By Mike Gabriele There are no two ways about it— it is a call of the Holy Spirit. When someone feels that desire, that call to enter religious life, if it is a true ambition, an honest yearning to serve God and the Church, it can be nothing less than a movement of the Holy …
Letting Go and Letting God – A Discerner’s Journey to the Society of Jesus Read More »
Thanks be to God – eight novices completed first probation on September 3, 2023, and formally entered the novitiate at St. Andrew Hall in Syracuse. Pictured in the front row: Jack Erlanger, Scott Kelly, Michael Audet, and Garrett Ahlers. Pictured in the back row: Brian Craft, Xavier Callahan, Rajae Clarke, and Monglé Destiné. AMDG – …
Rev. David G. Allen, SJ, was born on April 6, 1936, in Springfield, IL. He attended Westfield Senior High School in Westfield, NJ, and earned a B.A. in German, Political Science, and History from Albion College in Albion, MI. After studying Czech at the U. S. Army Language School in Monterey, CA, and earning his …
Rev. William J. Bosch, SJ, was born on September 28, 1928, in Milwaukee, WI. He attended both Marquette University High School, Milwaukee, WI and Canisius High School, Buffalo, NY, and graduated from Aquinas Institute, Rochester, NY in 1946. At the end of his freshman year at Fordham University, Bronx, NY, he entered the Society of Jesus …
Rev. James F. Keenan, SJ, was born on January 9, 1937, in the Jackson Heights area of Queens, NY. He attended Bishop Loughlin High School in Brooklyn, NY, before transferring to the St. Philip Neri School in Haverhill, MA, prior to entering the Society of Jesus at St. Andrew on Hudson, on August 14, 1956. …
Niko Lignore, SJ, Fr. Nick Colalella, SJ, and Luke Olsen, SJ, of the USA East Province, professed their First Vows in the Society of Jesus on August 12, 2023, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse, NY. They are pictured below with Father Provincial Joseph O’Keefe, SJ (far left), and Fr. George Witt, …
Back in 2020, we introduced a Jesuit-sponsored work in Baltimore City, Innovation Works. Then, Innovation Works was just getting started with its mission to bridge the racial wealth gap through social entrepreneurship and impact investing. Innovation Works’ origin ties back to Santa Clara University in California, where the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship has been …
By Fr. John Swope, SJ Luis Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga (1901-1952) is known to all in Chile as Padre Hurtado. He was a Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker, and writer. He founded the Hogar de Cristo (Home of Christ) in 1944 and the national review entitled, “Mensaje”. He was beatified in 1994 and canonized on October 23, 2005, by Pope Benedict …
Padre Alberto Hurtado, SJ: Chile’s Advocate for the Marginalized Read More »
This year marks the 50th anniversary of fourteen USA East Jesuits who entered the Society of Jesus in 1973. Pictured below are: Top row – Jesuit Fathers Michael Hilbert, Martin Moleski, Kevin Quinn, Matthew Roche, Francois Gick, Joseph McHugh, and John Michalowski. Bottom row – Jesuit Fathers Paul Sullivan, James Yannarell, John Barron, John Conley, …
Magis is a Latin adverb meaning “more; greater.” Jesuits often use this term to describe a call to do more for others and in so, do more for Christ. MAGIS is also the name of a gathering organized by the Society of Jesus in which young adults (18-35 years old) from the Ignatian Family come …