Why This Is The Most Important Jesuit Text You’ve Never Heard Of with Fr. Bart Geger, SJ
On this episode of the AMDG podcast, Fr. Bart Geger, SJ, explains what the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus are — and how they’re relevant to daily life.
Following in the Footsteps of a Trailblazing Jesuit
By Therese Fink Meyerhoff and Tracey Primrose Henry Nolf grew up in Belgium hearing stories of Fr. Peter J. De Smet. Father De Smet was a renowned Jesuit missionary whose impact is still felt a century and a half after his death, but Henry’s stories don’t come from history books; they were family lore. Father […]
Recovering the Stories of “Ours” Since 1823: Missouri Province Legacy
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Jesuits’ arrival in St. Louis in 1823, historian Ellen Skerrett has uncovered stories of “Ours,” some that have been forgotten, others never known. The Missouri Jesuits’ encounter with American life in all its complexity is a transnational adventure story. Thousands of Jesuit priests and brothers devoted their […]
Preserving the Story of Fr. Anderson E. Bakewell and the Society of Jesus
By Ignatius Plato Megan Gilmore is passionate about history and the role archives can play in preserving it. With an academic background in both journalism and history, she finds rediscovering lost bits of the past an invaluable tool for storytelling. Gilmore recently completed an internship with the Jesuit Archives and Research Center (JARC), where her […]
Bicentennial: Jesuits Arrive in St. Louis May 31, 1823
May 31, 2023 – In 1823, not long after Pope Pius VII restored the Society of Jesus in 1814, twelve Jesuits and six enslaved people set off down the Ohio River with little to guide them but an intense faith that God would lead them safely through twisting channels and submerged tree trunks to a […]
Jesuit Archives & Research Center Marks Fifth Anniversary
Five years is the blink of an eye in the nearly 500-year life of the Society of Jesus. It feels like just yesterday that the province announced the opening of the Jesuit Archives & Research Center in St. Louis, but in fact, the JARC, as it is known familiarly, opened to the public in April […]
The Day Fr. Ed Dowling, SJ, Brought AA’s Bill Wilson to Meet the St. Louis Jesuits
Fr. Ed’s gentle guidance helped Bill maintain his spiritual sobriety — the interior stability he needed as he struggled to keep up with the demands that AA’s growing popularity placed upon him.
The Wounded Ignatius: A Saint Empowered by the Secular
by Fred Kramer Fred Kramer is a former counselor and teacher at De Smet Jesuit High School. In the following article, he offers a bit of conjecture about a piece of fiction that a young Ignatius of Loyola might have read. Most people associated with the Jesuits know the story of Ignatius’s conversion after suffering […]
Five Years after Hurricane Maria: Recalling the Impact on Puerto Rico
By Therese Fink Meyerhoff “Since Maria …” It’s a phrase one hears often when talking to people on Puerto Rico, much like “before Katrina” when speaking to New Orleanians. Life on Puerto Rico is marked as “before Maria” and “since Maria,” referring to the Category 4 hurricane that struck the island on Sept. 20, 2017. […]
SLU Catholic Studies Supporters Make Pilgrimage to England
July 14, 2022 – Every Monday night during the academic year, upwards of 150 students gather at Saint Louis University’s Catholic Studies Center for “Campion Night,” a program of spiritual and cultural formation named for the English Jesuit martyr St. Edmund Campion. A network of more than 65 volunteers and benefactors, many of them SLU […]
Novices Celebrate a Century in Grand Coteau
By Jerry Duggan On June 29, 1922, the New Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus opened a novitiate in Grand Coteau, La., a tiny town in southwestern Louisiana, replacing one in Georgia that had been destroyed by fire seven months prior. A century later, Jesuits of the USA Central and Southern Province (which was […]
Papal Politics and the Canonization of Ignatius and Francis Xavier
By Jerry Duggan March 2022 – Nearly 500 years after the founding of the Society of Jesus, St. Ignatius Loyola and St. Francis Xavier are widely revered and respected. It wasn’t always so. This March 12 marks the 400th anniversary of both saints’ canonizations. It turns out there’s a story there, one I had […]
