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.

On June 12, 2021, five members of the Jesuits West Province were ordained to the priesthood.

Cinco de Mayo, May 5, was an exceptionally beautiful day at the Jesuit West Province’s retirement/health care center in Los Gatos, California. The Jesuits there were in a festive mood. Covid-19 had robbed these men of eight of their brother Jesuits, and after months of mourning, isolating and social distancing, it felt good to sit in the sunshine to celebrate something.

The Society of Jesus worldwide will celebrate an Ignatian Year from 2021-2022, beginning May 20, 2021, exactly 500 years after St. Ignatius was wounded by a cannonball during the Battle of Pamplona. During his long convalescence following the injury, Ignatius converted to a life of holiness.

In June 2021, five members of the Jesuits West Province will be ordained to the priesthood. These five Jesuits—Xavier Benavides, John Guyol, Jack Krouse, Brad Mills and Martin Ngo—have been in Jesuit Formation for between 10-12 years in preparation for their ordination. We invite you to get to know them.

Alone on Christmas Eve, I silently ate my dinner off a Styrofoam plate with disposable plastic silverware.

There’s an adage among Jesuits being formed for priesthood that says, “Doing ministry prior to ordination is like doing ministry with your hands tied behind your back.”

In a daunting era, Jesuit schools forge new ways to care for the whole student

By Joe Kraemer, SJ, is in theology studies at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University

After more than three years in prison, Father Steve Kelly, SJ, walked out of a federal courthouse April 13 to a crowd of 50 supporters.

As many of us are still physically apart, we invite you to join the Jesuits West family for Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday livestreamed liturgies.

In a landmark undertaking in the pursuit of racial healing and justice, Descendants of ancestors enslaved and sold by the Jesuits and the Jesuits of the United States have announced a partnership to create the Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation.