By Jerry Duggan In the necrology of the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province, one date stands out: September 10. On that day in 1931, eleven Jesuits died during a not-to-be-forgotten hurricane in what is now Belize. Founded in 1887 in what was then British Honduras (present-day Belize) as a boarding college, St. John’s College …
On being a Jesuit: “It is the most exciting vocation that I can think of,” says Monet. ‘There has not been one dull moment in my life.”
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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For Women’s History Month, let’s look at two examples of strong women who were close to the Jesuits and who were active in the success of their mission.
The last 12 months have been a time of growth for the Slavery, History, Memory and Reconciliation (SHMR) Project, created to learn more about the lived experiences of the men, women and children enslaved by Jesuits in the 19th century.
On a clear, cool day in March, a small group of Jesuit colleagues made a somber journey. The group of eight visited several locales in north St. Louis County, outside St. Louis. Their quest: to visit sites of significance to the early Jesuits in St. Louis and to the people enslaved by those Jesuits.
In the beginning, the original Companions in the Society of Jesus were men of many talents who sought to bring souls closer to God, but they were unprepared to make their own meals or clothing, let alone build schools. Six years after the founding of the Society of Jesus, Ignatius Loyola petitioned the pope to allow the admission of lay co-adjutors, known more commonly as brothers. His request was approved, and brothers began to build the Society.
The history of Jesuits in the USA Central and Southern (UCS) Province is intertwined with the history of America, including the challenges of race relations.
The new Jesuit Archives & Research Center (JARC) in St. Louis opened to the public April 25, 2018. The state-of-the art facility will serve as a central repository for the collective historical resources of Jesuits in the United States. More, it will be a community resource, a place not just for historical research, but also for presentations and exhibits – preserving the past, engaging the present and forming the future.
Society of Jesus Apologizes for the Sins of Jesuit Slaveholding at Georgetown University Liturgy