Cura Personalis: Revisiting the Kairos Retreat
A first-of-its-kind gathering of campus ministers from Jesuit high schools centered on making Kairos the best possible experience for students convened at Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House in January.
It Is Finished: A Reflection on the Last Words of Christ
Carlos Martínez-Vela, SJ, a Jesuit in first studies at Fordham University, offers a reflection on Jesus’ last words.
Called to Justice: The Work of the Jesuit Social Research Institute
Beau Guedry, SJ, is a Jesuit regent assigned to the Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola University New Orleans, where he is involved with JSRI’s programs for immigrants and the incarcerated.
When the Society Says Yes: Final Vows as Mutual Trust
Father J. Patrick Hough, SJ, reflects on his profession of final vows as an experience of deep and steady consolation.
Superior General Arturo Sosa Receives Vows
Father W. Penn Dawson, SJ, and Father Randall S. Gibbens, SJ, professed their final vows in separate Masses. Superior General Arturo Sosa, SJ, received their vows while visiting the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province.
Robert Buckland, SJ, to Pronounce Perpetual Vows
On Saturday, October 25, 2025, Robert Buckland, SJ, will pronounce perpetual vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.
Province Welcomes Ten New Novices
Ten men entered the Society of Jesus on August 16, 2025, at the Novitiate of St. Stanislaus Kostka in Denver
House of Discernment Opens in Houston
The province has opened a house of discernment for men seriously considering a vocation to the Society of Jesus.
Five Jesuit Novices of this Province Pronounce Perpetual Vows
Five Jesuit novices will pronounce perpetual vows of poverty, chastity and obedience at the University Chapel at Regis University in Denver on Aug. 9, 2025, the culmination of two years of prayer, study and ministerial experience.
Drew Kirschman, SJ
Novice Director Fr. Drew Kirschman, SJ, accompanies Jesuit novices to a hope-filled future as he guides them to test a Jesuit vocation.
Jesuits William Manaker and Orlando Portalatin to be Ordained
William C. Manaker, SJ, and Orlando Portalatin, SJ, will be ordained priests on Saturday, June 14, 2025, in New Orleans.
Educator and Scholar Fr. James Swetnam, SJ, Dies in St. Louis
April 28, 2025, St. Louis – Father James H. Swetnam, SJ, died April 27, 2025, in Florissant, Missouri. He was 97 years old, a Jesuit for 79 years and a priest for 66 years. His life will be celebrated in a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 10, at the St. […]
