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Recognize the Holy in Our Midst During Lent, Says Jesuit
“The season of Lent is a powerful time in all of our lives, for each year we are invited deeper into our relationship with God,” says Jesuit Father Terry Devino in the third Lenten podcast from the New...
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Wheeling Jesuit University Appoints Jesuit Father James Fleming as 10th...
Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia has appointed Jesuit Father James J. Fleming, current executive vice president of the university, as its tenth president, effective July 1. Fr. Fleming will...
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Jesuit Brother Appointed Director of National Vocation Promotion
Jesuit Brother Michael Breault has been appointed as the next Director of National Vocation Promotion for the Society of Jesus in the United States. Breault, who will assume his new role in August,...
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Jesuit Comedian Fuses Faith with Humor
By Becky Sindelar Have you heard the one about the atheist comedian turned Jesuit? Meet Jake Martin, a Jesuit scholastic in theology studies at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, Calif., who...
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Jesuit Argentine Cardinal Bergoglio Elected Pope, Takes Name Francis
By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76 was elected the 266th pope and took the name Francis. The election March 13 came on the...
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Statement of the Superior General of the Society of Jesus on the Election of...
In the name of the Society of Jesus, I give thanks to God for the election of our new Pope, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., which opens for the Church a path full of hope. All of us Jesuits...
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American Jesuits React to News of Historic Announcement of Their Brother...
Pope Francis I appears for the first time on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 13. (CNS/Paul Haring) As Jesuits across the United States watched in wonder as one of their...
View ArticlePope Francis is a ‘Jesuit’s Jesuit’ Who Knows Importance of Sts. Francis of...
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis is “a Jesuit’s Jesuit” who understands the importance of St. Francis of Assisi in the life of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of...
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Pope Francis Begins Ministry with Inaugural Mass; Jesuit Father General Among...
Pope Francis greets crowd before celebrating inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square at Vatican (CNS photo/Paul Haring) By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis officially...
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Jesuit Provincial Explores Parable of the Prodigal Son in Lenten Podcast
Jesuit Father Myles Sheehan offers his reflections on the parable of the prodigal son in the fourth Lenten podcast from the New England and New York Province Jesuits. He explains that home is a place...
View ArticleJesuits in Formation Share Their Reactions to the Election of Pope Francis
Four young Jesuits in formation share their amazement and excitement about the election of the first Jesuit pope in a new Ignatian News Network video. The Jesuits featured in the video are all...
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A Day of Jesuit Thanksgiving: The Canonizations of Sts. Ignatius and Francis...
A little-known day of Jesuit thanksgiving was celebrated on March 12 to mark the canonizations of two of the most famous Jesuits: St. Ignatius of Loyola and St. Francis Xavier. Every year on that date,...
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Jesuit’s Lenten Podcast Reflection Focuses on Mercy and Forgiveness
Jesuit Father Edward Durkin, principal of NativityMiguel Middle School in Buffalo, N.Y., discusses the messages of mercy and forgiveness in the story of Jesus and the woman caught in adultery for the...
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AJCU Announces Jesuit Father Michael J. Sheeran as President
The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU), which serves the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the U.S., has announced that Jesuit Father Michael J. Sheeran will begin his tenure...
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Jesuit Stresses Role of Jesus’ Cross in Our Faith in Lenten Podcast
Jesuit Father Fred Betti, director of campus ministry at Canisius High School, in Buffalo, N.Y., offers a reflection on the themes of triumph and tragedy in the final Lenten podcast from the New...
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Inspired by Pope Francis, Jesuits Washed Feet of Young Inmates in Los Angeles...
Jesuit Father Michael Kennedy Yesterday, Jesuits washed the feet of young inmates at a juvenile detention facility in Los Angeles, as Pope Francis did for young Italian prisoners rather than for...
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Jesuit Says Pope Francis is Humble, Skilled Spiritual Director
When Pope Francis was elected on March 13, Jesuit Father Richard Ryscavage was texting back and forth with some of his former seminarians who are now in Argentina. Fr. Ryscavage had gotten to know...
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Jesuit Honored with Religious Art & Architecture Award
Slovenian Jesuit Robert Dolinar has received a prestigious religious architecture award. Bestowed jointly by the American Institute of Architecture’s Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture...
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Race Issues Sparked Jesuit’s Passion for Social Justice
For Jesuit Father Fred Kammer, the issue of race is what first sparked his interest in social justice. “Growing up in New Orleans in the late 1950s, the race issue was just beginning to open up,” Fr....
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Jesuit Father James Van Dyke Named Principal of New Cristo Rey School in Atlanta
Jesuit Father James R. Van Dyke has been named founding principal of the new Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School, opening in fall 2014. Fr. Van Dyke, who currently teaches English and religion at...
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