SOUTHERN MD GU272 - JESUIT DESCENDANT GATHERING

Georgetown Awards Funding to 5 Projects That Support Descendant Communities - Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown has awarded $200,000 to inaugural recipients of the Reconciliation Fund, which provides grants to projects that benefit communities of Descendants whose ancestors were enslaved on Jesuit plantations.

272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe Their Descendants? (Published 2016)In 1838, the Jesuit priests who ran the country’s top Catholic university needed money to keep it alive. Now comes the task of making amends.

Descendants of enslaved sold by Jesuits can unite at St. Mary’s CollegeA group is planning a reunion for descendants of enslaved people that were forced into labor and sold to save a Jesuit college nearly two centuries ago.

Impact

We are searching for Southern MD Descendants who have Jesuit Enslaved Ancestors. This entails asking several critical questions that point towards the likelihood of Jesuit influence on the lives of Ancestors. The separation of our Ancestors has torn our families apart. The Southern Maryland Descendant Gathering promotes Faith, Family and Unity.