First and Foremost a Jesuit
First and Foremost a Jesuit
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Introducing Jesuits West’s 2022 Ordinands
Meet the six members of the Jesuits West Province who will be ordained to the priesthood June 11, 2022.
Six from Jesuits West Ordained Deacons
In the fall of 2021, six Jesuits from the Jesuits West Province were ordained to the diaconate at two different Masses across the United States.
Homeboy Industries Receives $20 Million Gift from MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett
Homeboy Industries, the world’s largest reentry organization for formerly incarcerated and gang involved individuals, has received a $20 million gift from MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett
Fr. Sean O. Carroll, SJ, Named Provincial of Jesuits West
Fr. General Arturo Sosa, SJ, leader of the Society of Jesus, has named Fr. Sean Carroll, SJ, to serve as the next provincial of the Jesuits West Province.
Jesuits West Welcomes New Novices
August 31, 2020 — Yesterday, Jesuits West Province officially welcomed six new novices during the Mass of Investiture at the Jesuit Novitiate of the Three Companions in Culver City, California.
Five Jesuits West Novices Pronounce First Vows
August 11, 2020 — “This year has been unlike any other in recent memory or that we could have imagined.
Homeboy Industries Awarded the 2020 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize
August 3, 2020 — Homeboy Industries has been selected as the recipient of the 2020 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize and will receive a $2.5 million dollar award.
Eusebio Kino, SJ, Who Founded Missions in Arizona, Moves Closer to Sainthood
July 22, 2020 — Pope Francis declared Fr. Eusebio Kino, SJ, founder of more than 20 missions during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, venerable on July 10 — bringing him a step closer to sainthood.
Ordinations in the Coronavirus Era
July 14, 2020 — After four ordinations went off without a hitch last week, Fr. Scott Santarosa, SJ, provincial of the Jesuits West Province, had reason to be hopeful.