Welcome to Walking with Refugees for 41 Years – a celebration recognizing the work JRS has done over the last four decades, honoring our companions on this journey.

WE’RE THRILLED TO HAVE YOU JOIN US!

PROGRAM

Introduction
Joan Rosenhauer, JRS/USA Executive Director

Refugee Advocacy Testimony
Talal Silah — Director of Protection & Education, JRS Iraq

Reflection & Prayer
Rev. James Martin, S.J.

Refugee Performance: Chad
Sima — JRS Chad

Refugee Livelihoods Testimony
Immaculée — Digital Inclusion Program, JRS Malawi

A Poem Reading from an Afghan Refugee
Maria Shriver

Reflection & Closing
Rev. Leo J. O’Donovan, JRS/USA Director of Mission

Final
Joan Rosenhauer, JRS/USA Executive Director

YOU CAN ALSO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE!

This Sunday is JRS Day, a day for the global Ignatian family to recognize JRS’s anniversary and the legacy started by Fr. Pedro Arrupe, SJ. We invite you to Pray in Solidarity, Share the Story, or Support the Mission as wemark the occasion and recognize those who’ve walked with us along the way.

OUR SUPPORTERS

EVENT CO-CHAIRS

Gwen and Austin Fragomen, Kate and Steve Howe, Madeline and Philip Lacovara, Sara and William Miller, Kate and Bob Niehaus, Melanie and Joe Shugart.

SPONSORS

PEDRO ARRUPE, S.J. BENEFACTOR

Gwendolyn and Austin Fragomen
Kate and Robert Niehaus
Anonymous

EDUCATION SPONSORS

The Cashin Family
The Curtin Family
Terry Fitzgerald
Katherine and Stephen Howe
Sara and William Miller
Thomas S. Murphy
Melanie and Joseph Shugart

LIVELIHOODS SPONSOR

Guillermina and Michael Byrne
Aurora and Henry Ferrero
Julie and Pat Garvey
Madeline and Philip Lacovara
Judy and David McNulty
Mara and Daniel O’Day
Mark Palmer
Margaret Green-Rauenhorst and Michael Rauenhorst
Mary Byrne and Thomas Rogan
Ulrike and Thomas Schlafly

MHPSS SPONSORS

Alexandra and John Amorosi
Lynn Callagy
The Patrick J. Frawley Foundation
Susan Karches
Angela and Francis Mueller
Christopher M. Ridmann
Judy Rubin
Sharon Shumaker

ADVOCACY SPONSORS

Emily Chen and Christopher Carrera
Anna and Tom Gerrity
Elizabeth and Robert Goeke
Healey Family Foundation
Michael Higgins

JRS SUPPORTERS

Barbara Abseck
John Boatright
Shiow Min Chen
Christine Colby Giraudo
Rev. Robert Fambrini, S.J.
Catherine and Christopher Kinney
Judith A. Linden
Betty and Herbert Martin
Owen McBride
Mary and Michael McCann
Monica Eileen McGuire
Brian M. O’Connor
Maria and Christopher Phelps
Maurice Reidy
Mary and Win Rutherfurd
Jennifer Sanford
Dr. Anne Stericker
Catherine and John Thielmann
Mark Vlasic
Werwaiss Family Charitable Trust