Rev. John E. Surette, SJ, was born on December 12, 1934, in Arlington, MA. He attended Rindge Technical High School in Cambridge, MA, and earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Boston College. He entered the Society of Jesus at St. Andrew-on-Hudson in Poughkeepsie, NY, on July 30, 1957, and finished as a novice at Shadowbrook …
By Scott McKillip, SJ | Pine Ridge Reservation Late one night, my novice brother and I piled into the Toyota. We began our drive on the only road crossing through the vast miles of rolling hills on this side of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. We were in the kind of darkness one knows only …
On this episode of the AMDG podcast, author Phil Christman discusses his essay “How to Be Religious” and the nature of religious faith.
By Jean-Claude Ravet To be a Christian is to experience a liberating encounter with Jesus—that is, a grace that enlightens and gives peace, reconciles and consoles, animates and strengthens, and pushes us forward and an encounter that profoundly alters our presence in the world, radically orienting our steps toward beauty and praise, justice and love, …
On this episode of the AMDG podcast, longtime Catholic publisher Joe Durepos talks with host Eric Clayton about the stories we need to be praying with this Advent season.
November 29, 2023 — Here’s the latest news from the Jesuits in Canada and the United States. Jesuits Minister to Migrants Waiting in Border Cities Fr. Brian Strassburger, SJ, Fr. Flavio Bravo, SJ, and Joseph Nolla, SJ, are serving migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border in Matamoros, Mexico, opposite Brownsville, Texas, as migrants attempt to get …
Jesuit Headlines: Serving at the Border, A Game Designer Turned Jesuit and More Read More »
By Therese Fink Meyerhoff Jesuit Scholastic Philip Nahlik, SJ, found special joy this summer in helping to plan the Ignatian Eco-Educator Summit at Bellwether Farm outside Cleveland. The brainchild of Brenna Davis, director of integral ecology for the Ignatian Solidarity Network, the summit was an opportunity for Jesuit educators from 15 Jesuit and other Catholic …
Philip Nahlik, SJ, Blends Science, Spirituality and Awe in His Care for Creation Read More »
Jesuit Superior General Father Arturo Sosa, SJ, has appointed Father Thomas H. Smolich, SJ, as the new rector of the Jesuit community at Santa Clara University’s Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California.
Jean Francky Guerrier, SJ During our visit to Haiti, we met a four-year-old boy named Dodo, who rushed up to us as we entered the school, Centre educative de Bedou. This little one grabbed our hands and in Creole said, “Come with me.” Amidst unbelievable poverty, Dodo emanated a contagious joy. His grip seemed to …
November 27, 2023 — This year, 17 U.S., Canadian and Haitian Jesuits were ordained to the diaconate at several different Masses in the U.S., Canada and Haiti. For a Jesuit in formation, ordination to the diaconate is the final step in preparation for priestly ordination in the Society of Jesus. On May 13, Matthew Hendzel, SJ, …