Following the Zoom webinar held on the 19th January 2021 with Sarah Teather, it is now available to watch again, or watch for the first time if you missed it! The link is below.

Association Webinar Series – Sarah Teather

 

The second in our series of Association webinars is on Tuesday 19th January at 6.00pm.

Following Dr Austen Ivereigh’s superb webinar in December our second guest speaker is Sarah Teather, Director of the Jesuit Refugee Service in the UK since January 2016. Sarah was MP for Brent East (later Brent Central) for 12 years, during which time she served as the Minister of State for Children and Families in the Conservative/Lib Dem Coalition Government. Sarah left Parliament in 2015 and has worked for JRS in Rome, and the UK, since then. She is practised in the Ignatian tradition of discernment, as well as spearheading work in the UK in one of four areas of Apostolic priority for the Jesuits worldwide.

The Jesuit Refugee Service was founded by Jesuit Superior General Pedro Arrupe in 1980. Pope Francis’ first visit outside Rome in 2013 was to the island of Lampedusa to express his solidarity with migrants risking their lives seeking refuge in Europe. He has put refugees and migrants at the centre of his teaching, preaching and pastoral action ever since. Sarah will explore the challenges facing refugees, why they are a poignant and challenging sign of our times not to be ignored, and why the Church, and the Jesuit family in particular, prioritises pastoral and practical work with refugees.

Register your interest for the Association webinar with Sarah Teather

Please register as soon as you can, and do please share this email with family and friends and encourage them to join us.

Once you have registered your interest a Zoom link to the event will be sent to you a week ahead, don’t forget to mark your diary.

Sarah, who is giving freely of her time, would welcome any donations, however small, to the Jesuit Refugee Service: ‘Lockdown and financial uncertainty in the country has made fundraising a huge challenge for us and yet the needs of refugees we serve have escalated under COVID so we really would be grateful for any support that people can provide.’

Should you wish to make a donation please click here: www.jrsuk.net/donate