St. Louis University High School in St. Louis and Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Mo., today announced transitions in leadership to take place within the next two years.
Father John L. Maher, SJ, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, at the Jesuit elder care community in St. Louis, Mo. He was 73 years old, a Jesuit for 55 years and a priest for 42 years.
Father Wilfred L. (Bill) LaCroix, SJ, died Thursday, December 22, 2016, at the Jesuit elder care community in St. Louis, Missouri, after a long illness. He was 83 years old, a Jesuit for 57 years and a priest for 47 years.
In his latest book. Father Joseph Tetlow makes a case for a wider and more deliberate practice of discernment, not only for the big decisions in life, but for the smaller, more mundane ones too.
Nearly 2,000 attendees, animated by Pope Francis’s call to be merciful, “to grown in a love which is courageous, generous, and real,” attended the 19th annual Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice, held in the Washington, D.C. area Nov. 12-14.
Father John J. Stochl, SJ, died Sunday, November 6, 2016 in St. Louis. Remembered for his lifelong service in the small Central American country of Belize, he was 92 years old, a Jesuit for 75 years and a priest for 62 years.
In his first in-depth interview after being elected superior general, Father Arturo Sosa, SJ, was quick to point out that he didn’t arrive at the Jesuits’ General Congregation 36 in Rome expecting to be the man selected for the job.
Pope Francis reminded delegates to General Congregation 36 that all our discernment occurs in and with the Church, and that this discernment leads to the greater service of our Lord. Please join us in our shared prayer during these weeks of discernment.
The year has seen a focus on the history of slaveholding by Jesuits in the United States. We in the USA Central and Southern Province share that history, for several of our early missions relied in part upon the labor of slaves. This statement is to inform you about the process we have begun in collaboration with our apostolates.
We have gathered a list of resources that may be helpful for Jesuit friends and colleagues to guide political activity, inform dialogue and conversations, and educate others during this political season – and beyond.
Over the past week, the parish hall at Immaculate Conception has begun to look like a warehouse, loaded with bleach, mops, trash bags, disinfectants, drinking water, etc. as generous donations came in to help parishioners whose houses have been flooded.
The Ignatian Spirituality Center of Kansas City offers programs in Ignatian prayer and retreats and trains lay people as spiritual directors and retreat guides.