Responding to the Call to Holiness: Two New Priests

They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. June 8, 2024 –Two Jesuits of the USA Central and Southern Province – Daniel J. Everson, SJ, and J. Michael Mohr, SJ – were ordained to the priesthood on Saturday, June 8, 2024, in St. Louis. The Most Reverend […]

Jesuits Magazine – Summer 2023

The Summer 2023 issue of Jesuits Magazine focuses on accompaniment, in particular the call to accompaniment that comes with the priesthood. We celebrate the ordinations of four Jesuits who will accompany God’s people in their ministries as priests. We also feature stories on the teaching ministry of the Jesuit Prison Education Network and the migrant […]

Four New Shepherds for the Church

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 […]

Four New Shepherds for the Church

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 […]

Four Jesuits of the Province Will be Ordained Priests

New Orleans – Four Jesuits of the USA Central and Southern (UCS) Province will be ordained to the priesthood at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 10, 2023, in New Orleans. The Most Reverend Gregory M. Aymond, Archbishop of New Orleans, will preside at the sacred liturgy of ordination at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church. […]

Four Jesuits of the Province Will be Ordained Priests

New Orleans – Four Jesuits of the USA Central and Southern (UCS) Province will be ordained to the priesthood at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 10, 2023, in New Orleans. The Most Reverend Gregory M. Aymond, Archbishop of New Orleans, will preside at the sacred liturgy of ordination at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church. […]

Humbled and Ready: How my Formation Experience Prepared Me for Priestly Ministry

By Fr. Jonathon Polce, SJ “Eleven years?! Why does it take so long?” This question I have been asked, and even wondered myself, in my 11-year journey to Jesuit priesthood which culminated this past summer when I was ordained along with three other Jesuits from my novitiate class. Yes, 11 years of training, which is the normal amount […]

Province Celebrates Ordinations of Four New Priests

June 11, 2022 – Four Jesuits of the USA Central and Southern Province – Thomas A. Croteau, David A. Kiblinger, Jonathon E. Polce and Juan P. Ruiz – have for 11 years journeyed the formation path set down by St. Ignatius Loyola, testing their vocations through studies, teaching, service to the Church and accepting the […]

Province Celebrates Ordinations of Four New Priests

June 11, 2022 – Four Jesuits of the USA Central and Southern Province – Thomas A. Croteau, David A. Kiblinger, Jonathon E. Polce and Juan P. Ruiz – have for 11 years journeyed the formation path set down by St. Ignatius Loyola, testing their vocations through studies, teaching, service to the Church and accepting the […]

Called by Name: Five Jesuits of the Province Ordained Priests

June 12, 2021 – During the Rite of Ordination, there is a simple and profoundly beautiful moment when each ordinand is called by name and presented to the ordaining prelate. Once assured of the men’s worthiness, the bishop says, “Relying on the help of the Lord God and our Savior Jesus Christ, we choose these, […]