A Heart on Fire: Different Yet United
Trevor Rainwater, SJ, reflects on his formation.
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Supporting the formation of Jesuit priests and brothers
You could say their Catholic faith brought them together. Jesuits of Canada supporters Bill and Rosemary Balmbra, former teachers, met at the Toronto Catholic District School Board’s “The Life in the Spirit” seminar more than 30 years ago. The retired couple, who both worked ats teachers and principals, have always shared their spirituality and have …
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Vocation Promotion Team, Novitiate Respond to Pandemic in Creative Ways
By Jerry Duggan For a man discerning his vocation, in-person interactions with vocation ministers, men in formation and other discerners are fundamental to the process. When COVID-19 rendered these meetings impossible, the vocation promotion team got creative in their outreach. They devised several new strategies to connect with discerners. For starters, Fr. Eddie Gros, SJ, …
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Seven Midwest Jesuits Pronounce First Vows
Seven Midwest Jesuits pronounced First Vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience on August 7 at Saint Thomas More Catholic Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
In Everything, Love and Serve: Fr. Hung Pham
By Dave Luecking Upon his appointment in August as Provincial Assistant for Formation, Fr. Hung Pham, SJ, became a frequent traveler, visiting Jesuits in far-flung outposts nationally and internationally. Gone for weeks —sometimes months — at a time, he rarely was in St. Louis to use his office at the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province headquarters. All that changed in mid-March, with shelter-in-place mandates throughout the world because of the global coronavirus pandemic. Just …
A Pilgrimage Through the South: What the Martyrs Taught Me
By Ángel Flores-Fontánez I still remember the day I got my first Bible. One night, my mother, a Black Puerto Rican woman, gathered me and my older brother in one of the bedrooms of our home in Cañaboncito. “I have something to show you,” she said, with a serious and gentle tone in her voice. Having our …
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Five Jesuit Novices Pronounce First Vows
By Jerry Duggan Aug. 11, 2020 – On Saturday, August 8, five novices of the Jesuits USA Central and Southern (UCS) Province pronounced first vows during a Eucharistic celebration at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Grand Coteau, La. Jesuits Reynaldo Belfort, Timothy Bishop, Travis Crowe, Brent Gordon and Joseph Nolla pronounced vows of poverty, chastity …
Jesuit Formation 2.0: The Future of the Jesuit Province of Canada
The Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States, is currently planning the renewal of its formation process. Young Jesuits in the new province will be formed in such a way that the different learning components will be even more integrated.
Triple Celebrations
Over the weekend of Aug. 9-11, 2019, the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province celebrated the arrival of five new novices, the first vows of 12 novices and the Jubilee anniversaries of several senior Jesuits.
Enduring Graces: The Jesuit Novice Pilgrimage
The Pilgrimage Experiment for a Jesuit novice dates back to the very beginnings of the Society of Jesus. St. Ignatius Loyola, understanding himself as a pilgrim, included this unique way of encountering God in the Constitutions of the Society as an important experience in one’s formation