Jesuit Refugee Service/USA

Jesuit Refugee Service/USA
• accompany • serve • advocate
Annual Report 2011
Be not afraid to have strangers in your house, for
some thereby have entertained angels unaware.
Hebrews 13:2
The mission of Jesuit Refugee Service/USA is to
accompany, serve and advocate for the rights of
refugees and other forcibly displaced persons,
witnessing to God’s presence in vulnerable and
often forgotten people driven from their homes by
conflict, natural disaster, economic injustice, or
violation of their human rights.
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ON THE COVER Chad: A grant from U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migrants enabled JRS to build
secondary schools in Goz Beida and Koukou Angarana to help ensure that refugees from Sudan’s Darfur region have access to a quality secondary education. Among the nearly 200 students attending secondary education classes, there are 63 teachers from the primary
schools in the camps. Those teachers participate in the education of 9,328 students. (Photo by Christian Fuchs —JRS/USA)
From the National Director
Dear Friends of Jesuit Refugee Service/USA —
This Fall I have concluded my first year as National
Director of JRS/USA. It has been a year of visiting
all of our works, listening to the JRS workers in the
field, and experiencing first-hand the lives of refugees,
internally displaced people and detainees whom we
strive to serve. In this short introduction to our Annual
Report, I would like to share with you several of the
highlights of these visits to give you a small taste of
what is the work of JRS/USA which you so generously
support.
Here in the United States, we work providing pastoral
care and religious services in four federal detention
centers, as well as one county institution, ranging
from Buffalo to Los Angeles. Watching the heroic efforts of JRS workers — priests, religious sisters, and
lay people — to accompany these detainees, offering
religious comfort and care to those whose very human
dignity is threatened is a moving experience.
What amazed me over and over again was the respect that these workers have with both the prison
populations as well as with the authorities. In each
site, I have witnessed the humanizing effect that presence, accompaniment, pastoral care, and counseling
can have on those facing deportation — and those
in charge. Providing the means to practice the basic
human right to worship as one sees fit is a powerful
force for good.
Over the last few years, with the help of funding from
the U.S. government, private foundations and individuals, JRS/USA has been able to reach out to JRS
teams throughout Africa. We have been able to help
them provide sustainable and cost-effective education systems, build primary and secondary schools
and reach out to the most vulnerable of groups in
Kenya, South Sudan, Chad, the Democratic Republic
of Congo, and now Ethiopia. I personally opened two
schools in Congo — one for 1000 boys and girls, the
other for 700; children who had only known exile and
deprivation their entire lives.
I listened to the
words of gratitude
from parents who
never could have
imagined that they
would live to see
their children in
such a well-built and
equipped school.
And I understood the
hunger that all felt for
Fr. Michael Evans S.J.
peace, stability, and
a return to rebuilding
a devastated homeland. I had similar experiences
listening to refugees in South Sudan, returning
home after decades of civil war — a war that cost
millions their lives and many more their homes and
livelihoods. I also noted with somber awareness
the ever-present danger sign marking unexploded
landmines.
Let me conclude by sharing the joy of JRSsponsored works a little closer to home — Haiti.
The unimaginable tragedy caused by the massive
earthquake was compounded by frustration that the
mountains of red tape seemed that any progress
was impossible. I am happy to say that we were able
to work some minor miracles in a handful of projects
close to the border with the Dominican Republic:
children are being fed; schools are built and open;
clean water projects are addressing the problems of
sanitation and cholera; and families have their lives
restored. Truly remarkable!
But none of these things would be possible without
your constant and generous support. On behalf of
all that we strive to serve, accompany and defend,
thank you for your help to JRS/USA and our coworkers around the world.
With every good wish and blessing,
Fr. Mike Evans S.J.
Accompaniment is an essential element of both the mission and methodology of
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA. To accompany means to be a companion. We are companions of Jesus, so we wish to be companions of those with whom he preferred to
be associated, the poor and the outcast. Accompaniment is a practical and effective
action, and is often precisely the way in which service is provided. Our accompaniment
often leads to advocacy, as we seek to give voice and visibility to the needs and
aspirations of the refugees with which JRS lives and works.
Catholic Mass is celebrated at the Mira Loma Detention Facility in Lancaster, Calif., by Fr. Hieu Tran of Sacred Heart
Church. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
Detention Chaplaincy
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA has for 10 years both
accompanied and served detained migrants and
asylum seekers through our Detention Chaplaincy
Program. JRS/USA chaplaincy programs provide
pastoral and religious assistance to meet the needs of
non-citizens by promoting courage, hope and peace
for detainees in the day-to-day routines of their lives
inside a detention facility.
We believe that ensuring detainee access to a Religious Service Program is crucially important because
detainees have a fundamental right to freedom and
exercise of religion. JRS/USA is advocating for the
adoption by the U.S. government of binding guidance
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that will guarantee access to religious services in all
detention facilities throughout the U.S., regardless of
whether the facilities are operated by the federal government, local law enforcement or private contractors.
Access to pastoral care, to a sympathetic ear and
an open heart helps to stabilize and comfort detained asylum seekers and migrants as they transition
through the immigration detention system. Access
to their faith tradition is especially important for men
and women who face family separation and who may
have entered our borders fleeing generalized violence,
religious persecution or extreme economic hardship.
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA offered training to six
chaplains from detention centers
across the United States during a
three-day meeting in Los Angeles
in August. JRS/USA based the
training on knowledge gained via
our long years of service to detainees. The training, and the creation
of an on-line Religious Service
Program Guide to assist chaplains
at detention centers throughout
the United States, was made possible by a grant from an anonymous foundation.
Some of the most forgotten and the most vulnerable
people in the United States are those migrants held in
immigration detention centers pending deportation. The
vulnerability of these people does not end with deportation, however; many of the migrants we encounter at
the Kino Border Initiative in Nogales, Mexico, find themselves stranded in the border town far away from their
homes and families, with few options or resources to
plan for a future life in Mexico or Central America.
“Faith oftentimes brings hope.
Faith brings resilience. Faith brings
the strength to survive through the
often isolating and difficult experience of detention,” said attendee
Rev. David Fraccaro, who coordinates the National Detention
Visitation Network.
The Casa Nazaret shelter at the Kino Border Initiative offers safety to unaccompanied
women and children. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
In collaboration with partner groups, JRS/USA serves
the Church via the Kino Border Initiative by providing opportunities for pastoral formation and advocacy for the
protection of human rights along the border between the
U.S. and Mexico. KBI offers immediate assistance and
pastoral accompaniment to migrants who have been
deported from the U.S. Mass at Mira Loma.
The Centro para Atención a los Migrantes Deportados,
KBI offers meals, basic medical assistance, and clothing to the recently deported. At the Casa Nazaret shelter, KBI offers safe room and board to unaccompanied
women and children who are otherwise extremely
vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.
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Haiti
Long before the crippling earthquake of January 2010, Jesuit
Refugee Service had a grassroots presence in Haiti. In addition to our work within Haiti, JRS
has served the needs of Haitian
refugees, forced migrants and
stateless people in the neighboring Dominican Republic for more
than 15 years.
JRS takes its responsibility for
prudent stewardship of the gifts
entrusted to us very seriously.
Following the emergency phase,
we have focused our Haiti relief on ways to best accompany
the people of Haiti today while
providing long-term solutions for
tomorrow.
A project spearheaded by
Catholic nuns and sponsored by
Jesuit Refugee Service will bring
healthy water and reliable irrigation to the mountain village of Los
Cacaos in central Haiti. With the
outbreak of the cholera epidemic
in 2010, the people of Los Cacaos were wracked with illness
and death.
To supply fresh and clean water to the community, the nuns
devised a plan to pipe water from
higher in the mountains to stone
cisterns, and then piped it further The Los Cacaos project will bring fresh water from high in the mountains to cisterns, where
to the central community and sur- it can be stored and then pumped on to the community. (Jesuit Refugee Service/USA)
rounding fields.
“It’s like God came from heaven to the earth because now our children will have
a future,” said Mr. Presner, a resident of Los Cacaos, of the water project.
Time for a nap in the new JRS-funded preschool in
Fond Parisien. (JRS/USA)
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Jesuit Refugee Service/USA is
funding an early childhood development program in the Haitian
community of Fond Parisien, and
pre-school nutrition is an important component of the program.
Currently 195 children are direct
beneficiaries of the new school
and nutrition program.
Islore, 3, is blind and has been attending the early childhood development and education
program in Fond Parisien, and has shown great improvement in basic skills. “She doesn’t
talk much at the school, but she is doing much better since starting,” said her mother,
Tania. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
Throughout the developing world,
JRS comes across displaced
parents living in poverty forced to
choose between paying for their
children’s education and buying basic essentials. Even when
education is nominally free, teachers’ salaries are often not paid, so
families are forced to contribute.
Too often, parents, unable to afford the costs of their children’s
education, are forced to take them
out of school.
To cover the operational costs of
a new school in Anse-à-Pitres, a
JRS scholarship will provide $100
directly to the school for each
displaced child enrolled, and also
about $150 directly to the student
for shoes, uniforms and school
supplies so the child is able to attend school.
A new school, below left, in Anse-àPitres, Haiti, provides modern facilities
to replace the old school, middle left,
which held classes under tarps on the
grounds of a church. In addition to the
scholarship, Jesuit Refugee Service
also purchased 600 desks for the new
school. (Jesuit Refugee Service/USA)
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Dominican Republic
“I really want to thank Jesuit Refugee Service; I used to have
the school under a tree. With your help we have started this little
school, so rain or shine the children can be in the classroom,” Fr.
Antonio (right) said. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA
Jesuit Refugee Service is supporting an education project in the Altagracia Parish in the Diocese of
Barahona in the Dominican Republic. Two migrant
worker villages in the area are home to Haitians and
Dominican-born people of Haitian descent.
“I know that education does not just teach a person
how to read and write. An educated student is more
open, and has a bigger vision for the future,” said Fr.
Antonio Fernandez Rodriguez of Altagracia Parish.
To raise awareness about the Dominican government’s practice of denationalizing Dominicans of
Haitian heritage and about the grassroots Movement
for a Civil Registry Free of Discrimination, JRS/USA
sponsored the visit of two staff members from the
Dominican Republic.
Over the past decade, rising numbers of Dominican
citizens have had their nationality and identity docuSonia Adames and Ana Maria Belique testified in Ocments retroactively revoked by the government in an
tober in front of the
attempt to cement
Inter-American Coman ethnic undermission on Human
class of stateless
Rights, participated
persons without
in a Conference on
the full rights guarStatelessness and
anteed under the
the Right to NationDominican Constiality at Georgetown
tution. The InterUniversity, and
American Court
presented at briefof Human Rights
ings in the Congress
ruled this policy is
and Senate. Sonia
an “impermissible
Adames is the Direcracially discriminator of JRS in Santo
tory application of
Domingo; Ana Maria
nationality laws.”
Belique, personally
The newly creaffected by the denaated Dominican
Constitution (2010) Sonia Adames speaks at the podium alongside JRS/USA Associate Advocacy Di- tionalization policy,
eliminated the right rector Shaina Aber at the Conference on Statelessness and the Right to National- leads the accompaniment portfolio of
to birthright citizen- ity at Georgetown University Law School. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
the Santo Domingo
ship for the children
office, supporting 70
of undocumented
migrants, and has caused immeasurable problems for groups throughout the Dominican Republic whose
members are at risk of losing their citizenship.
those children born after 2010 to Haitian migrants.
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Colombia
The plight of Colombian refugees and
displaced persons is the most persistent
humanitarian crisis in the Western Hemisphere; it may also be one of the most
ignored in the world. The armed conflict
among guerillas, paramilitaries and the
Colombian armed forces has resulted
in the targeted persecution and internal
and cross-border displacement of more
than five million Colombians. Working in
partnership with JRS offices in Colombia,
Panama and Ecuador, we continue to advocate to bring attention and protection
to displaced Colombians, both through
programs of local support, integration and
international resettlement.
Jesuit Fr. Carlos Rubiano, 73, provides sacramental services
at the Soacha Pastoral Center. Fr. Rubiano, along with a team
of nuns and younger Jesuits, is the only official presence of the
Catholic Church in this community. Fleeing violence, four to five
Colombian families arrive in Soacha everyday. According to UNHCR, Soacha has 30,850 people who are officially registered as
internally displaced persons. (JRS — Colombia)
A $36,000 grant from the Raskob Foundation and a second
anonymous foundation funds efforts at the Good Samaritan
Meeting House in Soacha to strengthen the sacramental life of
people who are displaced or who are living in vulnerable conditions. (JRS — Colombia)
A young internally displaced Colombian in Barrio Progreso. She is but one of more than three million people officially registered as
internally displaced with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. (Shaina Aber — JRS/USA)
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Panama
JRS/USA is particularly concerned about the plight of Colombian
refugees in the Latin American region. In Panama the human rights
situation of Colombian refugees is particularly precarious, despite a
recent advocacy victory in November 2011 that resulted in the offer
of regularization for Colombian refugees who lived under government confinement in the Darién Jungle. The previous Panamanian government policy restricted access to
livelihoods, dignified housing, work authorization and education for
the confined Colombian refugees for more than ten years. These
refugees still receive little assistance and live in extreme poverty
and isolation in the remote jungle region.
Colombian migrant family receives aid in
Panama City. (Shaina Aber —
­ JRS/USA)
Our advocacy on behalf of this population has resulted in increased international attention to their situation and the offer of permanent residency by the Panamanian government. JRS/USA continues to work with JRS—Panama to provide assistance to this
refugee community, by obtaining foundation support for their efforts to improve housing and provide
other care to refugees in Darien and throughout Panama.
JRS is concerned that refugees in Panama continue to suffer from a restrictive protection environment and a broken asylum system that grants recognition to only 2% of refugee applicants annually.
The lack of opportunities such as integration into Panamanian society or resettlement to another
country is troubling, and JRS continues to advocate for those durable solutions.
Through the generous funding of the Koch Foundation, Jesuit Refugee Service will assist local parishes in providing pastoral and
spiritual support to refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, and host populations in Jaque (above), Puerto Piña, and Panama City. A grant
from the Loyola Foundation enabled the purchase of a truck, an invaluable resource for the JRS Panama team as they strive to bring
personnel and materials to repair dilapidated housing and assist the isolated Colombian refugees confined to Panama’s border region.
(Sergi Camara — JRS)
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South Sudan
While the nation of South Sudan celebrated its
independence in July 2011, two decades of war left
behind dilapidated schools and infrastructure. Guided
by our mission to accompany and serve, JRS has
continued in South Sudan the educational ministry we
had begun for Sudanese refugees when they lived in
camps during the war.
Through grants provided by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
(PRM), JRS has improved access to primary education by building three primary schools and supporting
seven schools in South Sudan.
JRS fosters community involvement in the schools,
including school management committees, parent
teacher associations, and cultural and peace-building
activities. JRS considers these programs an opportunity for returned refugees to experience the full
benefits of peace while paving the way for a prosperous and secure future.
Fr. Richard O’Dwyer, S.J. takes a measurement during construction of a new school in Kabi. An anonymous gift of $80,000 from a
U.S. donor has funded the construction of a secondary school in
Kabi, slated to open in November of this year. This project has the
goal of improving access to secondary education for the surrounding population. (JRS Eastern Africa)
In addition to our educational outreach, a JRS pastoral programme in Lobone provides training, material
and spiritual support for six Catholic communities in
Lobone sub-county. JRS works in conjunction with
the parish and the Diocese of Torit and conducts
workshops to train choirs, youth groups and members of the local chapel council.
JRS has operated in the area for 10 years, and presently offers assistance in primary and secondary education,
teacher training, and affirmative action and peace education. We fully believe that all of the basic tools will be in place
for Kabi Secondary School to provide a quality secondary education to the local population for many years to come.
(JRS Eastern Africa)
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Chad
Promoting access to preschool for internally displaced children was the goal when
Jesuit Refugee Service started an education project in eastern Chad in September
2008. JRS manages a preschool project at six sites in this arid region, which directly
benefits more than 1700 children who attend the schools.
Food supplies are being loaded into a truck — 220 pounds at a time — for delivery to vulnerable refugees who are also beneficiaries
of the JRS primary school program in Djabal Refugee Camp outside of Goz Beida. Food security and malnutrition have long been an
issue in eastern Chad. JRS made the decision to help families of pre-school students with food delivery to ensure that the most vulnerable youth and families were not at risk of malnutrition. Before the food distribution in projects began in March 2011, there were about
1054 students in the pre-schools. When JRS started the support to families via the dry food distribution, the number of enrolled students ballooned to around 1732 by June 2011. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
JRS/USA National Director Fr.
Michael Evans, S.J., cuts the
ribbon to open a new school
in Katanga. PRM grants enabled JRS to build two primary schools in the Katanga
Province of the Democratic
Republic of Congo. The first
school will educate nearly 1000
students; the second will serve
700 — and a sister school
nearby for 600 is already in the
planning stages.
(JRS/USA)
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Kenya
Fr. Michael Evans works with special needs children at Kakuma Refugee Camp. JRS efforts at Kakuma, home to more
than 85,000 refugees in Kenya, include a Safe Haven for vulnerable women and children; the care of refugees with physical, mental, and emotional challenges; and outreach to those who cannot make it to the JRS Centers. Much of this work is
generously funded via PRM. (JRS/USA)
“I help students on a part
time basis in (Jesuit Commons, Higher Education at
the Margins) with their English writing. I was hopeful
that Kakuma would afford
me, and therefore the Society, the chance to come
to know the Somali people,
their hopes, their Muslim
faith, their pain. And mentoring students in the JCHEM program has fulfilled
that hope.”
— Gary Smith, S.J.
Taking advantage of new technologies and improved internet
connectivity, the JRS initiative
Jesuit Commons-Higher Education at the Margins has since
2010 piloted access to tertiary
education in refugee settings,
linking university teachers in the
U.S. with students in refugee
camps in Kakuma in Kenya and
Dzaleka in Malawi. JC-HEM
enables refugees to study, in
English, for a Diploma in Liberal
Studies via the internet.
(Angelika Mendes — JRS)
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Nepal
Bhutanese refugees in Nepal
have languished in refugee camps
for 17 years while hoping for
an opportunity to return to their
homeland in safety and dignity.
Jesuit Refugee Service has advocated for the resettlement of this
community in the United States
and other countries, and is supporting JRS Nepal in its efforts to
ensure that the refugee population
has full and accurate information
on resettlement so that they may
make an informed choice about
this option. We are also working to
ensure that the Bhutanese continue to receive adequate assistance
and education while they remain in
Nepal.
A young Bhutanese refugee at the Shanyarima Camp in Nepal, top, and vocational training in the camp, above. All of the younger refugees – thanks to education provided by
JRS – have learned to speak English, and a few have secured scholarships to local collages. With resources from the few international organizations that supply the camps, the
refugees manufacture cloth and soap for local consumption, repair bicycles and motorcycles and grow small vegetable plots. (Peter Balleis, S.J. — JRS)
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More than 50,000 Bhutanese
have now been resettled – half of
the total refugee population. About
10,000 are expected to choose to
remain in Nepal after the resettlement is over. JRS continues to
advocate for a generous program
of support to help integration
these refugees into the Nepalese
community.
Bhutanese refugees in Nepal demonstrate againt human trafficking. This demonstration was part of the ‘16 Days of Activism Against
Gender Violence.’ JRS upholds the dignity of the human person, freedom from discrimination and right to the security of the person.
JRS believes in reversing the discriminatory effects for victims in order to restore and reinforce their competence and self-worth. In our
projects, JRS supports access to health care, preventative education and legal justice for victims and survivors of sexual and genderbased violence — either as individuals or as groups. JRS directly provides safe havens, mental health care services, psychosocial support for survivors and advocacy for effective durable solutions for those who are continually at risk. JRS has also been an implementing
partner for UNHCR and other donor-funded projects aimed at preventing and responding to SGBV. (JRS)
Thailand
JRS operates a medical facility inside a detention
center in Thailand, providing supplementary food for
at-risk populations, and cleaning and sanitation supplies to cut down on infection risks. JRS also administers a program of tuberculosis testing and treatment
for detainees.
The TB program was to be cut in 2011 due to lack of
funding, but a $20,000 grant from the J. Homer Butler
Foundation allows the program to continue to serve
detainees.
Additionally, JRS/USA provided $22,389 to JRS Thailand for pastoral care of the vulnerable population in
the Mae Hong Son Refugee Camps.
Fr. Dominic blesses the matrimonial union of two young refu-
gees in front of the community. Thailand continues to host nearly
150,000 refugees in nine camps along the Thai-Burma border.
(JRS Thailand)
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Urban Refugees — South Africa
Despite heightened international awareness of the
issues facing refugees in urban areas, serious barriers
remain for organizations such as Jesuit Refugee Service seeking to help such refugees to meet their daily
needs and to achieve long-term solutions.
Although all urban refugees share the same needs
for legal protection, personal security, psychological and social support and, of course, shelter, food,
medical care and education, the access to such
assistance varies widely due to the attitudes of host
governments and the availability of local resources.
There are no refugee camps in South Africa, but
JRS operates programs for urban refugees in South
Africa’s two major cities, Pretoria and Johannesburg.
South African law stipulates that refugees should
have access to employment as well as to basic
services such as schools and hospitals. Those few
fortunate enough to get legal refugee status will be allowed to stay and become a permanent part of South
African society.
JRS’ work on behalf of refugees in South Africa
revolves around helping refugees obtain access to the
benefits that are theoretically available to them, but
which are often difficult to obtain. The Raskob Foundation provided $25,000 to support JRS programs in
South Africa that help refugees become self-reliant
by matching them with job opportunities, vocational
training, and training and grants for small businesses.
Josta Kabaga of JRS teaches English to a class of adults in
Pretoria.Through advocacy to UNHCR and local authorities,
direct assistance with food, housing and medical expenses,
education, livelihood projects, counseling and referral services,
JRS addresses the broad spectrum of needs of urban refugees
in South Africa and elsewhere. Pastoral care, outreach, counseling and social support are key elements of JRS programs.
JRS works with NGO partners to assist and improve the lives of
urban refugees. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
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(Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
The overall goal of JRS is to ensure increased self-sufficiency that ultimately leads asylum seekers
and refugees to viable local integration. Stephanie, (above right) a refugee from DRC, told us of her
journey to self-reliance: “We were working as volunteers … and our children were in creches [daycare centers], but … the [daycare] fees were very high. Then we …asked, ‘Why can’t we open one
for refugees?’”
After taking classes with JRS and receiving a small business grant, Stephanie opened her own daycare center. “We found ourselves with a huge demand. We care for 200 children now. Now we are 15
women in this business. We no longer have to receive help from JRS because we are self-reliant.”
This refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo turned to JRS for an income-generating assistance grant. She
sells clothing and other items on a downtown Johannesburg street. Many entrepreneurial refugees start their own small
businesses to support themselves and their families in South Africa. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
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Financial Report
Audited Statements 2010
(Realized and unrealized gain in Jesuit-endowed
investments totaling $136,345 are not included in the
amounts listed here.)
U.S. Jesuit Assistancy
Gifts
Grants
Contributed Services
Investment Income
Other Revenue
$282,502
$2,810,907
$2,704,640
$81,924
$29,277
$60,810
Total
$5,970,060
Investments Other Contributed
Services
Ass
ista
ncy
Revenues
Gifts
Grants
Revenue total reflects contributed gifts for Haiti earthquake relief disbursed in early 2011.
gm
Mn
Dev
nt
Expenses
Management $192,081
Development $183,500
Advocacy & Communications $ 380,447
Chaplaincy $ 841,266
International Refugee Programs $3,009,175
Total 18
$4,606,469
International
Refugee
Programs
Adv &
Comm
Chaplaincy
Ways to Support the Mission of Jesuit Refugee Service/USA
You can support the mission of Jesuit Refugee
Service/USA by partnering with us through your
charitable gifts.
Your contributions help support JRS/USA activities in the United States, and JRS projects in
countries such as South Sudan, Colombia, Panama, Kenya, Thailand and Ethiopia.
All gifts to JRS/USA are tax deductible to the
fullest extent allowed by law. Gifts qualify you for
one of the following recognition levels:
1. Arrupe Council $10,000 or more annually
2. Xavier Council $5,000 to $9,999
3. Loyola Society $1,000 to $4,999
4. Gonzaga Society $500 to $999
5. JRS Sponsor $100 to $499
6. Friend of JRS up to $99
Additional ways to give
Gifts of Securities — Gifts of appreciated stock
may have significant tax benefits. Please call
the development office or download instructions
from our website.
Matching Gifts — Employers frequently match
gifts to non-profit organizations like JRS/USA.
Please check with your Employer’s Human resources office; if you work for a matching gift
company, you may be able to double the size of
your gift.
Memorial/Honor Gifts — These gifts serve to
remember a loved one or to honor a special occasion in a loved one’s life, such as a birthday or
wedding.
Estate Gifts — Gifts to JRS/USA through your
will, IRA account, insurance policy, or through the
creation of a trust are excellent ways to support
JRS/USA and also reduce estate taxes. Staff in
our development office will be happy to talk to
you about a planned gift.
Recurring Donations — A little gift can go a long
way when you make it every month. Live your
faith in an extraordinary way by enrolling in our
Monthly Accompaniment Donor program. Staff
in our development office will be happy to assist
you, or you can download a form on our website:
http://jrsusa.org/donate
Refugee child from Darfur in Djabal Refugee Camp, outside of Goz
Beida, Chad. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA
Jesuit Refugee Service
Legacy Society
These individuals have remembered JRS/USA
through their will or estate plans, and are
inaugural members of the
Jesuit Refugee Service Legacy Society:
James and Dina Howell-Burke
Philip and Madeline Lacovara
William C. Mathews, MD
Patrick D. McNelis
Rev. Brian Morrow
Rev. Dr. Joseph P. Oechsle
Paula Perry
Grace Kobbe Tevis
Robert and Pat Willis
Ron and Pat Ferreri
For where your treasure is,
there also will be your heart.
Matthew 6:21
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Donors
Donors who made gifts from Nov. 1, 2010 through Oct. 29, 2011.
Every effort has been made to ensure names are listed correctly. If you
find an incorrect name or omission, please bring it to our attention.
Arrupe Council
Anonymous
Martin and Rita Bennett
Curtis and Judy Brand
Stephen and Molly Cashin
Anonymous
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Peter and Betsy Forster
William and Sue Higgins
J. Homer Butler Foundation
Richard and Ginna Kelly
Koch Foundation, Inc.
The Loyola Foundation
Merrill Lynch
James and Susan Mullaney
The Raskob Foundation
for Catholic Activities
Michael Rauenhorst and
Margaret Green-Rauenhorst
Anonymous
Schwab Charitable Fund
Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange
The New York Community Trust
Anonymous
James and Shirley Walker
Wisconsin Province of
the Society of Jesus
Xavier Council
Elizabeth G. Ackerman
ExxonMobil Foundation
John and Gene Hayes
Thomas and Janet Hopkins
Robert Hunziker and Jenne Foo
John and Marie James
Jesuit Community,
Ignatius House, Maryland
Jesuit Community, Santa Clara
Jesuit Community, St. Ignatius Loyola
Jesuit Community,
St. Joseph’s University
Jesuit Community,
Woodlawn Jesuit Residence
Jesuit Community, Xavier University
Brian and Irina McNamara
Patrick D. McNelis
John and Adeline O’Rourke
Timothy and Elaine Peterson
Schoellerman Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John Schubert
John J. Shay, Jr.
Grace Kobbe Tevis
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Loyola Society
Joseph and Laura Acosta
Maureen Aggeler
Cecilia Arnold
Robert and Abigail Benkeser
Boston College High School
Bernard and Antonia Bouillette
James and Michele Bowe
Richard and Denise Boyle
Jorge and Antonieta Caicedo
Tino and Dawn Calabia
Kathleen Cannon
Chevron Humankind
Matching Gift Program
John Christensen
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Charles and Diane Clemens
Jesus Lledo Climaco, M.D.
Richard L. Conlon
Randolph and Gloria Connolly
Crimmins Family
Charitable Foundation
Jerry and Diane Cunningham
Jonathan Day
Adrian W. Doherty
Michael and Regina Dowd
Dreyfus Strategic Value Fund
Frederick and Cynthia Eaton
Andrew Emer
Roger and Mary Falge
William and Amy Ferron
Scott Filippini
J. Robert Fitzgerald
Fordham Preparatory School
Fordham University
The Gail and Harry Grim Foundation
Mr. John Foust and
Dr. Marilyn Jerome
Cutberto and Yolanda Garza
Peter and Nicole Gavin
Georgetown University
Charles and Nancy Geschke
CFC Global Impact #0990
Rev. Msgr. Edmund Griesedieck
Jim Haggerty and Jean Withrow
Robert and Janet Heaney
George and Denise Heeg
Michael and Mary Kate Hermann
Michael Hirschhorn and
Jimena Martinez
Tonya Hoffman-Grandfield
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Kenneth J. Hughes, Jr.
William J. and Linda M. Husson
Lawrence H. Hyde
Ignatian Volunteer Corps
James and Catherine
Denny Foundation
Richard and Julie Jerdonek
Jesuit Community, Boston College
Jesuit Community, Brebeuf
Jesuit Community, Campion
Residence and Renewal Center
Jesuit Community,
College of the Holy Cross
Jesuit Community, Georgetown
Jesuit Community,
Leonard Neale House
Jesuit Community, Loyola Hall
Jesuit Community, Loyola House, CA
Jesuit Community,
Loyola Marymount University
Jesuit Community, Loyola, LA
Jesuit Community,
Marquette University
Jesuit Community, Phoenix
Jesuit Community, Sacred Heart
Jesuit Community, Scranton
Jesuit Community,
St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Jesuit Community,
St. Ignatius Residence
Jesuit Community, Strake
Jesuit Community, Wheeling
Jesuit Missions, Inc.
New York Province
Stanley J. Johnsen
Concrete Contractor, Inc.
Anthony and Beth Johnson
Albert R. Jonsen
Edward and Janet Kenny
Grace Kessel
Edward C. Klopping III
Frank and Carol Klotz
Christopher P. Konrad
Ralf and Jeanne-Marie Kraemer
Bill and Pam Krehnbrink
Philip and Madeline Lacovara
Maria Leonard
Anonymous
James Lockard
Tony Louie and Anna Gavin
Loyola University New Orleans
John A. Mackay
John and Kay Mallon
Herbert and Betty Martin
Oscar and Jill Mayorga
Matthew V. Merola
Microsoft Matching Gift Program
Chris and Kathy Moroney
Erin Morrison
John and Theresa Morrison
Ryan Morrison
George and Catherine Moussally
Peter and Kathleen Muller
Joan F. Neal
Timothy O’Connor and
Margaret Rafferty
Adrian T. O’Keefe
William and Margaret O’Neill
Martha Pascual
James and M. San Miguel Paulson
John P. Paxton
Kent and Joann Porter
James and Maureen Power
Emmet J. Purcell
Amanda M. Roberts
Joseph Rochelle and
Mona Lydon Rochelle
John and Donna Rubino
J. David and Diana Russell
Rev. Jose C. Corral, S.J.
Katherine Safford-Ramus
Mary Del Santo
Paula Sapienza
Christopher and Mary Schneider
Mitzi I. Schroeder
Daniel and Ann Selmi
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Roy and Barbara Simms
John and Patricia Simonds
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth
St. Ignatius Church
St. Louis University
St. Mark Catholic Church
Murray Stone
Joseph H. Sweeney
TD Ameritrade Clearing
Andre and Marie Terrot
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
The Standard Employee
Giving Campaign
Arthur and Mary Lou Thivierge
Frank Thomas and Nancy O’Keefe
H. Stuart Thomas
Catherine Toye
Jason Trepanier
U.S. Charitable Gift Trust
Gardner and Patricia Walkup
Myles V. Whalen, Jr.
George and Sally Wilkins
Steven Lewis Williams
Richard and Marilyn Zande
Domiano Zito and Cynthia Bushe
Gonzaga Society
Alvin Backes
James and Jennifer Bailey
John and Doreen Barry
Dr. William and
Mrs. Margaret Beauregard
Robert W. Beiter
When John McLaughlin
(white shirt) ran the 2011
Boston Marathon he did it for
the express purpose of helping us help refugees. John’s
goal was to find 100 partners
to support his effort via a gift
to JRS/USA. In the end, John
raised more than $7,300
from 189 family, friends and
associates who enthusiastically supported his effort.
Thank you Team McLaughlin!
“JRS is doing the work of
the Gospel in a very concrete
way,” Mr. McLaughlin said.
“JRS is working with people
and in situations that most of
us don’t think of. It is good to
know that someone is accompanying these forgotten
people and advocating on
their behalf,” he said.
Charles and Patricia Bidwill
Michael Bloom
Boston College
Graduate Student Association
Rev. James J. Bowes, S.J.
Shirley J. Brooks
Roy and Virginia Van Brunt
Richard and Diane Buchta
Charles F. Buckley
Charles and Gloria Clough
College of the Holy Cross
John and Patricia Connarn
Kevin M. Corydon
Gary and Sharon DeRosa
Marlene Debrey-Nowak
George and Margaret Degnon
Edmund C. Duffy
Susana Estrada
John Fellinger
Mary Claire Fellrath
Kamla Fennimore
Paul A. Frank
John and Mary Ellen Gannon
Carlota Garcia
James and Eileen Gavin
Goldman, Sachs & Company
Gonzaga University
Donald Gross
Robert and Lilia Gutowski
David W. Haines
Robert and Cornelia Hallinan
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. X. Hart
John and Kathleen Hayes
Phil and Susan Henry
John S. Horan II
Charles and Isabel Hughes
Jesuit Community, Colombiere Center
Jesuit Community, Fairfield University
Jesuit Community, Jesuit House
Jesuit Community,
Jesuit Retreat House
Jesuit Community,
Loyola University Chicago
Jesuit Community, Rockhurst
Jesuit Community, St. Isaac Jogues
Jesuit Community,
St. Xavier High School
Jesuit Community, The Jesuit
Retreat Center of Los Altos
Jesuit Community,
University of Detroit Mercy
Roger S. Johnsen
John and Lisa Juriga
Just Give
Robert Kelley
Donald M. Kerwin, Jr.
Maureen L. Kleiderer
Helen K. Klenklen
Lauretta Lambrecht
Gregg Leach
Charles B. Lynch
William and Helen Lyons
Frank and Theresa Mack
Phillip Maher
Michael and Helen Mangan
William C. Mathews, MD
Jerome Maurer
Kathleen A. McDonald
Fred and Diane McGoldrick
John G. McGoldrick
John J. McNeill
Crete Anne Miller
Missionary Sisters
Servants of the Holy Spirit
Louis G. and Audrey A. Munin
Don J. Murphy
Sharon Mussomeli
New Melleray Abbey
Jerry and Sally Neyer
Thomas M. Noone
Thomas P. Noone and
Maureen E. Noone
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CFC North Country
Kenneth O’Brien
Kevin E. O’Connor
John and Charlene O’Shea
John M. Odenbach, Jr.
Rev. Dr. Joseph P. Oechsle
Roger and Pam Osborne
Martha L. Parmalee
James and Dale Pelchman
Bruce and Kirstin Pickle
Eugene and Jane Rainis
Regis Jesuit High School
Dr. Thaddeus Regulinski
Our Lady of the Oaks Retreat House
Randy and Cindy Rice
Martina Rickerd
Brooke Riggio
John and Helen Rothermich
Rev. John R. Sachs, S.J.
Henry Shea, S.J.
Richard and Ruth Shea
Robert and Elizabeth Sheehan
Edward and Mary Pat Sherry
Sisters of Mercy Shalom Convent
Barbara N. Spafford
George Spera, Jr. and Jane Ginsburg
Spring Hill College
St. Ignatius of Loyola Church
St. Peter’s Prep
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Stowe
Richard and Dolores Tunney
Toni N. Urquhart
Regina A. Walsh
George and Kathleen Weisskopf
Agnes Yu
JRS Sponsor
AOH Dennis Kelly Division 1
Vin and Elaine Adams
Ashok and Margaret Aguiar
Seth Alexander
James and Judythe Allen
Mary Frances Allen
Millian Alonso
Linda Amadeo
American Airlines
Political Action Committee
Phyllis C. Annett
Anonymous
Joseph G. Antkowiak, M.D.
John Ardner
Carl and Carol Armbruster
Max and Jacqueline Armstrong
Arrupe Jesuit High School
Brenda M. Bailey
Charles and Joan Baker
Thomas Banchoff
Hal and Pat Barber
Rachel Barber
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John Barrett
Mr. and Mrs. J. Addison Bartush
Edward Bassett
Ted Beaullieu
Thomas Bednarz and Sharon Durgin
John and Jeannette Bell
Clement and Elizabeth Bellemore
Ben and Kathy Bellinder
Bob Benson and Noreen Carrocci
Christopher Berger
Richard and Kristi Berryessa
Frank H. Bertke
Richard and Laura Juell Bess
Vincent and Mary Jean Birbiglia
Jody Paul Blanchard
William and Rosemary Blase
Hon. and Mrs. Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.
Gene R. Block
Chris Byrd
Mary C. Byrne
Amb. and Mrs. Thomas R. Byrne
CFC Baltimore #0405
CFC of Greater Wisconsin
Kevin and Christina Cahalan
Lynn Cameron
Jack and Shirley Cammarata
Roy M. Campbell
Canisius College
Carlos Eduardo Cardenas
Daniel and Patricia Carey
Julie Carver
Patricia Casey
Jack and Anne Caslin
Joseph and Anastasia Cates-Carney
Loris Cathcart
Norbert Chausse
When Todd Bell and Jill Marie Gerschutz made their wedding
plans they wanted to share their joy with friends and family. They
also chose to share that joy with their favorite charities, including
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA. Jill and Todd asked family members
to make gifts to JRS/USA and three other charities rather than
giving a wedding gift to them. “We wanted to celebrate our sacrament of unity remembering the call to serve; charitable donations
were one way to do that and to celebrate with all our bothers and
sisters,” Jill said. More and more, people are choosing to mark
special occasions with a charitable gift to JRS/USA, in celebration of a wedding, confirmation, high school graduation, or parent’s wedding anniversary.
Robert J. Boehm
Thomas Boerboom
William J. Bollwerk
Thomas Booth and Denise Szabo
Alberto Borello
M. Jean Boston
Rev. Michael G. Boughton, S.J.
Michael J. Bourque
Jane Bown
Loretta J. Brady
Abdon and Mary Eileen Bray
David M. Bridges
Abraham and Leonore Briloff
Mr. and Mrs. David Brisnehan
Earl and Maureen Britt
Ian and Alana Brock
Ian and Elaine Brock
Rose A. Brown
Wallace and Sheila Brown
Michael and Janet Buck
Joseph and Linda Buehler
Edward L. Burke
William and Mary Burke
Mary C. Burns
Susan M. Burns
Christ the King School
Rev. Peter Chu-Quang-Minh, S.J.
Elizabeth Chudy
Dom and Maggie Cingoranelli
Robert S. Clark
Michael Coffey and Maggie Broeren
Jerry and Geraldine Cole
Paul and Jane Colford
Joan M. Collopy
Francis and Mary Jane Collopy
Susan M. Collopy
Robert and Barbara Colyar
Noreen Connolly
Donald and Linda Conroy
Robert J. Conroy
John and Barbara Costantino
Joe and Nan Costello
Mary Costello
Paul and Arlene Crane
Capt. and Mrs. John W. Crawford
David and Dorothy Crean
Creighton University
Kathleen Cronin
Crum & Forster
Robert and Zorina Curnen
Thomas Cusick
Carol Damaschke
Mark Danis
Edward and Harriet DeBroeck
Sheila F. DeCosse
Grant A. Dibert Jr.
Ann S. Dickson
Hoang and Giao Do
Marilyn C. A. Dodd
Michael Doherty and Kathleen Kane
Mary Dolan
Fidelma T. Dolan
Sr. Margaret Donahue, RSM
Deborah Donahue-Keegan
Patricia Donaldson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Donlan
Kevin and Joan Donohue
Kieran and Erika Donohue
Thomas and Elizabeth Donovan
J. Thomas Dougherty
Patrick and Joanne Downes
Mary Dolores Downey
Patricia Doyle
Thomas R. and Mary Beth Doyle
Robert and Judith Du Brul
John and Diana Duffey
Charles P. Duffy
Thomas Dunigan
Anthony and Mary Dunleavy
Jan M. Eastwood
Sally B. Elliott
Rev. Msgr. William E. Elliott
John J. Engelhardt
Dr. and Mrs. Erwin Engert, Jr.
Nathaniel Engle
John and Jean Entwistle
John and Denise Esmerado
Edward and Colleen Evert
Marian M. Extejt
FINRA
James-Ryan and Kerry Fagan
Fairfield Preparatory
Kieran and Kathleen Fallon
M. Patricia Fallon
Steve and Margaret Faughnan
James and Joan Felling
Mildred Feloney
John and Sandra Ferraro
Ron and Pat Ferreri
Terrence Le Fevour
Luanne Firestone
Robyn Fisher
William and Margaret Fissinger
Joseph F. Fleischman
Amy E. Flood
Dennis J. Flynn
Robert and Holly Flynn
Brian and Ann Foley
Monika R. Forndran
Rift Fournier
Refugee children greet a visitor to the refugee community center in Addis Ababa.
The center is one of two programs JRS operates in the Ethiopian capital. The refugee
community center is the only one of its kind in the city and offers language courses,
library facilities, day-care services, computer classes and psychosocial support. An
emergency needs program offers financial support and counseling services to refugees.
(Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
Mary A. Fox
William W. and Cathleen L. Frett
Kathleen Friel
Donald L. Frost
Raymond F. Frost
Mark and Geri Fucile
Joseph and Patricia Fugere
Timothy W. Fulham
John and Christine Gaffney
Jacques and Rebecca Gagne
Vincent and Catherine Gallagher
Robert M. Garavaglia
Omar and Amy Garcia
Rodrigo Garcia
Timothy Garry
Gina Garvin
Travers and Jessica Garvin
John and Susan Gavin
Adam and Maureen Gavin
Helen Gavin
Thomas J. Gavin and Cara Crosby
Matthew Geiger
Jeff Geisler
Jennifer Germanese
Theresa Gerold
Gesu School, Inc.
David Gibson and Josephine Salvador
Ben and Kathleen Gill
Frederick Philips Gilliam
Mary Pat Gillin
George Gilmore
John and Denise Girardi
John and Ann Glennon
John and Irene Glynn
Jane E. Godfrey
Jeffrey Goldsmith and Lana Turner
Emilio and Linda Gonzalez
Denise Gorss
Mr. and Mrs. E. Daniel Grady
Joan Grant
John and Catherine Green
Michael and Eileen Greene
Arthur R. Greenwood
Thomas Groome and Colleen Griffith
HSBC Community and Philanthropic
Services
Mary Hach
Joan C. Hadden
Marianne Hanna
Robert Hansen and Claire Foley
Josephine G. Hardin
Charles M. Harris, Jr.
Richard and Henrietta Harrison
Stuart and Patricia Harvey
Thomas and Catherine Hayek
John F. Hayes
Michael and Laurie Hayes
Peter and Carol Hearne
Kathryn Hein
Charles Heinlen
Mary Beth Henry
Rev. John Hergenrother
Thomas Hickey and Patrizia Gemperle
Julie Hirschler
William Hobbs
Charles and Patricia Holland
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Thomas J. Holubeck
Lawrence Holzen
Vern and Mary Holzhall
Paul and Maryann Homan
Paul and Karen Homer
David and Mary Anne Hoover
Richard and Maria Amelia Horwitt
Francis and Helen Houghton
Ann Marie Hricko
Wayne P. Hubert
Susan Humphrey
Jesuit Community,
Ignatius Retreat Center
Jesuit Community,
Jogues Retreat Center
Jesuit Community, Kino at St. Francis
Jesuit Community,
Loyola High School, MI
Jesuit Community,
Manresa Residence
Jesuit Community, Manresa, MI
Jesuit Community, McQuaid
JRS/USA Associate Advocacy Director Shaina Aber speaks to actors from the Sacramento Jesuit High School Drama Club before a dress rehearsal of Imago Dei: Journeys
of Courage, Hope & Home. The play, written and produced by the students, is about
the experiences of refugees and the forcibly displaced and based on Jesuit Refugee
Service’s 30 years of accompaniment, service and advocacy on behalf of refugees. In
addition to students from Jesuit High School, other student actors come from St. Francis
High, El Camino High and Rio Americano High. “We hope the production of Imago Dei:
Journeys of Courage, Hope & Home on campuses around the country will inspire lifelong
advocates for refugees and the world’s displaced, and supporters and advocates for the
work of JRS/USA,” said Aber. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
Peter and Sheila Irmiter
George and Pat Irwin
Dolly M. Ito
David and Maria Ivanov
Mary Jacobs
Andrea Jahn
Thomas J. Jenkins, Jr.
John Loughlin and Darlene Jeris
Jesuit Community, Berchmans House
Jesuit Community,
Boston College High School
Jesuit Community, Colombiere House
Jesuit Community,
Dallas Jesuit College Prep
Jesuit Community, De Lubac House
Jesuit Community, Fresno
Jesuit Community, Ignatius Residence
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Jesuit Community,
Montserrat Retreat House
Jesuit Community, Nogales
Jesuit Community, Regis High School
Jesuit Community, St. Agnes
Jesuit Community, St. Ignatius Parish
Jesuit Community,
St. Michael’s Parish
Jesuit Community, Woodstock
Jesuit Community, Xavier High School
John Carroll University
Paris Jones
Sarah G. Joseph
Jean and Alice Joubet
Elaine Jurumbo
Jeffrey Kaczka
William N. Kammer
John F. Kane
Paul and Laura Kane
John and Kathleen Karkheck
Dan Kehoe
Tim and Mary Kelley
James J. Kelly
Joseph Kelly
Terence and Jan Kelly
Thomas and Lisa Kelly
Thomas and Lydia Kennedy
R. Brian Kidney
Mary L. King
Mary J. King
Phyllis J. Kirk
Richard and Juliann Kirk
Gloria M. Kittel
David Krainacker
Thomas J. Kroetch
Edward and Margaret Kruse
Anthony and Martha Kuchan
Patric Kuh
James LaFave
David LaGuardia and Lisa Mencini
Daniel A. Lagan
Michael J. Lagas
Vern and Eileen Lahart
Neal Laurance
Mary Jo Lavin
Terrence P. LeFevour
Robert and Jean Lefebvre
Robert and Kathryn Leonard
Nancy P. Leone
Sharon Levin
Kee-Hak and Janet Lim
Leonor Farias Limarzi
James and Grace Link
Joseph A. Linnehan
John and Jean Lively
Louise M. Lonabocker
Maurice and Ernesta Lonsway, Jr.
Annemarie Lopez
Sr. Josefa Lopez
Jerry and Joanne Love
James K. Low
Nicholas Lugansky
James and Donna Lutton
Genevieve L. Lynch
Raymond and Kathleen Lyon
Joan M. MacDonnell
Timothy J. Maciel
John A. and Leticia M. Macleod
Marlene A. Maddalone
Joan Madeja
Thomas Mahoney and Emily Chien
Kathleen A. Makoid
Peter and Marianne Malen
Jim Maloney
Margaret M. Maloney
Nora Maloy
Moises and Aida Mandapat
When Madeline Lacovara came to know Jesuit Refugee Service/
USA she felt an instant connection to its mission and priorities.
She has served on the board since 2009 and she and her husband Philip recently made adjustments to their estate plans to
include JRS/USA as a beneficiary of their estate. “It has been
our pleasure to support the work of JRS at our southern border
through the Kino Border Initiative. Now we also find that JRS can
have an impact on the tragic situation in the Horn of Africa with
our support. Because JRS sees and moves swiftly to help the
neediest of our brothers and sisters, they are part of our charitable giving after our deaths. We want JRS to continue with its
marvelous work long after we are gone!”
Leonard Mangini
Rev. Richard Mangini
David Margules and Nancy R. Walsh
Ana Paula Marino
Matt and Kathryn Marino
Francisco and Elizabeth Martorell
Richard and Helen Mattis
Rev. Bernard F. McAniff, S.J.
Michael and Barbara McCann
Robert and Alma McChesney
Julie McClellan
Patrick M. McCorkell, S.J.
Loyola Academy Hockey Club
Edward P. McDonagh
Marge McDonald
Mark McDougall
Pat McGinley
Kevin and Mary McGoffin
Rev. Anthony McGuire
John and Sheila McInerney
Charles and Kathryn McLaren
Francis and Clare McLaughlin
John McLaughlin and
Catherine Morley
Peter and Marion McLaughlin
Vincent P. McTighe
Carolyn Meehan
Fred and Barbara Meinholz
Peter and Kathleen Meler
Angela Menard
Rev. Gerard E. Menard, S.J.
Arthur and Elizabeth Messiter
William and Elaine Mestrezat
CFC Metropolitan Atlanta
Donald and Lynda Middleton
Anne Boardman Miller
Trudy L. Miller
William and Linda Mitchell
Michael Molyneux and Lisa Matthews
Steve Monaghan and Colette Abissi
James H. Monahan and Margaret
MacDonnell
Jean F. Mooney
Marian G. Moore
Dennis and Ann Marie Morgan
Richard and Anne Morris
Rev. Brian Morrow
Dr. John Moser
Bahman and Yasmin
Mossavar-Rahmani
Robert and Eileen Mullins
Timothy and Kathleen Murphy
James and Carole Murray
Adam D. Musser
Marlene Muto
Charles and Margaret Nastro
Norwood Nedom
Tho Anh Nguyen and Conganh Pham
G. Michael Nidiffer, M.D.
Napoleon and Afra Nobay
Edward and Anne Nolan
Neal and Susan Nolan
Kathleen Norland
CFC Northern Lights
Walter and Karen Novak
Joseph and Marie Nowak
Donald Nugent
Kathryn Brisnehan Nygaard
Maureen H. O’Connell
Matthew and Denise O’Connell
Timothy O’Connell and Eileen Brady
Peter O’Driscoll and Christine Reesor
Col. and Mrs. Joseph E. O’Leary
Michael J. O’Leary
Edgar and Phyllis O’Meara
Edward and Frances O’Neill
Joseph and Diana O’Sullivan
Nicholas and Patricia O’Neill
Joan R. O’Sullivan
Fred and Margaret Ogden
Mary T. Ogles
James C. Olsen
Lloyd E. Opoka
Antal P. Oroszlany
Allen Ou
Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters
Wynne Paasch
August and Trena Pacetti
Darrel J. Papillion
Parish Evaluation Project
Raymond and Maureen Parisi
Virginia M. Parker
Edward and Geraldine Parks
Carlo A. Pedrioli
Danilo Perlas, M.D.
Michael and Kathleen Perri
Harold Petersen
Walter Petri
Pfizer Foundation
Matching Gifts Program
CFC Philadelphia Area #0751
Francesco E. Piatti
William and Dorothy Pickett
Timothy and Alice Pidgeon
Karl Pister
Mary Lou Pontius
Stephen Pope
Terry and Susan Porter
Marjorie A. Probala
David Proctor III
Joseph F. Quinn
Vincent D. Quinn
Arthur Quintana
Donald R. Ramsey
Randall Randazzo, M.D.
Drs. N. and Vimala A. Ranjithan
Stanley and Mai Rashid
Alex and Susan Ravnik
Raymond James Charitable Fund
Andrew and Elizabeth Reck
Rev. James D. Redington, S.J.
Charles and Joy Reed
Michael and Francoise Remington
Thomas Rhoads and Rosa Scarcelli
Martin and Nancy Robb
David and Wendy Roberts
Rockefeller Matching Gift Center
Christopher P. Roe
Joseph and Carol Jo Roeder
Robert J. Rokusek
Oren Root
Joaquin and Myrna Rose
Joseph and Roxanne Rubert
Paul A. and Dyane Rude
Sarah Rundell
John Russell
Win and Mary Rutherfurd
Richard and Norma Rutledge
Luke H. Ryan
Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Parish
Kerry Salvatierra
Anthony and Suzanne Salvatore
Gary Sander
Anthony P. Sauer, S.J.
Frank E. Scerbo
Joan E. Schmitz
Robert and Catherine Schneider
Mitzi J. Schroeder
Veronica Schroeder
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When Maria Leonard read the February edition of Praying With
Refugees about the plight of Iraqi refugees in Syria, she wanted
to do something to help them and soon made a $1000 contribution to JRS/USA. Maria’s gift covered the cost of transportation
to school for eight young Iraqi students for the remainder of 2011.
Maria said, “I’m glad to contribute to an organization that I know
does good work for the poor...and in this case for the Iraqi refugees.” (photo of Iraqi family in Damascus by Peter Balleis, S.J.)
Victoria R. Schultz
Patricia Jean Schulz
Jo Ann Scott
Seattle University
Gerard L. Seissiger
Nicholas Senzamici and
Elizabeth Fragola
James Sharp
Michael J. Shawver
Margaret Maureen Sheridan
Arleen C. Shrader
Katherine M. Shute
Carolyn W. Silberman
Jerome F. Simpson
Kathryn S. Singer
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The Sisters of St. Francis
(Mount St. Francis)
Sisters of St. Joseph of
Peace Generalate, Inc.
Sisters of the Divine Savior
David John Smith
Elizabeth M. Smith
Maryjane Smith
Marilynn V. Snider
Mary Anne Sonnenschein
Shirley A. Sorg
Kenneth M. Spilker
St. Ignatius College Preparatory
St. Ignatius High School
St. Paul’s Mission
St. Peter’s College
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Michael and Margaret Stack
Gregory and Marie Stahl
Charlene Stender
Rev. Jim Stickney
Charles and Maggie Stimming
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Stoebner
Bill and Mary Stoiber
John and Mary Strandquist
James and Jane Strenski
Rev. Daniel J. Sullivan, S.J.
John R. and Betty Sullivan
Paula R. Sweeney
Ines Tabares
David Tamashiro
Helen Taney
Viguen Terminassian
The Jesuits of Missouri Province
James and Janice Thomas
Anonymous
Michael Thompson and Mary Harms
Brendan and Sandra Thomson
George and Maire Thornton
Matt and Jen Tilghman-Havens
Hon. V. Paul Timko
Peter Toepfer
Scott and Tracy Tonn
Cindy Torsney
Michael and Maureen Touhey
Michael and Kathryn Trentacoste
John Samuel Tucci
William and Virginia Uber
Robert and Mary Vacek
Patricia L. Van Dyke
Anthony J. Van Dyke
Joann E. Vanek
Francis and Jane Vardy
Josephine R. Varni
Francis and Patricia Villani
Virginia Keenan
Charlotte W. Vlerick
Dan and Rose Vodvarka
Rev. Karl J. Voelker, S.J.
James and Maureen Waldron
Ronald and Mary Ann Wallace
Michael Francis Walsh
Bill and Penny Walsh
James and Susan Watson
Elizabeth A. Weaver
Steve and Dee Weikert
Lawrence and Alice Weiner
Joseph F. Weller
William F. Werwaiss
Margaret R. Wheeler
Harry and Marion Whelpley
Sr. Joanne Whitaker, RSM
Eugene and Marjorie Wiemels
Edward Wiese
Joyce E. Wilkinson
Ruth E. Wilson
Susan A. Wilson
James and Bethany Wiser
William and Kathryn Wolff
Stephen Wood
Claudia Woodward
Sonia Yam
Engin Edwin and Yvonne Yaz
Clifford M. Yeary
Richard Yien and Helena Park
Peter Yorck
Gary and Maureen Zack
Rita Zielinski
Maria da Costa
Friend of JRS
Shaina Aber
Anton and Gay Abram
Lorraine M. Abt
Ackels & Ackels LLP
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adventure Studio
Stephan Albrechtskirchinger
Rolando Albuja
Priscilla R. Alcocer
Miguel Almeida
James and Michelle Alvare
Thomas and Kathryn Anderson
Anthony Anderson
Elizabeth Anderson
Oladipo and Rachel Anjorin
Joseph A. Apicella
Rev. Joseph A. Appleyard, S.J.
Robert J. Armbruster
Peter and Kathleen Arnold
William and Gesina Arnold
Patricia O. Ashe
Elizabeth A. Ashur
Gary Backo
John Baesch and Evelyn Herzog
Almetta L. Bain
Nina J. Bamberg
Harry and Julianne Baram
Mary L. Barnes
Bartolomeu Barros
Kaitlin Barry
Grace Bateman
Peter A. Battisto
Dorothy P. Becklenberg
Vincent J. Beirne
Kathleen D. Belanger
Charles Bell and Teresa Gallagher-Bell
Joshua and Dia Bell
Mark Benjamin
Elizabeth T. Bennett
Marjorie Bennett
John Berardi
Rita R. Bernard
Brian Bernier
Gary Bertuccelli
Carole L. Bialczak
W. G. Bieger
Gabriel and Laurinda Bitran
Jacqueline Blanchard
L. Michael Bohigian
Joan M. Bolger
Jessica Bolster
Ellen M. Bourbon
Seth Bourg
Lane Bove
Gerry Boyle
Rebecca and Stephen Brandmaier
Betty L. Braun
Robert M. Brennan
Larry and Marjorie Brennan
Richard and Angela Brennan
John E. Breslin
Michael J. Briggs
Jane R. Brim
Dorothy Brinker
Sherrill Britton
Benjamin Brown
Christine Brown
Val Bruech
Christina E. Brugman
Stephen Bullock and
Mary Hanley Bowles
John R. Burke
Alicia Burke
Timothy and Luanne Burke
Diana Burns
Walter and Maria Busch
CFC Richmond, VA
CFC United Way for
The Greater New Orleans Area
CFC/PCFO-Fondos Unidos de
Puerto Rico
Antonio F. Calaf, Jr.
Nicholas A. Calamusa
Robert and Claire Callen
Ronan D. Campbell
Joseph S. Cannon
Valerie J. Cappozzo
Francis X. and Monika V. Caradonna
Anne Kilbourn Caretto
Mary L. Carlson
Robert and Sara Carney
Thomas Carty
Edward Casey
Patricia Cassidy
Frank and Joann Cencula
Attilio Ceraldi
Rev. Richard J. Cerpich
Dan and Joan Chambers
William R. Chambers and
Cecilia M. Barrie
Dorothy Champion
Amy L. Chapman
Robert and Sue Chapman
Detainees at the MIra Loma Detention Facility in Lancaster, Calif. Jesuit Refugee Service/USA believes that ensuring detainee
access to a Religious Service Program is
crucially important because detainees have
a fundamental right to freedom and exercise
of religion. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
Magdalena Chicadegarzon
Chicago/Detroit Province
of the Society of Jesus
Rev. Gerald J. Chojnacki, S.J.
Mildred T. Chubbuck
Arielle G. Cimeno
M. Elizabeth Cinquino
James E. Clark
Nancy J. Clarke
Stephen and Shannon Clifford
Patricia S. Clock
Daniel and Patti Cmarik
Arden and Fran Collins
Ignatius and Kathy Comella
Dick and Elizabeth Compton
Bernadette Conley
Clare Connell
Janelle A. Conniff
James and Peggy Connolly
P. Michael Conway
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Girls share a laugh during an English language class for 10th grade refugee students
from Darfur, Sudan in Djabal Refugee Camp. JRS built a secondary school in Djabal,
outside of Goz Beida, Chad, with a grant from the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of
Population, Refugees and Migration. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
Rev. Michael L. Cook, S.J.
Cathy Cooke
William J. Cooney
Charles and Marie Corliss
Jay and Nancy Corrin
Paul and Chinda Costello
Andreina Coveney
Michael P. Coyne and
Victoria S. Merlo
Dennis Crean, Jr.
Basil and Peggy Ann Crimaldi
Peter H. Crippen
Joseph A. Crivello
Ricardo Cruz
Pierce and Roberta Cunningham
Bibiane Dacunha
Michael and Angela Dagostino
Judy Dahlberg
Robert M. Daly
Daniel and Kate Daly
Sara Damewood
Mary R. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. David A. DePastina
Russell J. DePaula
Eileen M. Deacetis
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Linda Della-Badia
Karen Demasi
Terry Denery
Andrew Dennie
Rosemary A. Deveer
Michele Devine
John and Patricia Devron
Dorothea E. Di Giovanni
Donna R. DiNardo
Margaret Mary Dietz
Suzanne C. Dillard
Noreen Dillon
Alfred Dionne
Michael Doane
John A. and Maureen A. Dolan
John P. and Janet C. Dolan
Eugene L. Donahue
Rev. Robert R. Dorin, S.J.
Robert and Kathleen Dostal
Joseph B. Dowd
Eileen Dowse
Kevin Doyle
Bridget Doyle
Rev. Joseph P. Duffy, S.J.
Marilyn Duffy
Kathleen Dunn
Chris A. Durbin
Andrew and Janet Ingraham Dwyer
Steve and Ann Dypiangco
John F. Eggert
Timothy J. Ehling
Roslyn M. Elfer
Cathy Ellis
Roseanne Emery
Robert and Michelle Eramo
Carolyn Eriksson
Mary Anne Ernst
Anthony and Lucille Esposito
Ralph and Roseanne Esposito
Lana Faber
Gloria R. Fahy
George Faller
David and Joanne Faulkner
John and Deborah Faust
Thomas Fay
Francis and Anne Feild
Maggie Felker
William and Ramona Ferrando
Susan Ferrantelli
Robert F. Ferrara
John M. Fetscher
Rev. James J. Fischer, S.J.
Lewis J. Fisher, Jr.
Kevin Mulcahy and Julie Fissinger
Rev. Robert Fitts, S.J.
Lisa M Fitzgerald
Mary C. Fitzgerald
Rev. Paul Fitzgerald, S.J.
Dr. Robert Fitzgerald and
Ms. Machiko Shirahata
Rev. Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J.
Kathryn V. Fitzsimmons
Bonnie Flaman
Brian and Katherine Flinn
Mary E. Ford
Thomas and Nancy Fox
Ronald and Janice Fraioli
Buteau Francois
Paul Freeman
Ann Freitas
Rev. Gerhard R. Frohlich, S.J.
Christian P. Fuchs
Donald and Beth Fuchs
Mary Ellen Fulton
GE Foundation Matching Gifts
Jane Gagne
Joseph Galia
Kathleen A. Garity
John Garty
John Gary
Wilson T. Gautreaux
Patricia A. Gavin
Tim Gavin
Salvatore Gentle and Beverly Lafferty
Carl Gerber and Kathleen Shea
Nicole Giambusso
Anthony and Kate Giancatarino
Patricia Gilbert
William P. Gillen
Eleanor Gilmore, CSJP
Robert and Barbara Ginn
Diane M. Giova
Jerome and Nancy Glickman
Gus and Margaret Goldau
Erik P. Goldschmidt
Courtney Goodheart
Mark and Beverly Goodrich
Katrina Gossett
Frank and Regina Grandizio
Dennis M. and Arlene M. Grapo
Joyce O. Grattan
CFC Greater Douglas
CFC Greater Los Angeles Area
Carol Hurd Green
Emily Green
William and Amanda Green
Mary-Ann Greene
Eileen Greenlay
Gloria Greenspun
Frank Grimminger
Deborah Grondin
John and Beth Guay
Charlotte L. Hahn
Karen Haley
Jim Handy and Mary Pope-Handy
Penny Kosick Hanks
Joseph Hannasch
Eric and Kathleen Hanson
John and Judith Hardin
Harold and Jean Hartman
Susan J. Hase
Arthur Hauptman and Maureen
McLaughlin
Joellen W. Hawkins
Anne Hayes
Christopher and Katherine Hayes
Stephen E. Hebert
Kenneth Heffenus
Rheba Heggs
Stephen and Bev Helliwell
Arthur D. Helmstetter
Andrew and Robin Hendricks
Christopher Herbert
Jeffrey S. Hermsen
Kathleen M. Hicks
Ramona Hietpas
David and Karen Hinchen
Julienne Hoang
Peter and Wendy Hodge
Donald H. Hoffman
Ann and Jim Hoffmann
John and Mary Hofstetter
Yvette Holder
Holland America Line, Inc.
Mrs. Eugene Holmes
An anonymous foundation provided a grant of $30,120 for pastoral services to displaced
people and returnees in several Dioceses of the Central African Republic. The couple
pictured here are one of five who received the sacrament of matrimony in Ouadda parish.
Bishop Mathos Edward, right, presides over a confirmation in Ouadda. Baptisms are also
performed throughout the parishes. 22,000 people (14,396 women and 7,604 men) have
been accompanied through the pastoral visits in the five parishes. (JRS CAR)
Gilbert Horst
Jerome Hotchkiss and
Kimberly Haines
Amy Howard
Christoper O’Brien and Karen Howard
Joan Huber
Walter C. Hughes
Alice J. Huisenfeldt
Justin Hummer
Judy Hurley
Thomas J. Hynes
Raymond and Teresa Ann Ilgunas
Integrated Financial Strategies, LTD.
Gregory and Margarita Jannasch
Avril and Atarasse Jean-Noel
Thomas and Thelma Jennewein
Jesuit Community, Gonzaga Eastern
Point Retreat House
Jesuit Community,
Western North Carolina
California Province
Sarah A. Jewell
John T. Burns Insurance Agency, Inc.
Timothy and Patricia Johnson
David and Beth Johnson
Ann E. Johnson
James and Louise Johnson
Richard and Mary Ann Johnston
John B. Joseph
Joseph and Marguerite Moran
Paul and Lena Joseph
Thomas and Elaine Joyce
Leland and Victoria Jurgensmeier
John Kalinowski
Christine Kamp Cichello
Michael Kaplan
Tommy and Jamie Karam
Thomsas and Dorothy Keady
Kathleen Kearns
Richard Keeley
Loretta E. Kelleher
Joseph Kelleher
Richard W. Kelley
Bernard O. Kelly
Timothy Kelly and Maureen Longo
Linda Kelly
Mark Kelly and Maryellen O’Shea
Mary Ellen Kennedy
Timothy and Margaret Kenney
Madelene J. Kenny
Brian Kerg
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kiley
Thomas Kinder
Thomas King
John and Artemis Kirk
Roger and Madeline Kirk
Robert and Karen Kittel
Peggy Kleinrock
Vincent and Colette Klink
Tim Kochems
Rev. John P. Koeplin, S.J.
Reinhard and Ciris Kohler
Barbara K. Kopp
Elwood and Agnes Kramar
Katherine M. Krefft, Ph.D.
Jerome and Kathleen Kreger
James L. Kreinbring
John and Lorraine Krizel
Edward and Ann Kullman
Tom and Mary Ann Kunnecke
Ky Thompson and Margaret Melun
CFC L.A. Area
Michael J. Lacroix
Christopher and Irene Lahart
John and Roberta Lally
Peter and Jeanina Lamanna
Timothy Landry
Jim and Karen Langford
Vincent A. Lapomarda
Kenneth and Ellen Larsen
Victoria Laudenbach
Terence Leahy
Dr. and Mrs. J.V. Leblanc
Robert and Beatrice Lee
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(Left) Two Somali refugee girls who have just arrived with their mother and brother wait for registration at the Dollo Ado reception center.
More than 80 percent of the refugee population are children below the age of 18. (Right) Refugees fleeing the drought and conflict in
Somalia carry what little they still possess to the transit center in Dollo Ado refugee camp in Ethiopia. The area is hot, dry, dusty and
windy. “Given that there are so many children under 18 around, I think the best way to create a conducive environment for them is to
build schools. When they are in school, they have something meaningful to do and are secure. It also gives them a perspective for their
future,” said Jesuit Refugee Service Eastern Africa Regional Director Fr. Frido Pflueger S.J. (Angelika Mendes — JRS Eastern Africa)
Joe Lehman
Richard and Mary Leiweke
Jan Lent
John and Rose Ann Leonard
Marie Carella Leonardini
Stephanie C. Leone
Richard Lesage
Deborah M. Lewis
Vernia L. Lewis
Martin J. and Eileen M. Lilly
James Littleton
Garry and Bonnie Loeffler
John and Kathleen Looney
Robert and Monique Lowd
Dennis and Pam Lucey
Robert D. Lurie
Joseph and Geraldine Lynch
Mary Ellen Lynch
Dorothy F. Lyons
Brendan MacKenzie
Lorraine Macchello
Kathryn Mackintosh
George and Anne Madaus
Dr. M. Kathleen Madigan
Elizabeth Maguire
Stephen and Winifred Mallard
Mark Seefeld and Mary Malley
Ellen Mangan
James and Margaret Mannix
James Marcinek
Elizabeth T. Marshall
Ted and Mary Marszalek
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Joseph P. Martin
Gerald M. Masar
Jane Matteson
Eugenia Rangel McArthur
Lisa McCaffrey
Edward McCartan
Linda McCarthy
Cynthia McCarthy
William and Mary Ann McConnell
Dennis P. McCrossen
Charles and Alice McEnery
Jason J. McFarland
John P. McGuinn
Kevin and Simone McKeever
Mary Ann McKeirnan
Edwin and Joan McKeon
Rev. Gerard R. McKeon, S.J.
Daniel and Mary McMahon
Teresa McMains
Barbara D. McNamara
William and Joanne Mealia
Herbert A. Medina
Patricia Mooney Melvin
James and Larisla Mendez
John Mendoza
Michael A. Messina
Frank Millar
Lee Moisant
Gilda Morelli
Brian Moriarty
Kevin Morley
Michael and Lisa Morley
Chiara Morley-McLaughlin
Theresa Morley-McLaughlin
Thomas and Janet Mug
John T. Mulcahy
Timothy Muldoon
Richard Mullane and Mary Erickson
Jennifer Murdock
Catherine Murphy
Rev. John V. Murphy, S.J.
Paul and Anabelle Murphy
Donald and Anne Murray
Laura Murray
Arista E. Navickas
George and Grace Nedy
Gregory S. Nelson
Robert and Mary Nespeco
New Orleans Province
CFC New York City #0626
Robert and Karen Newton
Diane Neylon
Mark J. Neylon
Anne T. Nicastro
Anthony and Sharon Nicola
Sal and Dinah Nicoletta
Roger and Luanne Nilsen
CFC Northern Utah
Rob and Christy Notigan
P. Andrew and Karen Nousen
Grace I. Nuber
James and Sharon O’Brien
Kathleen O’Brien
Kevin J. O’Brien
John and Mary Ann O’Connell
Ethel O’Connor
Rev. Francis M. O’Connor, S.J.
Bernard and Patricia O’Donnell
Bernard and Patricia O’Kane
John and Patricia O’Sullivan
Robert and Catherine O’Sullivan
Stephen O’Brien
Mark O’Connor
Jongmin O’Joseph
Gregory L. O’Kane
Edward and Amy O’Neill
Kristin O’Neill
Priscilla O’Reilly
Robert and Mary O’Reilly
Joan O’Brien
Stephen Okey
Chris and Yvonne Oliveira
Scott Olivieri
Frank Olszewski
Rev. Frank M. Oppenheim, S.J.
Matt Orlando
Jenny B. Orr
Julie Oswald Bautista
Jeffrey Otto
Robert and Ellen Padberg
Joseph L. Padgett
Eugene S. Pagano
James and Suzanne Palacino
Frederick Parrella
Jennifer Parsons
John and Rose Marie Pastizzo
Thomas Peattie
Carold DiFabio and Barbara Peduto
Cidalia T. Pereira
Zachary Perry
Timothy and Maureen Peterson
William H. Petri
Ernest and Martha Petti
Richard C. Pfaff
Frank Pietrowski Jr.
Gregory and Linda Pietrzak
John and Dolores Pilla
Michael Pimental
Anne Pinto
Frank and Josephine Piranio
Elizabeth Pirman
Margaret and Mary Pirman
Susan Pixley, O.P.
Laura M. Pliska
Alice M. Poltorick
Suzanne Pomponio
Kathleen M. Potts
John B. Powell
Ryan Powers
Virginia Powers
Michael Pratt
James and Virginia M. Pribula
Dan Price
Vincent L. Prietto
Jami L. Prince
Kathleen M. Provenzano
Cynthia Quadri
Mitchell Radycki and Sally Wysocki
David M. Rave
Thos and Alice Rayer
Students share a textbook during an English class in Djabal Refugee Camp outside of Goz Beida, Chad. JRS programs address the
long-term needs of refugees and displaced people. Education projects at refugee camps give refugees a sense of purpose. They
combat boredom and despair and create the foundation for a better future. JRS income-generating projects empower the displaced,
who learn basic business skills and are helped to start successful small businesses. JRS also addresses the spiritual needs of refugees
through catechist training, prayer groups, and distribution of the Eucharist. JRS staff and volunteers are proud that they have provided
this support while maintaining a mutual sense of accompaniment that builds trust and recognizes the common humanity of those they
serve. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
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The government of Panama confines Colombian refugees who cross into Panama to the
Darien, a jungle region on the border. In the small Darien town of Jaque, children have
no access to secondary education. Health care is minimal, and many children suffer from
parasitic diseases. This 58 year-old woman has lived in Jaque, Panama since 1998. She
said she has no hope for the future, and says her people live “like slaves” in Panama.
They have no access to heath care, food assistance or jobs. She simply wants a chance
to leave the jungle and find a future for her family. Despite her circumstances she said
she prefers life in confinement in Panama to life in Colombia. “There I lived with the constant nightmare of death. Here I can sleep through the night though I often go hungry,”
she said. (Shaina Aber — JRS/USA)
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Lisa Joan Reardon
Valerie Rector
Robert and Dorothy Redinger
R. Phillip Reed
Ann M. Reisel
Lisa R. Reiter
Jeffrey Renshaw
Lisa M. Rhode
Paul V. Richard
Ernie Rivas and Sharon Jobson
John Rizzo
Dennis and Mary Roach
Robin Jones and Emma Wilson
Maria G. Rodgrigues
Theresa Romanelli
Patrick Rombalski
Aida J. Rosa
Dorothy J. Rose
Janice M. Rossing
Carita C. Rothing
Robert C. Rourke
Thomas Rourke
Peter and Kathleen Royse
Mara V. Rubio
Allan Ruchman and Amy Horbar
Francis and Carrie Ruggiero
Ralph Ruhland
Jose Ruiz-Rodriguez
Frederick Runge, Jr.
Tracy Ryan
Margaret and Maureen Ryan
Walter and Sharon Ryan
Rev. Edward Fassett, S.J.
Rev. John J. Begley, S.J.
B.J. Sanford
Cheryl Lee Sansone
Rev. Alexander M. Santora
Andrea Santoriello
Kwasi Sarkodie-Mensah
John and Jane Scallan
Annette Scheid
Carol L. Scheidenhelm
Philip and Mary Schenkenberg
John P. Schmidt
Aileen Schnatz
Edgar R. Schneider
Doris M. Schoenhoff
Sean Schofield
School Sisters of Notre Dame
David and Daly Schreck
Judith E. Schwartz
Brigid M. Scott
Joseph and Marianne Scully
James Hogan Sealey
Carol A. Sellers
Nancy S. Sementelli
Peter and Phyllis Sequeira
Roger and Diane Serzen
George Setzer
Vincent Shay
Frank and Geraldine Shelley
Clifford and Katherine Shultz
William and Jeanne Sieger
Deacon Bill J. Simmonds, ObOSB
Catherine M. Simoneaux
Wanda Simoni
Sisters of Charity Convent of
Mt. St. Vincent
Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace
Paul T.L. Sizemore
Thomas M. Sliney
Gerard Sloan
Howard I. Smith
Rev. Simon Smith, S.J.
Thomas Smith
Virginia Smith
Mary Smith-Fawzi
David and Colleen Snyder
Mariah Snyder
Ron and Pat Snyder
Agnieszka Sobczak
David Soens
Lynda R. Solms
CFC Southern Alaska Area
Joseph and Anna Maria Southern
John Spang
St. Francis Xavier Parish
Mark St. Hilaire
Margaret M. Stahelek
Bob and Denise Stanley
Eugene M. Stefacek
Jerome and Johanna Stegman
Dr. Connie Rae Stowe
Gregory and Stephanie Stubbs
Elizabeth R. Stuckart
Hae Suk Suh
Rev. Francis A. Sullivan, S.J.
Giuseppina R. Sullivan
Harold and Rosemary Sullivan
Eileen A. Sullivan
Robert and Catherine Sullivan
Timothy J. Sullivan
Yaakov Sullivan
Edward Sunshine and Ann Connor
Richard R. Super
John August Swanson
Daniel B. Sweeney
Walter and Mary Sweetman
Helen Mary Szablya
Rosemarie Tagliamonte
Louise and Roland Tallarico
Tony and Judith Taylor
Patrick and Mary Taylor
CUA Action Team
Philip and Leslie Tedeschi
Ann N. Terrell
John and Joan Thayer
The Glenmede Trust Company
John and Catherine Thielmann
Actors from the Sacramento Jesuit High School Drama Club answer audience questions
after the premier of Imago Dei: Journeys of Courage, Hope & Home. JRS/USA pitched the
idea of commissioning students to use true accounts compiled by JRS/USA during years
of assisting and supporting uprooted people to write a script and produce a play, thus allowing audiences to ‘stand in the shoes’ of forcibly displaced people and refugees to gain
a deeper understanding of what life is like for them. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
Rev. Ralph W. Thomas
Susan A. Tillery
David B. and Mary C. Tilly
Anthony and Phyllis Tocco
George Torpey
George and Jensen Toth
Mike Touhey
James and Elaine Tourtelotte
Kathleen Tubman
David and Sharon Tufaro
Michael and Leona Ullery
CFC United Way of the Black Hills
Western SD
David and Mary Ann Van Etten
Joan L. Van Hise
Lucy Vargovcik
Natividad R. Vasquez
Richard and Mary Vietmeier
Francisco A. Villaronga
Thomas A. Vinton
Marie Vioa
Marie J. Viola
Lawrence Voke
Mary Ann Volpe
James and Mary Von Phul
Rachel Vonnida
Erika M. Voss
Diana Lee Vriend
Barbara E. Wacker
Amy M. Walker
Dolores A. Wallace
Elaine Wallace
Daniel and Marie Walsh
Nancy Walsh
Joan Dunn Walsh
John Walsh
Katherine Walsh
Mike and Joan Walsh
Michael Walz
Diane M. Warner
Sr. Mary Warner, SSND
Charles and Judy Weber
Laura A. Weber
William and Jeanne Weber
Don S. Webster
Ann P. White
Christopher White
Daniel and Claire White
Dave White and Lauren Sullivan
Lorene Whyte
Thomas and Kathleen Wiers
Leon Wilczynski
Paul and Tracy Wilkes
Michael Williams
George B. Wilson
Frances C. Winters
Robert and Ursula Withrow
Janelle Woody
John and Margaret Woynicz
Xavier University
Richard and Paulette Yandle
Col. William G. Yarborough, Jr.
Peter and Dorothy Yeomans
Eugenia A. Yesthal
Mee Yin Mary Yuen
Elizandra Zapata
Aaron and Corrine Zarwan
Richard and Dawn Zierdt
Marguerite Zolad
Leonid Zyuzin
Anonymous
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Staff
Michael Evans, S.J.
National Director
Shaina Aber
Associate Advocacy Director
Armando Borja
Program Director
Christian Fuchs
Communications Director
Paris Jones
Administrative Coordinator
Sean Kelly
Project Assistant
Cara Pavlak
Outreach Coordinator
Cindy Rice
Development Director
Mitzi Schroeder
Director for Policy
Board of Directors
Richard Kelly
The Bridgeford Group
Chair of Board
Madeline Lacovara
Diocese of Bridgeport
Vice Chair of Board
Frederick Ahearn, Jr.
Catholic University of America
Jennifer Bailey
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project
Thomas Greene, S.J.
U.S. Jesuit Conference
Margaret Green-Rauenhorst
New York, New York
Timothy Kelly
AonHewitt
Timothy Kesicki, S.J.
Chicago—Detroit Province
of the Society of Jesus
Rita Bennett
Aperian Global (ret.)
David McNulty
Chicago—Detroit Province
of the Society of Jesus
Michael Bloom
Now You Know Media
James Mullaney
Regiment Capital Advisors
Michele Burke Bowe
Chevy Chase, Md.
Joan Neal
Cabrini College
Stephen Cashin
Pan African Capital Group
Michael Schack
Joseph Academy
Michael Evans, S.J.
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA
(ex officio)
Thomas Smolich, S.J.
U.S. Jesuit Conference
Henry Ferrero
Deloitte & Touche (ret.)
Joanne Whitaker, RSM
Former Regional Director,
JRS Southern Africa
“Jesuit Refugee Service accompaniment is the purposeful and open presence to individuals or communities, through a response deriving from religious and humanitarian concerns, and which has special implications for
service and advocacy work.” — Fr. Joe Hampson, S.J.
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Each Friday the JRS Emergency Needs Program office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, hosts a pastoral program, which provides group
discussion and counseling for refugees. “Almost every Friday, I come here. This program is so helpful,” said Laurent, a refugee from the
Democratic Republic of the Congo. “It’s very difficult to support yourself in this country, because the government does not authorize
foreigners and refugees to work … when I have a serious problem I come here. You know, refugees, we have a lot of problems. There is
nobody to advise us, and this is the only place where you can get advice on how to live,” Laurent said. (Christian Fuchs — JRS/USA)
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A huge challenge for parents in Haiti is being able to buy their child one pair of shoes, two school uniforms, books and notebooks, and to be able to pay
the $100 fee — $10 per month during the school year — to sustain the operations of the school. A JRS scholarship program will provide $100 directly to
a new school in Anse-à-Pitres for each displaced child enrolled, and also about $150 directly to students for supplies so the child is able to attend school.