The Society of Jesus has established four new “Universal Apostolic Preferences” (UAPs) that will guide its mission for the next ten years, Jesuit Superior General Father Arturo Sosa announced earlier this year.
The 15 young men — all rising seniors — from Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas were a world away from their comfort zones when they arrived at the door of a nondescript nursing home for low-income, elderly people in Antigua, Guatemala, on the second day of their immersion trip in July.
Dec. 27, 2019 – As 2019 comes to a close, the Maryland and USA Northeast Provinces invite you to reflect on some of the many milestones from the past year that took place in our provinces and in the Society.
When most young men completing Aerospace Engineering degrees think about job prospects following graduation, they might think of working at NASA or a prestigious engineering firm, few think of joining a religious order. But this is precisely what Jesuit scholastic Erik Sorensen did. A strong student in math and science, Sorensen knew he wanted to …
Brother John Masterson is profoundly grateful for the opportunity for a second vocation of prayer at René Goupil House, the Province Infirmary, in Pickering, ON. “I didn’t realize that the prayer apostolate would be such a wonderful one,” says Brother Masterson. “This apostolate is one of the most important things I could be doing.” Even …
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A new, multi-apostolic Jesuit Community is planned to serve Philadelphia.
In early February, a few dozen leaders of Jesuit secondary and pre-secondary schools converged in Arizona — where they posed for a picture that tells a tale of change and renewal in the Society of Jesus. In the not-too-distant past, the photo would have depicted an assemblage of men, likely sporting clerical collars; fewer than three decades ago, there wasn’t a single lay person, male or female, among the presidents and principals of schools in the California Province of Jesuits (although a few lay people held those positions in the Oregon Province). But in the photo taken earlier this year at Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix, the presence of lay collaborators in Jesuit education was palpable — with more than a dozen women arrayed among them.
The Eastern Africa Jesuit Province, located in the Great Lakes area in the Horn of Africa, is dynamic and youthful. Formed in 1986 and consisting of Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, South Sudan, and Uganda, 200 Jesuits in the province serve more than 240 million people in a region roughly the size of the United States east of the Mississippi River.
Through your generosity, we are able to continue offering JesuitPrayer.org free of charge for all who seek Ignatian prayer and spirituality. Daily prayer is essential for nourishing our relationship with Christ. Through the daily Scripture, Reflection, and Prayer, may you be fortified in God’s faithfulness and his invitation to move through your day in a …
The cultivation of a uniquely personal relationship with Christ is a hallmark of Jesuit spirituality, which we Jesuits have shared with Hispanic Catholics in Milwaukee since the early 20th century.