U.S. Jesuits Launch American Jesuits International
Two U.S.-based Jesuit organizations, Jesuit Missions, Inc. and Magis Americas, have merged to form American Jesuits International.
The Beatification of Fr. Rutilio Grande, SJ
Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande of El Salvador will be beatified January 22, 2022, in San Salvador.
Red Cloud Indian School Awarded $1 Million Opus Prize
The Laureate and Finalists for the 2021 Opus Prize, which recognizes leaders and organizations working on long-term, local solutions to address poverty and injustice, were all Jesuit ministries.Â
Celebrating the Ignatian Year
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.
Still “Walking with Refugees,” 40 Years Later
The Jesuit Refugee Service is finding ways to keep up the learning amid lockdowns – often in places without reliable Internet or even stable electricity. Bringing Jesuit education to forcibly displaced people is one way the Rome-based agency is revitalizing its global mission – in the most troubling times since its establishment 40 years ago.
Jesuits Condemn Escalating Violence in Nicaragua
November 22, 2019 — Following a violent clash between police forces and student protestors at the Jesuit University of Central America (UCA) in Nicaragua, international Jesuit groups jointly condemned the Nicaraguan government for escalating violence in the country.
Love, Hope and Mission: Women at the Helm in Jesuit Middle and High Schools
In early February, a few dozen leaders of Jesuit secondary and pre-secondary schools converged in Arizona — where they posed for a picture that tells a tale of change and renewal in the Society of Jesus. In the not-too-distant past, the photo would have depicted an assemblage of men, likely sporting clerical collars; fewer than three decades ago, there wasn’t a single lay person, male or female, among the presidents and principals of schools in the California Province of Jesuits (although a few lay people held those positions in the Oregon Province). But in the photo taken earlier this year at Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix, the presence of lay collaborators in Jesuit education was palpable — with more than a dozen women arrayed among them.
Jesuit Superior General Announces Four New Universal Apostolic Preferences
The Society of Jesus named four new principles guiding its mission for the next 10 years, Jesuit Superior General Father Arturo Sosa announced Tuesday.
