The fall issue of Jesuits magazine celebrates the province’s past – including 200 years of Jesuits in St. Louis – and takes a look at some of the new ways Jesuits continue to find new ways to meet the needs of our world. Read it here.
July 28, 2023 – The Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province has received a $1.5 million gift commitment from Raymond Hyer and Hector and Claire Vila, all of Tampa, Florida. The donation is the largest non-bequest gift in the history of the province. Mr. Hyer and the Vilas have designated these funds for Jesuit formation, …
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New Orleans – Sometimes we hear by turning a listening ear, but some people speak directly to our hearts. According to the Most Reverend Gregory M. Aymond, Archbishop of New Orleans, God spoke directly to the hearts of Jesuits José R. Dueño Gorbea, William A. McCormick, W. Tucker Redding and Aric M. Serrano. They heard …
The Winter 2023 issue of Jesuits magazine features members of the province in atypical ministries, including Fr. David Romero, SJ, who promotes the protection of the Amazon; Fr. Jonathan Harmon, SJ, who is training for a ministry in the Arts, and Fathers Thomas Croteau, SJ, and David Kiblinger, SJ, who are serving the underserved Church …
Updated Nov. 6, 2022 – Hurricane Lisa caused significant damage along the coast of the Central American country of Belize on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, including to two of this province’s works in Belize City. Both St. Martin de Porres Parish and St. John’s College were hit hard, suffering both wind and water damage. Mirtha …
March 28, 2022 – Before this year comes to an end, senior Jesuits in the USA Central and Southern (UCS) Province will have a new place to live. Based in North St. Louis County, the new community will provide a safe, supportive and welcoming home for approximately 70 men, about one-fifth of the men in …
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Fr. Tom Greene Visits Brownsville and Matamoros By Therese Fink Meyerhoff November 13, 2020 – There is what amounts to a refugee camp on this province’s border with Mexico. There are currently hundreds of migrants from Central America and Mexico living in Matamoros, Mexico, in tents and handmade shelters without electricity and with only limited …
Despite a global pandemic, the apostolates of the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province have remained committed to caring for the whole person.
June 4, 2020 – Father Kevin Dyer, SJ, was inspired to begin his new ministry while watching the local news. “We were a week or so into quarantine, when the TV stations ran a story about the high school donating a bacteria-zapping robot to the hospital,” he said. “It got me thinking: the robot is …
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Neither “conservative” nor “liberal.” Fr. Rafael Garcia, SJ, writes about the Catholic Church’s consistent ethic of life.