Fr. Sean Carroll, SJ, longtime executive director of the Kino Border Initiative (KBI), a binational ministry that provides humanitarian assistance to migrants at the border in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, will step down in March of 2021.

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.

The Center for Ignatian Spirituality at St. Ignatius Loyola Parish in Sacramento provides opportunities for experiencing, learning about and training in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.

Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix debuted an “AMDG” graphic for the new school year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic: Awareness, Masks, Distance, Greater Good.

August 11, 2020 — “This year has been unlike any other in recent memory or that we could have imagined.

The Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer) addresses the challenges facing humanity and assists the mission of the Church.

Conversations is published twice-yearly to coincide with the start of the fall and spring semesters.

The Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life (SEEL) is a ministry of the Jesuits West Province that gives laypeople the opportunity to experience the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius in their everyday lives over nine months.

Christus Ministries focuses on helping parishes form young adults who have a strong sense of discipleship and a clear desire to discover and live out their personal vocation (true self and mission in life).

January 28, 2020 — Father Bernard (Barney) Coughlin, SJ, the former long-serving president of Gonzaga University, died today at the age of 97 at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, California.

June 16, 2020 — On June 9 and 10, for two hours each evening, Jesuit ministries in Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma, Washington, hosted a virtual prayer vigil calling for support of and financial relief for undocumented workers in Washington State during COVID-19.

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.