By Therese Fink Meyerhoff Growing up in southern Louisiana fostered in Fr. David Romero, SJ, a deep and abiding love for the outdoors and God’s creation. The warm, humid temperatures, the rivers and generous expanses of undeveloped land prepared him for his current home in the Amazon. Based in Manaus, Brazil, he is the provincial’s …
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Por Therese Fink Meyerhoff Crecer en el sur de Luisiana fomentó en el padre David Romero, SJ, un amor profundo y duradero por la naturaleza y la creación de Dios. Las temperaturas cálidas y húmedas, los ríos y las generosas extensiones de tierra sin desarrollar le prepararon para su actual hogar en el Amazonas. Con …
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By William Manaker, SJ Each day at De Smet Jesuit High School in St. Louis the whole school pauses for five minutes before the last class period to make a brief Examen. One day recently, as I sat with a class of freshmen, I began to look around the room at the young men seated …
By Daniel Finucane, SJ The Anima Christi is a nearly 700-year-old prayer that St. Ignatius includes in the Spiritual Exercises. It is a prayer about asking for union with Christ through his body, his blood, the water from his side. It is a prayer that I have grown to love as a Jesuit. There is …
By David Kiblinger, SJ The Ignatian family has been given a mission to show the way to God. But how is one supposed to “show the way”? There are several methods for indicating a path to someone else. One is giving spoken or written instructions about how to move from one place to another. Another …
February, 2022 – This Lent, the Jesuits of the USA Central and Southern Province invite you to deepen your prayer through the lens of the Society of Jesus’ four Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs). Four Jesuits in formation in this province have each written a brief reflection on one of the four UAPs, providing both information …
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By Jerry Duggan As director of equity and inclusion at St. Louis University High School, Frank Kovarik acts as a bridge between many areas of the large Jesuit high school – students and administration; school and board of trustees; faculty and parents. In all these different contexts, Kovarik keeps his goal the same – making …
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Aug, 19, 2021 – Haiti needs our help. A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit Haiti on Aug. 14, 2021, and within days Tropical Storm Grace barreled through, adding to the misery of the Haitians. To date, almost 2,000 people have died, with many more missing. Thousands have been injured and close to 30,000 families are homeless. …
We asked calligrapher and designer Erica Tighe Campbell to illustrate the Society of Jesus’ four Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAP), which are guiding the Society’s mission from 2019-2029: Here Tighe Campbell reflects on how she approached the project. When we began talking about the UAP it was clear that the four principles do not exist on …
The current Coronavirus Emergency is a bolt from the blue. Our hectic normal life patterns have come to a screeching halt as entire communities are placed in lockdown around the world. It is also turning out to be a moment to pause and reflect. Many people are sharing about the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, …