By Jerry Duggan Fidel Pol, headmaster of the high school division of St. John’s College, the only all-boys Jesuit Catholic education institution in Belize, makes the success of his students his first priority. He believes in planting the seed for these young men to become future leaders in their community and works to shape the …
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By Therese Fink Meyerhoff When Ian Peoples, SJ, made the 30-day Ignatian retreat as a novice, he wrote in his journal that he heard Christ tell him in prayer that his Jesuit ministry must be to the poor, for the poor and with the poor. As he completes his regency assignment in Belize, he has …
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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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By Jerry Duggan As hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19 rise around the world, many are looking to help overburdened health care workers. The Jesuit Community of Belize has found a novel way to help, offering their second floor bedrooms to health care workers from a local hospital. The Jesuits hatched the idea at a …
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Founded in 1887 by Jesuit priests, S.J.C. is one of the oldest, largest and most diverse educational institutions in Belize, with nearly 2,000 students and over 125 faculty, administrators and staff.