Canada
Faith through friendship with the Jesuits
When meeting husband and wife Bruno Arnold and Eleanor Fulcher, one might think they are another handsome and successful Toronto power couple; while the terms faithful and active Catholic parishioners might not come to mind. But this is in fact an integral part of this generous and humble couple’s life. Since coming to Our Lady …
2021 Discernment Retreat
The annual weekend retreat for discerners at the site where saints and martyrs walked.
2021 Come & See Weekend
Once a year the Society of Jesus invites men, ages 18-39 to come and spend a weekend in the Jesuit novitiate itself.
God in a 45-minute Zoom: The spirituality sector adapts to COVID-19
How do we reach out to people in a pandemic? How do we respond to their spiritual needs and promote a contemplative life while gatherings are banned? Many Jesuit spirituality centres have turned towards the Internet during the COVID-19 lockdown in order to continue serving people. They have succeeded in accompanying retreatants at a distance …
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Ordinations in times of pandemic: Society of Jesus welcomes new priest and five deacons in Toronto
Despite the pandemic, ordinations are still going on. On may 23, one priest and five deacons were ordained in Canada in a ceremony with an empty church.
History Today : Jesuits and Epidemics in New France
Today, people living in what we now call Canada are faced with Covid-19, but it is far from being the first epidemic to attack those living on this continent. For the first few centuries after the arrival of Europeans in the Americas, up to 95% of the Indigenous populations lost their lives, in a large …
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Building community online: A guide to spiritual conversation using technology
An adapted version of spiritual conversation can be a valuable tool to remain connected to God and to one another, to experience Christ’s presence in our midst and to listen where the Spirit is inviting us to venture our steps in this context.
Not another streamed mass: Celebrating the Easter Triduum together online
Below are a series of guides to help communities and individuals around the world to celebrate, with the help of video conferencing tools, liturgies of the Word for the days of the Easter Triduum in the face of the limitations imposed by the current pandemic.