Five years is the blink of an eye in the nearly 500-year life of the Society of Jesus. It feels like just yesterday that the province announced the opening of the Jesuit Archives & Research Center in St. Louis, but in fact, the JARC, as it is known familiarly, opened to the public in April …
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By Fr. James Caime Sara Noreña was born and raised in Kansas City but was baptized at San Francisco de Assisi parish near her mother’s family home, a town near Mexico City. Her mother, Lupe, and her Aunt Amalia made sure Sara knew her family in Mexico – including her grandmother, her cousin and her …
By Ignatius Plato God occasionally calls us to serve others in new and potentially challenging ways. We may be asked to leave our comfort zone to respond to that call. For Jim Broderick-King, a new way to serve came in the form of the Ignatian Spirituality Project. Broderick-King has been an important part of the …
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By Ignatius Plato Several members of the St. Louis chapter of the Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC) have been hard at work assisting senior Jesuits prepare for their upcoming move from Jesuit Hall in midtown St. Louis to the new St. Ignatius Hall in north St. Louis County. Jesuits have called Jesuit Hall home for 50 …
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By Ignatius Plato Nonprofit organizations and major national foundations are both known for their philanthropic work, but they go about that work in very different ways and from different perspectives. As Brooke Iglesias will tell you, it is important that both understand each other’s objectives to achieve a common goal and to bring about the …
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By Paula K. Parrish, CFRE, Chief Advancement Officer When the winds are swirling in Louisiana, the vortex may not be a hurricane. It might just be Patrick and Randalle Moore. Both are retired now, but you would never know it. After 40 years of 70-hour corporate work weeks, Patrick now spends 100 hours a week …
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By Rosalie Tomeny For decades, Andy and Pat Shannon have donated their time, talent and treasure to advancing the mission of the Society of Jesus. Each encountered the Jesuits at an early age. Mr. Shannon graduated from Jesuit High School in Dallas in 1954. While there, Jesuit fathers Mike Kammer and Julius May made indelible …
By Jerry Duggan St. Francis Xavier College Church in St. Louis quietly experienced a milestone this spring when Katie Jansen was installed as parish life coordinator, assuming most of the administrative responsibilities normally handled by a pastor. In Jesuit parlance, Ms. Jansen is the “director of the work” – the highest-ranking administrator for this Jesuit …
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By Jerry Duggan White House Retreat in St. Louis has established a new tradition: Ignatian retreats specifically for Veterans. This summer marked its sixth annual retreat for women and men who served in the U.S. military. The 100-year-old retreat house, an apostolate of the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province, is located in south St. …
By Jerry Duggan As director of community service and social justice at Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas, Rich Perry is living out what he knows is his vocation: to be a faith and justice educator. He developed a love for all things Jesuit as a student at Boston College. Upon his graduation in 2002, …
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