Global Solidarity, Local Action

Mission & Vision

For nearly 500 years, Jesuit schools, social programs, and parishes have worked to improve their communities. Guided by a vision of hope and rooted in our Ignatian values, American Jesuits International is part of a global network of solidarity that supports and encourages these initiatives.

Mission & Vision

Global Solidarity,
Local Action

Motivated our Ignatian values, we support Jesuits works and initiatives that are responding to the challenges faced by communities in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

Mission & Vision

American Jesuits International

Our Mission

We build just and equitable societies by mobilizing support for Jesuit education and development initiatives that serve marginalized communities in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

Our Vision

Inspired by Ignatian values, we envision a world in which the dignity of each person is respected, human rights are protected, creation is cared for, and all people thrive.

School kids in Haiti — Fe y Alegría - Haití

Our Values

Solidarity
We accompany people in their journey and support their efforts within their local contexts to respond to the challenging issues facing their communities.
Justice
We seek to create a world in which each person has agency within their own life, and has their rights upheld and dignity protected.
Connection
We recognize that we live in an interconnected world and must work across cultures and borders to build just and equitable societies.
Dignity
We see God in all people and root our work in the inherent rights of every person.
Transparency
We uphold accountability as fundamental to fostering trust, teamwork, innovation and, most importantly, justice.

Our Framework

The work of American Jesuits International is informed by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs) of the Society of Jesus.

These two ambitious visions for a more just global society offer recommendations and inspiration as well as a recognizable framework for the work that we do. While no one organization could respond to all of the SDGs or fully embody the UAPs on its own, American Jesuits International is committed to working with the global community, in particular through Jesuit networks, to respond to these shared objectives.