Fr. Brian G. Paulson, SJ, has been appointed by Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, as the next president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States.
February 24, 2020 — Twenty-seven hours, 6,000 miles and two lengthy layovers after leaving Rome, Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ, the leader of the Society of Jesus, arrived in Los Angeles on January 31 to begin a two-week visit to the Jesuits West Province. Waiting to greet him at LAX’s baggage claim was Fr. Scott Santarosa, …
Fr. Karl Kiser, SJ, has been appointed by Fr. General Arturo Sosa, SJ, as the next provincial of the USA Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). Fr. Kiser will assume his leadership role in 2021. He succeeds Fr. Brian G Paulson, SJ, who was named provincial of the Chicago-Detroit Province in 2014 and became provincial of the new USA Midwest Province when the existing Chicago-Detroit and Wisconsin Provinces came together in June 2017.
With the launch of the sainthood cause for Fr. Arrupe, a reflection on his legacy.
Fr. Timothy Kesicki, SJ, president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the U.S., discusses some of the highlights of the provincials’ time with Father General.
Jesuits.org is sharing the following quotation attributed to Jesuit Fr. Pedro Arrupe (1907–1991) to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
Jesuit Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, 29th Superior General of the Society of Jesus, died in Beirut, Lebanon, today. He was 87 and served as Superior General from 1983 to 2008. Father Kolvenbach was born in Druten, Netherlands, in 1928. He lived most of his teen years during the German occupation of the Netherlands. Father Kolvenbach entered …
October 19, 2016 — It’s been a whirlwind few days for Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ, newly elected leader of the Society of Jesus. First there was the election itself, last Friday, when the 67-year-old Venezuelan Jesuit learned that he would serve as the successor to St. Ignatius, making Fr. Sosa the first Latin American to …
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October 14, 2016 — Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, SJ, of Venezuela was elected the 31st Superior General of the Society of Jesus at the Jesuits’ General Congregation 36 (GC 36) today in Rome. Fr. Sosa is the first Latin American Superior General of the Society of Jesus, the largest religious order of priests and brothers …
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