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Jesuit High Sacramento Rugby to Make Debut in Japan’s Youth Tournament

April 17, 2024 — Jesuit High School Sacramento’s varsity rugby team has been selected to participate in the prestigious 2024 Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament in Muakata City, Fukuoka, Japan. The international invitation marks a significant milestone as Jesuit High rugby will become the first team from the United States to compete in this international …

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Santa Clara University Leaders Visit the Vatican

A delegation of leaders from Santa Clara University visited Rome from March 17-19 to meet with senior Vatican leaders and leaders of the Society of Jesus.

Fr. Chu Ngo, SJ, Pronounces Final Vows

Fr. Chu Ngo, SJ, pronounced final vows in the Society of Jesus on February 21, 2024.

St. Ignatius Loyola Parish in Sacramento Celebrates 70th Anniversary

The Jesuits’ St. Ignatius Loyola Parish in Sacramento will mark its 70th anniversary with a Mass con March 8, 2024.

Sacred Encounters: Following in the Footsteps of a Trailblazing Jesuit

Henry Nolf grew up in Belgium hearing stories of Father Peter J. De Smet. Fr. De Smet was a renowned Jesuit missionary whose impact is still felt a century and a half after his death, but Henry’s stories don’t come from history books; they were family lore. Fr. De Smet is Henry’s four-times great uncle.

Jesuit Siblings Find Joy in Shared Ministry

It took a war to separate two brothers. More than four decades later, it took a pandemic to bring them together.

Celebrating Our Jubilarians

Congratulations to our Jesuits West jubilarians who celebrated special anniversaries in 2023. We offer prayers of thanksgiving for their service, which has spanned not only across the western U.S., but across the country and the world. The Jesuits are a missionary order, and even those jubilarians who reside at the province’s health care/retirement community in …

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Lorraine Shepherd Named President of St. Andrew Nativity School

St. Andrew Nativity School in Portland has named Lorraine Shepherd as the next president, director of mission.

Two Members of Jesuits West Ordained as Deacons

October 30, 2023 — This fall, two members of the Jesuits West Province were ordained to the diaconate.   Joseph Dickan, SJ, was ordained a deacon on October 11, 2023, by Most Reverend Gregory Mansour, Bishop of the Maronite Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn, New York, at the Church of Our Lady of the …

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Jesuit High Sacramento Rugby to Make Debut in Japan’s Youth Tournament

Santa Clara University Leaders Visit the Vatican

Fr. Chu Ngo, SJ, Pronounces Final Vows

St. Ignatius Loyola Parish in Sacramento Celebrates 70th Anniversary

Sacred Encounters: Following in the Footsteps of a Trailblazing Jesuit

Jesuit Siblings Find Joy in Shared Ministry

Celebrating Our Jubilarians

Lorraine Shepherd Named President of St. Andrew Nativity School

Two Members of Jesuits West Ordained as Deacons

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