The Jesuit Border Podcast

Apr 08 2025 74 ep. 34 mins 46

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Brian Strassburger, SJ, and Joe Nolla, SJ, are two Jesuits based in the diocese of Brownsville, TX, and working in the Rio Grande Valley along the U.S.-Mexico Border. This podcast will share on-the-ground stories and interviews that highlight the tremendous response to the migrant situation from a Catholic perspective.

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S8E7: “Being Present” with Jason De Leon, anthropologist, researcher and professor at UCLA, and award-winning author

Apr 08 2025 40 mins

For our final episode of Season 8, we are thrilled to welcome Jason De Leon, anthropologist, researcher and professor at UCLA, and award-winning author. Jason’s recent book, “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling” won the 2024 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Jason talks about how conversations with migrants at archaeological digs in central

S8E6: “Being Christ to One Another” with Sr. Patricia Mulderick, RSM, from the immigration cohort of ARISE Adelante

Apr 01 2025 39 mins

We are delighted to welcome Sr. Patricia Mulderick, RSM, from the immigration cohort of ARISE Adelante. ARISE Adelante empowers immigrants living in low income communities in south Texas to attain a better life for themselves, their families, and their community. Sr. Patricia has been part of the immigration cohort at ARISE for a few years, after spending 37 years in South America.

S8E5: “Human Trafficking” with Katie Boller Gosewisch, Executive Director of the Alliance to End Human Trafficking

Mar 25 2025 33 mins

We are pleased to welcome Katie Boller Gosewisch, the Executive Director of the Alliance to End Human Trafficking. The Alliance is a collaborative, faith-based network that raises awareness of human trafficking, supports access to survivor services, and engages in advocacy efforts. It was founded in 2013 by religious sisters and continues to include over 200+ congregations of Catho

S8E4: “Evangelized by the Poor” with Fr. Alberto Ares, SJ, regional director of Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS) in Europe

Mar 18 2025 37 mins

We are delighted to welcome Fr. Alberto Ares, SJ, who is the regional director of Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS) in Europe. JRS is an international Catholic organization with a mission to accompany, serve, and advocate on behalf of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons. With the US perspective on immigration so tied to the southern border, Alberto offers us a different persp

S8E3: “We are responsible for each other” with Dr. Kim Lamberty, Executive Director of the Quixote Center

Mar 11 2025 38 mins

We are excited to welcome Dr. Kim Lamberty, who is the Executive Director of the Quixote Center. The Quixote Center works to empower vulnerable people, especially in Haiti, Nicaragua, and Panama, through sustainable development, U.S. policy reform, economic justice, and educational initiatives. Kim talks about their three layers of response to immigration: local economic developmen

S8E2: “Lawyer Up” with Marianne Staniunas, Pro Bono Immigration Counsel at Ropes & Gray LLP

Mar 04 2025 42 mins

We are delighted to welcome Marianne Staniunas, who is the Pro Bono Immigration Counsel at Ropes & Gray LLP. Marianne talks about the complexities of U.S. immigration law and how migrants have a right to legal representation, but not a right to free counsel. Given the shortage of immigration lawyers in the country, many asylum seekers face a complex system without representatio

S8E1: “We are united more than divided” with Bishop Brendan Cahill of the Diocese of Victoria, TX

Feb 25 2025 41 mins

For our first full episode of Season 8, we are humbled to welcome Bishop Brendan Cahill of the Diocese of Victoria, TX. Bishop Cahill was recently elected chairman of the Committee on Migration for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which he will assume in November 2025. He shares from his life experience that has drawn him to encounters with other cultures, from studying the

S8 Teaser: Drastic Changes on the Border since January 20th

Feb 11 2025 19 mins

We are getting ready to launch Season 8 of The Jesuit Border Podcast. A lot has changed on the border since our last season. A new presidential administration took over on January 20th and made immediate changes that have impacted the lived experience on the border and people’s ability to seek protection in the US.In this teaser, we give updates on what January 20th was like on t

S7E7: “Iglesia en Salida” with Bishop Joseph Tyson from the Diocese of Yakima, WA

Dec 03 2024 38 mins

For our final episode of Season 7, we are thrilled to welcome Bishop Joseph Tyson from the Diocese of Yakima, WA. He likes to describe his diocese as the largest border diocese without a border because the population is 75% Latino, with many migrants coming there to work in the fields picking fruit. He talks about what inspired him to require his seminarians to work next to migrant

S7E6: “Being Part of the Solution” with Harrison Hanvey, from the Office of Justice and Ecology at the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States

Nov 26 2024 43 mins

We are pleased to welcome Harrison Hanvey, the Manager of Outreach and Partnerships for the Office of Justice and Ecology at the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. Before working for the Jesuits, Harrison spent five years living in Central America, including time working side by side with Nicaraguans in plantain farms and coffee fields. He shares what inspired those