Burwell, SJ, in support of the Refugee Family Reunification Campaign.
From August 15 to 17, 2025, the JRS Canada team spent a full weekend at Villa St-Michel in Wentworth North with a group of 19 refugees.
On the weekend of 4–5 October 2025, the Church will celebrate the Jubilee of Migrants in Rome in the presence of Pope Leo XIV. Two days of encounters, activities, and prayers will honour our brothers and sisters on the move.
Mark Carney’s government decided to introduce Bill C-2, entitled “Strengthening Border Security,” on June 3, 2025. It uses this title to make us feel that we will be safer if this bill passes.
On June 13, 2025, the JRS Canada’s outreach team traveled to Sorel-Tracy to offer our simulation exercise A Journey into Exile to the employees of L’Orienthèque.
Merveille Mufula is a new volunteer with the Jesuit Refugee Service in Canada (JRS Canada). In June 2025, she attended her first session of our simulation exercise: A Journey into Exile in Sorel-Tracy for employees of L’Orienthèque.
Father Brian Strassburger, SJ, is a Jesuit priest who serves in the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas. He resides near the US-Mexico border, where he responds to the pastoral needs in the area, with a particular focus on the migrant community on both sides of the border.
Escalating anti-refugee sentiments and actions of governments worldwide leave us in little doubt that it is time for each one of us to take our responsibility in welcoming and including refugees and working to change the political environment for their protection.
