A group of former refugees who have returned to their homes in Lobone, South Sudan, share the Lord's Prayer.

Fr. Elías Lopez-Perez, S.J., Assistant International Director of Jesuit Refugee Service, describes the people who work for JRS as a passionate, committed group who "want to change things in the world" and heal wounds of violence.

In short, he says, people who work for JRS still believe in miracles.

Fr. Lopez-Perez also discusses the central role of accompaniment in the JRS mission.

He notes that the Gospels encourage us to welcome the stranger, and this is the good news to counter the racism and xenophobia at work in the world.

Fr. Kenneth J. Gavin, S.J., the Regional Director of Jesuit Refugee Service/USA talks about the chaplaincy services provided by Jesuit Refugee Service/USA to detainees in detention centers across the United States.

"We make sure men and women who are detained have access to the solace of their God, in whatever religious tradition they come from," says Fr. Gavin, noting that JRS ministers to Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Protestant and other detainees.

"There is a dramatic need people have to really experience God in their life," says Fr. Gavin. "In all the anxiety of detention, they know that the Lord is with them."

Fr. Peter Balleis, S.J., the International Director of Jesuit Refugee Service notes that JRS has a triple mission to serve, accompany and defend the rights of refugees and forcibly displaced people.

Inspired by the plight of Vietnamese and Cambodian boat people in 1979 and 1980, Fr. Pedro Arrupe, S.J. founded JRS to help those who have been forgotten.

While discussing the three aspects of the JRS mission, Fr. Balleis notes that accompaniment is the unique aspect of JRS, the "hinge" that binds our mission.

"The refugees I have met remind me again and again ... of how deeply we're called to be the presence of God," says Fr. Kenneth J. Gavin, S.J., the Regional Director of Jesuit Refugee Service/USA.