We write to express our deep sorrow at the recent discoveries of unmarked graves of Indigenous children at the sites of several former boarding schools in Canada. We grieve deeply the loss of human life and culture that took place at such schools, both in Canada and the United States, and we acknowledge that the Society of Jesus participated in that history.

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.

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.

Joanna Williams has been named the next executive director of the Kino Border Initiative (KBI), a binational humanitarian aid ministry serving migrants on both sides of the U.S.- Mexico bordet.

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.

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.

Let us spend Advent together as the Jesuits West family. Details about our liturgies follow. Please join us this Advent season as we wait in joyful hope together.

This Christmas, Jesuits West Province is providing a special way to remember loved ones while also supporting Jesuit ministries: Mass Cards from Jesuits West.

On November 5, the feast of all the Saints and Blessed of the Society of Jesus, join us as Jesuits from the five provinces of the US and Canada guide you through a livestreamed prayer experience to pray for our world, plagued by political division, racial injustice, environmental inequities, and the ongoing pandemic of COVID 19.

This fall, three Jesuits from the Jesuits West Province were ordained to the diaconate at two different Masses across the United States.

Eduardo M. Peñalver, the dean of Cornell University’s Law School, a Rhodes Scholar and a professor of law who clerked for former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, has been named the next president of Seattle University.

Father John Baumann, SJ, received the Robert M. Holstein Faith Doing Justice Award for his leadership for social justice rooted in faith from the Ignatian Solidarity Network during a virtual event on September 23, 2020.