Jesuit Siblings Find Joy in Shared Ministry
It took a war to separate two brothers. More than four decades later, it took a pandemic to bring them together.
Subject Area: vocation
AMDG Podcast: Beauty, Leadership and the Mystery of God with Fr. Leo O’Donovan, SJ
On this episode of the AMDG podcast, Fr. Leo O’Donovan, SJ, former president of Georgetown University and current director of mission for Jesuit Refugee Service/USA, discusses his many leadership positions, his mentor Karl Rahner and more.
Jesuits in Service to the Society and Church in Rome
When a man becomes a Jesuit, he enters not a province, but the Society of Jesus. Members of the USA Central and Southern Province serve not only within the boundaries of this province, but wherever they are needed “for the defense and propagation of the faith and for the rendering of any service in the …
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Finding Moments of Grace
By José Lopez | Dajabon, Dominican Republic Thanks to Novice Director Fr. Drew Kirschman, who was always creative about my discernment process, I was able to explore the experience of being a Jesuit in a Latin American context. My incredible long experiment in Dajabon, Dominican Republic, was one of the most formative experiences of my …
A Language for What Matters Most
By Joseph Laughlin, SJ | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic “Joe, we’re missioning you to Santo Domingo.” These were the words of Fr. Drew Kirschman, SJ, my novice director, as he informed me that I would spend my long experiment at Colegio Loyola, a pre-K through 12th grade school in the Dominican Republic. My imagination started …
Lord, Teach Me How to Play
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 …
Father Anthony Borrow, SJ: Technology is a Frontier for the Society of Jesus
By Therese Fink Meyerhoff Father Anthony Borrow, SJ, is, in his own words, a bit of a nerd. He loves math, and he loves to code. For the past 20 years, he has been deeply involved with open-source computer technology. Now, as the director of information technology for Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), he finds ways …
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Bishop Dolan Celebrates ‘Amazing Community’ of Jesuits in Diocesan Mass in Phoenix
Bishop John P. Dolan of the Diocese of Phoenix celebrated a Mass in gratitude for the Jesuit presence in the Phoenix area.
Letting Go and Letting God – A Discerner’s Journey to the Society of Jesus
By Mike Gabriele There are no two ways about it— it is a call of the Holy Spirit. When someone feels that desire, that call to enter religious life, if it is a true ambition, an honest yearning to serve God and the Church, it can be nothing less than a movement of the Holy …
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Seven Men Enter the Novitiate
Sept. 8, 2023 – The Jesuits of the USA Central and Southern Province on Aug. 19, 2023, welcomed seven men to the Novitiate of St. Stanislaus Kostka, temporarily located in Culver City, California. Over the next two years, they will learn about the Society of Jesus and deepen their relationship with Jesus. A mix of …