Father Dan Reim, SJ, a new Jesuit on campus at Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland this school year, is spending his time helping students answer questions of faith. January 25, 2018 — Is God real? Not an idea, but a real, true God? That eternal question, posed by his high school diving coach, helped …
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Peace of Christ! As we look toward the exciting future of a new province here at home and a new era for the Society of Jesus around the world, we give thanks for our jubilarians of 2017, especially our Golden Jubilarians. The generous and faith-filled lives of service they have offered and continue to offer …
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By Brian Harper The Catholic Church may be seeing fewer vocations to the priesthood worldwide, but it is receiving a major boost from the Midwest Jesuits. On June 3, 12 Jesuits were ordained priests by Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, at Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee. Another, Fr. Cyril Pinchak, SJ, was ordained in the Byzantine Ruthenian …
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Today, on the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, the Catholic Church is also celebrating the first-ever Religious Brothers Day. The day offers an opportunity to celebrate the gift of religious brotherhood to the church and the world; to give thanks for religious brothers in our lives and the impact they’ve made; and to inspire …
By Fr. Brian Lehane, SJ When people in the United States think about Jesuits — if they know us at all — they tend to associate us primarily with education. As soon as I mention to people that I am a Jesuit, inevitably I hear something like, “My father went to a Jesuit high school,” …
The cultivation of a uniquely personal relationship with Christ is a hallmark of Jesuit spirituality, which we Jesuits have shared with Hispanic Catholics in Milwaukee since the early 20th century.
By Amy Korpi, Staff Writer What do Xavier University and two state correctional institutions have in common? They have been graced by Jesuit Fr. Gene Carmichael’s ministry. A Chicago native, Fr.Carmichael studied at Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Ill., then College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. A music lover, he paid for part of his …
March 10, 2017 — Today the Society of Jesus celebrates the feast of St. John Ogilvie, a Jesuit martyred for his faith in Glasgow, Scotland, on March 10, 1615. He is the only canonized martyr of the Scottish Reformation. Born in Scotland in 1579 and raised as a Protestant, Ogilvie was sent abroad for studies …
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Jesuits.org is sharing the following quotation attributed to Jesuit Fr. Pedro Arrupe (1907–1991) to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
Born: March 9, 1937 Died: May 24, 2018 During his presidency at Creighton University, Fr. Michael Morrison, SJ, wrote an article for a school magazine in which he pondered how his responsibilities reflected his spiritual commitment. While he concluded that “not much” of his daily activity appeared to be “very religious or spiritual…at the end …