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Politician, Jesuit, and Man for Others: Jacques Couture, SJ

By Frédéric Barriault photos: The Archive of the Jesuits of Canada Last fall, the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States published Contemplation and Political Action: An Ignatian Guide to Civic Engagement, which opens with a challenge from Pope Francis: A “good Catholic” cannot be indifferent to social and political struggles. Given that I come from a Social Gospel background, I have always resisted the idea that faith is …

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Business Not as Usual: An interview with Fr. Kevin Kelly, SJ

By Eric Clayton Kevin Kelly, SJ—director of Villa Saint-Martin, the Jesuit retreat center in Montreal—is a businessman-turned-Jesuit. But, to Kevin, that’s nothing unusual. “I see St. Ignatius not only as a brilliant and spiritual person,” he says, “but also as a businessman.” After all, the saint started and managed a multinational corporation: the Society of Jesus.   So, how does business acumen translate into the life of a Jesuit today? Kevin shares how he …

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Bernard Senécal, Jesuit Zen Master

Bernard Senécal is unique. This Quebec Jesuit taught Buddhism in South Korea, where he has lived since 1985, and is now the director of the Way’s End Stone Field Community, as well as a longtime contributor to Relations (the journal of the Centre justice et foi).  Seo Myeongweon (his Korean name) has always understood the life of a Jesuit as that of a man who goes to the peripheries, who confronts difference and …

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Cigarettes, Coffee, and Justice: The Unusual Holiness of Martin Royackers, SJ 

Chain-smoking, dishevelled, even hearing confessions in a bar: Fr. Martin Royackers, SJ, never ceased to amaze. According to several sources, he rarely made a good first impression. Yet this Canadian Jesuit with a razor-sharp mind was a strong advocate for human rights, deeply committed to social justice, and firmly rooted in his relationship with God. …

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DIY ADVENT 2020 RETREAT

An early Christmas gift from Ignatius Jesuit Centre to you: A Do-It-Yourself Advent 2020 Retreat featuring three videos and prayer guides. Advent has always been about waiting, but this year waiting has become an international pastime. For multiple reasons, 2020 has pushed us into the Ache of Waiting Hopefully.  Take some time to get in touch …

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COVID-ADVENT VESPERS

Ignatius Jesuit Centre presents a Covid-induced prayer service for Advent 2020.  Covid-Advent Vespers takes the ancient tradition of vespers (chanting the psalms at evening) and drops it squarely in our very current time and place. Featuring: Poetry by Greg Kennedy, SJ Photography by Matthew Hendzel, SJ Music by Br. David-Peter Tigchelaar, osb A reupholstered prayer for …

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Mother Nature and Brother Hudon

“The best week of my life was spent on a canoe-camping trip with the Pioneer Scout. We paddled a hundred kilometers, we only had five minutes of rain, and it was extraordinary,” said Brother Bernard Hudon, a Jesuit from Quebec, after I had asked him to share some of the moments of deepest consolation that …

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