July 14, 2022 – Every Monday night during the academic year, upwards of 150 students gather at Saint Louis University’s Catholic Studies Center for “Campion Night,” a program of spiritual and cultural formation named for the English Jesuit martyr St. Edmund Campion. A network of more than 65 volunteers and benefactors, many of them SLU …
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By Jerry Duggan As curator of the Vatican Meteorite Collection and an astronomer at the Vatican Observatory in Rome, Br. Bob Macke, SJ, shows how science can be used to adore and worship God. He cautions that his title may be a little misleading. “I do not spend much of my time looking through a …
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By Jerry Duggan Father Phil Steele, SJ, is rarely in the limelight, but his role as rector of the Jesuit Hall Community at Saint Louis University is critically important to the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province. He is responsible for overseeing the single largest Jesuit residence in the province. Jesuit Hall is home to …
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By Jeremy Zipple, SJ The 33 mission churches of Toledo District, in southern Belize, and the roughly 10,000 Catholics they serve, share a single priest, Jesuit Father Sam Wilson. This year, on Palm Sunday, he was on his way to celebrate Mass in “the last village on the map,” as he calls it, a hamlet …
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April 2022 – Following a nationwide search, Annie Phoenix, Ph.D., has been selected as the new executive director of the Jesuit Social Research Institute (JSRI), based at Loyola University New Orleans. She began with JSRI on April 1. Dr. Phoenix specializes in supporting social justice organizations to identify needs, design programs and secure funding. Before joining …
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By Jerry Duggan As director of admissions at Jesuit High School in Tampa, Steve Matesich is often the first point of contact families have at the school – and usually their first encounter with anything “Jesuit.” He takes that responsibility very seriously and finds his work tremendously meaningful. “My job isn’t being a salesman – …
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By Jerry Duggan Diane Blair first realized during a retreat in college that centering her life on Church-related work is where she finds fulfillment. As the first director of pastoral life in the more than century-long history of Holy Name of Jesus Church in New Orleans, Blair is busy. She also has found a breadth and depth in her work that …
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The Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province is set to participate in the #iGiveCatholic campaign for the first time this fall. This campaign will allow donors and friends of the UCS Province from anywhere in the world to donate online. This virtual “event” will occur on what has become known as Giving Tuesday, which this …
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By Jerry Duggan Alan Ratermann’s job involves a lot of logistics: making arrangements, filling out paperwork and scheduling service opportunities for students. This day-to-day work belies the critical nature of his role at Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Mo., where, as director of the school’s Ignatian Service Office, Ratermann is a driving force behind the school’s pervasive culture of service. “I get to …
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By Jean Francky Guerrier, SJ He will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away. (Rev. 21:4). Haiti is struggling. Once known as the “Pearl of the Antilles,” the Caribbean nation has been hit by all manner of political and natural disasters over the past few years. This year alone, the former was evidenced by …