Capeltic Origin Roasted Gourmet Coffee

The Solidarity Ministry at St. Ignatius Parish wants you to consider: Where does your coffee come from? Where does your money go when you buy it? How do these questions relate to social justice? Can decisions like this affect the root causes of migration and have impact on communities? The Solidarity Ministry firmly believes they can, and Jesuits have been working in southern Mexico for over 50 years, also believing that through faith and hard work social justice is not only possible, but morally necessary.

Put another way -- fair-trade, organic, indigenous-cooperatively grown, origin roasted coffee is available! Have you tried it? You might find that you greatly enjoy it. Even if you don’t like coffee, why things like this matter is worth thinking about.

For example, a Capeltic purchase ensures that indigenous farmer producers can earn a fair and dignified wage that enables them to meet the needs of their families. Through Capeltic’s origin-roasted model, producers are part of a closed-loop economy that ensures their access to the most significant profit margin by bringing the product to market in its completed state.

Fr. Stephen Pitts, S.J., is a US Jesuit who partnered with Capeltic to bring their coffee to the United States, part of a Jesuit tradition that has deep roots. “Capeltic, a part of the Yomol A’tel, is a consortium of cooperatives and other enterprises working with the Jesuits in Mexico since 1958 to bring you origin-roasted gourmet coffee direct from Chiapas. The coffee is grown, harvested, roasted, ground, and packaged by Indigenous Tseltal people from the Northern Jungle of Chiapas and sixty employees across Mexico.”

You can order through the Ignatian Solidarity Network using this QR code, but more important is that we all take a moment to consider what positive impact our purchases might have on the world.