Serving nearly 4700 students, over 1000 of whose families meet the federal guidelines for living in poverty, Midwest Jesuit schools educate students on the southwest and west sides of Chicago, as well as its northern suburbs. Three of these schools -- Cristo Rey, Christ the King and Chicago Jesuit Academy -- exclusively serve students and families of modest means who are living in resilient communities impacted by historical disinvestment; the other two host a significant number of students who meet the financial qualifications of this scholarship.

Let us pray in thanksgiving for the life of Fr. John W. O’Malley, SJ, who died on September 11, 2022, at the St. Claude de la Colombière Jesuit community in Baltimore. He was 95 years old. May he rest in peace.

Nearly 500 years after the founding of the Society of Jesus, St. Ignatius Loyola and St. Francis Xavier are widely revered and respected. It wasn’t always so.