Jesuits and lay colleagues from the Jesuits West Province have partnered with JesuitPrayer.org to provide Ignatian prayers, inspirational messages, and personal reflections based on Gospel and other daily readings – all delivered to subscribers’ mobile phone, desktop, or email inbox.

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September 17 is the feast day of Saint Robert Bellarmine (1542–1621), a Jesuit who was one of the most important cardinals of the Catholic Reformation.

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Students, faculty, and staff at Jesuit universities around the country are pushing back against the Trump Administration's plan to end DACA, a policy which could lead to the deportation of students at Jesuit schools.

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Father James R. Gallas, SJ, entered into God’s peace September 1, 2017 at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, Los Gatos. He was 86 and had been a Jesuit for 68 years, a priest for 55.

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An all-star collection of Grammy award-winning singers is teaming up with the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) for a concert tour to raise awareness and funds to support expanded educational opportunities for displaced people through JRS’s Global Education Initiative.

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Friends of Ignatius Dinner and Speaker Series September 23, 2017 Join Fr. Greg Boyle, SJ, founder and executive director of Homeboy Industries, as he discusses “The Power of Radical Kinship."

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With great joy and gratitude, Jesuits West welcomed nine new novices who entered the Society of Jesus at The Jesuit Novitiate of the Three Companions in Culver City, Calif., on August 20.

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Brother Stephen J. Souza, SJ, a Jesuit for 59 years, entered into God’s peace on August 27 at the Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, Los Gatos. He was 81.

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Father Timothy Kesicki, SJ, president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States, responds to the rescission of DACA with a letter to “Dreamers.”

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Today is the third annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, the beginning of the Season for Creation.

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Dolores Mission, a Jesuit parish and elementary school best known as the birthplace of Homeboy Industries, broke ground on August 7 for a new 6,500 sq. ft., two-story facility to better serve the Boyle Heights community.

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Loyola High School of Los Angeles has promoted Ann Holmquist, EdD, to vice president for mission. She will provide leadership in the design, development, implementation, evaluation, and coordination of programs and activities to sustain and promote the school’s Catholic identity, Ignatian heritage, and Jesuit mission.

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Thirty-six Jesuit novices in the United States, Canada and Haiti professed first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience this month. A novice spends two years at the novitiate for the first stage of Jesuit formation, culminating in first vows — a public profession of commitment to the Society of Jesus.

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The editor of LMU Magazine reflects on the meeting of 200 Jesuits and lay partners who gathered on the LMU campus for two days of meetings to shape the new direction for Jesuits West.

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Bishop George V. Murry, SJ, has been appointed chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) newly established Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism.

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For the first time in 99 years, the summer sky will turn to night at midday Aug. 21 during a solar eclipse along a 70-mile wide path from coast to coast.

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Five Jesuits West novices professed First Vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience at a Mass at the Sacred Heart Chapel on the Loyola Marymount University campus on August 12.

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August 15 marked the centennial of the birth of Blessed Oscar Romero, the archbishop of San Salvador who was assassinated for speaking out on behalf of the poor and oppressed in El Salvador. Blessed Romero was shot and killed March 24, 1980, as he celebrated Mass in a hospital chapel in San Salvador, during the country's civil war.

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Jesuits West, the newest province of the Society of Jesus in the United States, came into existence July 1, standing ready to serve as a force for good to God's people in 10 Western states and beyond.

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September 23, 2017 Join thousands of people coming together to support Homeboy Industries at the 9th Annual Homeboy 5K. Every registration helps better our community so sign up and make sure get your family, friends, neighbors, and coworkers to join in on the fun!

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August 7, 2017 — Latin American Jesuits raised an alarm for Fr. Moreno, director of the Honduran Jesuit radio station.

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Reaffirming its commitment to social justice and environmental sustainability, Loyola Marymount University announced it has signed onto the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment.

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August 2, 2017 — Today marks the feast of St. Peter Faber, SJ, one of the original seven members of the Society of Jesus.

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Today, July 31, is the feast day of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus who passed away 459 years ago on this day in 1556.

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Father William Kiley Stolz, SJ, longtime teacher and administrator in Jesuit high schools in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Jose, and the Red Cloud Indian School, Pine Ridge, South Dakota, entered into God’s peace on July 21 at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, Los Gatos.

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