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Jesuits in Social Action (JESA) is the Social Action Sector of the Society of Jesus in South Asia. It is the coordinating organ of the social actions works of the 18 Provinces and 2 Regions in South Asian Assistancy.

South Asian Assistancy comprises of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. has a Secretary who cooridinates all the Social Action Activities of the Assistancy.

JESA attempts to translate Jesuit ideals into practice, standing by the marginalised, enabling the downtrodden groups to move towards empowerment, especially of dalits, tribals, youth, women, children and unorganized secotr, as its priority groups.

To get complete access to the Jesuit Social Documents, JESA Reports, information about the Jesuit Social Action members and their plans you need to be registered. This registration is allowed only to the Jesuits and their Collaborators.

Kindly create your user ID and send a request mail to the JESA Secretary to get full access to the site.

JESA Deliberation– Report

The Secretariat of Jesuits in Social Action (JESA) organised a deliberation at the Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, from 15^th to 17^th March 2013. Thirty Jesuits working for social justice across India, along with a few of their collaborators, deliberated on the future of their mission in the changing environment of the Indian state and sought to identify areas and methodologies for effective interventions and collaboration with institutions, movements, citizens and civil society.

A Three-day Deliberation by JESA: Towards a framework for Social Action

Dates: 15-17 March 2013 Venue: at ISI, New Delhi

1. Preliminary considerations:

As the Secretary of the Social Action Ministry, one thought that has been very much in my mind in the last few months is the present situation of the Social Action ministry in our different provinces and our response to the challenges of the country.