Video by Fr. W. Tucker Redding, SJ Story by Rachel Amiri The history of the Society of Jesus is rich with the witness of saints who offered their lives as missionaries and martyrs. A desire to inspire a new generation of missionaries led the vocations teams from the Jesuits USA Central and Southern, Midwest and …
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By Fr. Brian Strassburger, SJ I first met Gaby and Meidy in July 2022 when a new shelter for migrants, Senda 2, was opening in Reynosa, Mexico. They were a lesbian couple traveling together from El Salvador, where they had faced discrimination based on their sexual orientation. They had come to seek asylum in the …
Del Camino Jesuit Border Ministries: Responding to Pastoral and Sacramental Needs Read More »
March 24, 2023 – The Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province’s Office of Secondary and Pre-Secondary Education received a grant of $10,000 in support of a workshop that will prepare educators to teach the full story about African Americans, slavery and race relations in the United States from 1619 to the present. One presentation is open …
Fr. Bryan Massingale to Speak During Workshop on Teaching about Race Read More »
Moving from Jesuit Hall to St. Ignatius Hall By Fr. Michael Harter, SJ In January 2023, 66 Jesuits made the move from Jesuit Hall, near the campus of Saint Louis University, to the new St. Ignatius Hall at Garden Villas North in St. Louis County. Father Michael Harter, SJ, shares this reflection on what the …
Oct. 12, 2022 (Mobile, Ala.) – Spring Hill College has selected Mary H. Van Brunt, Ph.D., as its 39th president. She will be the first woman to serve in the top leadership role, beginning in January 2023. “I am delighted to have been chosen to lead Spring Hill College,” said Van Brunt. “I look forward …
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 Therese Fink Meyerhoff Aug. 2, 2022 – Jesuit Hall, a 100-year-old former hotel near the campus of Saint Louis University, will soon be replaced by two new Jesuit communities, one for senior Jesuits and one for Jesuits missioned to the university. When the Jesuits took up residence in Jesuit Hall in 1973, the 14-story …
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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Jesuit Superior General Arturo Sosa established the Ignatian Year as a special time to commemorate the conversion of St. Ignatius Loyola and all the graces that have flowed from that event. The “year” began on May 20, 2021, the 500th anniversary of Ignatius’ wounding at Pamplona. It will end on July 31, 2022, the Feast …
Making All Things New: The Graces of the Ignatian Year Read More »
By Therese Fink Meyerhoff A Women’s Advisory Committee for an all-male religious order? While it may seem incongruent, establishing just such a committee is one of the first actions that Fr. Tom Greene, SJ, took as he began his term as provincial of the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province. Made up of women leaders …
Women’s Advisory Committee Continues Its Mission with First-Ever Women’s Retreat Read More »