This Lent, the Catholic prayer app Hallow will walk through the life-changing, spiritual classic by Fr. Walter Ciszek, SJ, He Leadeth Me. Fr. Ciszek was a Jesuit priest and missionary who was imprisoned for more than 20 years in the Soviet Union, first in solitary confinement and then in a Siberian gulag. Amidst some of …
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February 6, 2024 – De Smet Jesuit High School in St. Louis County, Missouri, has received approval from the Archdiocese of St. Louis to launch in August 2025 an academic program serving boys in grades 6, 7 and 8. This announcement follows many months of research as part of a contracted comprehensive feasibility study, inclusive …
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Cura Personalis at Georgetown Prep’s Residential Life Program By Mike Gabriele Cura Personalis is a uniquely Jesuit Latin phrase meaning “care for the person”—the whole person—mind, body, and spirit. This particular Jesuit idiom also accurately encapsulates an experience that is uniquely Georgetown Prep—residential life. Georgetown Prep is the only Jesuit high school—and one of the …
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January 18, 2024 – Fr. Leo J. Daly, S.J., was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 28, 1930, the son of Leo J. Daly and Margaret McGowan. His baptism in Brooklyn’s St. Franics Xavier Church was perhaps a signal that the Society of Jesus would be a significant part of his life. This came to …
Jan. 12, 2024 – Fr. Damian Halligan, SJ, was born on November 14, 1933, in Jersey City, N.J., the son of John Halligan and Mary Agatha Ferguson. After graduating from Xavier High School in New York City in 1951, and from St. Peter’s College in Jersey City in 1955, he entered the Society of Jesus …
Rev. Charles H. Allen, SJ, was born on February 13, 1942, in Jamaica Plain, MA, where he attended St. Thomas High School. He entered the Society of Jesus at Shadowbrook in Lenox, MA, on August 14, 1959. He received his B.A. in Philosophy from Boston College and a master’s in philosophy from Weston College in Weston, …
January 3, 2024 – Fr. Patrick J. Ryan, SJ, was born on January 6, 1929, in Somerville, Mass. Fr. Ryan attended Boston College High School from 1942 to 1945. On July 30, 1946, he entered the Society of Jesus at Shadowbrook in Lenox, Mass. After his time in the novitiate and juniorate, he attended Weston …
Rev. Francis M. O’Connor, SJ, was born on October 19, 1924, in Olyphant, PA. He graduated from Scranton Public High School, attended three years at Scranton College, and entered the Novitiate of St. Isaac Jogues in Wernersville, PA, on July 30, 1947. He received his B.A. in the Classics and his Licentiate in Philosophy from …
Rev. James A. O’Brien, SJ, was born on April 7, 1927, in Philadelphia, PA. He attended St. Joseph’s Prep and started at Saint Joseph’s University before becoming a Midshipman in 1945 at the Pennsylvania Maritime Academy in Morrisville, PA. He entered the Novitiate of St. Isaac Jogues in Wernersville, PA, on September 27, 1947. He …