Season 3 Episode 1: As the 29th Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice (IFTJ) approaches, we hear from one of the 2025 participants, Elisabeth Adams. Elisabeth is an undergraduate student at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where she is double majoring in political science and theology. The combination of those two areas of study make so much sense for Elisabeth, and she can’t imagine one without how the other compliments it. This is simply the academic route for how she already lives out her faith: with her feet. As Elisabeth shares, advocacy is a spiritual experience for her, and she talks about how IFTJ propelled her on a path where she found inspiration, community, and purpose.

• Join us for the free livestream of the 2026 Teach-In and get inspired like Elisabeth.
• Read about the LMU delegation’s experience at the 2025 IFTJ from their campus newspaper.
• Elisabeth mentions interviewing one of the young main stage speakers at IFTJ and the resonance of what he talked about. Check out her interview of Lucas here.
• Elisabeth shouts out various Catholic social justice organizations in this episode, including Homeboy Industries, WELD, Discerning Deacons, Catholic Mobilizing Network, and the Encuentro Project.
• Elisabeth talks about her passion for Catholic Social Teaching. Curious about what that is? Check out Education for Justice for a library of resources and consider becoming a member to bring the full library of resources to your classroom, parish, and/or organization.

Season 2 Episode 8: If you’ve been paying attention to the Ignatian Solidarity Network’s campaigns and programs since 2024, you might recognize the name Ori Cappella. Ori has been at the forefront of ISN’s immigration justice work, having attended two Unity Network Summits and organized programs on Stonehill College’s campus, where she recently graduated. In this podcast episode, Ori talks about how student organizing, faith, and identity have shaped her advocacy. The conversation follows her campus campaigns for migrants and mixed-status communities, and the way she connects migration, disability justice, mental health, and ecological justice.

• Read about the Unity Network, where Ori serves on the core committee, and the Cabrini Student Organizing Summit on Migration that she has helped organize.
• Learn how Ori implemented campus events as part of larger ISN campaigns for immigrant justice.
• Pray with Ori’s ISN Lenten series reflection and her Earth Day prayer, published by Education for Justice.

Antell Cole, a recent graduate of Saint Joseph’s Prep in Philadelphia, kept a reminder pinned in his notes app on his phone: “don’t forget what you learned at IFTJ.” Inspired by the formation and connections from his participation in 3 different Ignatian Family Teach-Ins for Justice and the formative Arrupe Leaders Summit, Antell was the driving force behind the Prep’s first Interreligious Peacebuilding Summit. Replete with speakers and breakouts just like IFTJ, Antell laid the groundwork for yet another tradition at St. Joe’s Prep that allows students to apply their faith to build a more just world.

• Read about the breakout session at IFTJ that inspired the Prep’s Interreligious Peacebuilding Summit.
• Watch the webinar that touches on some of the topics discussed in the inspirational IFTJ breakout session.
• Read about the Arrupe Leaders Summit that Antell attended in 2025.
• Register for the 2026 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice, where thousands of inspiring youth like Antell will share their gifts and deepen in perspective to amplify justice.