Superior General Arturo Sosa calls on all Jesuits and their colleagues to join with the entire People of God to respond to the cry of Pope Francis for prayer and penance in solidarity with those who suffered abuse by clerics.
Twenty-six Jesuit novices in Canada and the United States professed first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.
Five novices entered the novitiate of Montreal on August 18th.
10 Novices professed Vows of Poverty, Chasity and Obedience at Santa Clara Mission Church on Saturday, August 11, the Feast of St. Clare of Assisi. Director of Novices, Fr. Steve Corder, SJ, was principal celebrant for the Mass and with Fr. Provincial Scott Santarosa, SJ, received the vows prior to the reception of Holy Communion.
On July 31, One Jesuit Buffalo organized a Mass and a street festival in honor of St. Ignatius called Iggy Fest. More than 600 people attended the festival on St. Michael’s Place. Visitors and alumni came from as far as Cleveland, Rochester, New York City and beyond.
St. Matthew the Apostle Parish in St. Louis gained a new leadership team on Sunday, July 29, when Provincial Ronald A. Mercier missioned Cheryl Archibald as parish life coordinator and Fr. Kevin Cullen, SJ, as pastoral associate.
Fordham Prep students are taking part in a two-week long, in-depth learning experience called Expeditionaries, which offers them the opportunity to learn what it means to be a social entrepreneur rooted in Ignatian principles.
Father Andrij M. Hlabse, SJ, was ordained to the priesthood in the Byzantine Rite at St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Parma, Ohio.
The process of beatification for Fr. Pedro Arrupe, SJ, has formally begun, Fr. Sosa announced yesterday.
The Honorable Brett Kavanaugh, a 1983 graduate of Georgetown Prep, has been nominated to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.