Generative AI: Maneuvering the Frontiers of New Technology
Jesuits and colleagues are using Ignatian principles to navigate the new digital world of generative AI in educational ministries and beyond.
New Ignatian Formation Coordinator for the Alum Service Corps
A life of service brings joy. The Alum Service Corps (ASC) exemplifies this simple truth through education and service to high school students. Dan Everson, SJ, the new Ignatian formation coordinator for the ASC, hopes that ASC volunteers experience the joy that comes from this life of service. Everson has a background in teaching, having […]
Jesuit Prison Education Network Seeks “Co-Laborers in Mercy”
By Tim Linn How Vermonn Roberts came to Chillicothe Correctional Center is a matter of public record; the details and proceedings can be easily found in court records and newspaper articles. It’s something she lives with each day as an inmate. And it comes with feelings of deep regret, loneliness and hopelessness that haunted her […]
Province Office Focuses on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
“Justice is what love looks like in public.” This quote from Cornel West was the heart of Fr. Bryan Massingale’s presentation at Saint Louis University on the Spirituality of Racial Metanoia. The April event was part of the Sharing the Whole Story program offered by the Jesuits USA Central and Southern (UCS) Province’s Office of […]
Province Offers Colleagues of Color Retreat for Educators in Jesuit Schools
By Ignatius Plato Educators who are also people of color are often called upon to do extra work precisely because they are people of color. It is an expectation that is both challenging and stress inducing. “So often, our high school teachers of color are asked to ‘be on this diversity committee’ and ‘be on […]
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. […]
Fr. Mark Lewis, SJ, Named Rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University
July 2022 – Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Mark A. Lewis, SJ, rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Father Lewis, a member of the Jesuits USA Central and Southern (UCS) Province, has served as academic vice rector of the Gregorian, a Jesuit-run, ecclesiastical university, since 2019. His term as rector will begin on […]
Sharing the Whole Story: Teaching the Complex History and Legacy of American Slavery
By Therese Fink Meyerhoff A few years ago, Dr. Katrina Thompson Moore, an associate professor of history at Saint Louis University, was helping her niece prepare for a high school social studies test on the U.S. Civil War era. Because Dr. Moore’s area of study is the institution of slavery, she could offer her niece […]
Jesuits Magazine: Winter 2022
In this issue, read about how to pray through Lent with the Universal Apostolic Preferences, our ministry on the border and more. Jesuits Winter 2022
Jesuits Magazine: Fall 2021
In this issue, read about efforts to fine tune the Jesuit formation process, our golden jubilarians, authors from around our province and more. Jesuits Fall 2021
Jesuits Magazine: Summer 2021
In this issue of the province magazine, read about the ordination to the priesthood of five Jesuits, the start of the Ignatian Year and the province’s launch of the Office of Ignatian Spirituality (OIS), among other stories. Jesuits Summer 2021
Jesuits Magazine: Winter 2021
We invite you to celebrate the women of the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province with the first-ever Women’s Issue. Jesuits Winter 2021
