Brent Gordon, SJ
Steeped as he is in Jesuit history, Gordon believes that as a Jesuit brother, he is called to serve other Jesuits.
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 […]
Jesuits Magazine, Fall 2022
The fall issue of Jesuits magazine is an expression gratitude: to our volunteers and donors, to our Jesuit brothers who bear witness to the Ignatian Presupposition and for our vocations themselves.
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 […]
Lost in Flames: Remembering the St. Stanislaus Novitiate of Macon, Georgia
By Jerry Duggan Small is the number of people who recall that the former New Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus (which merged with the former Missouri Province in 2014 to create what is today known as the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province) once had its novitiate in Macon, Georgia. That chapter in […]
September 10: A Day of Remembrance
By Jerry Duggan In the necrology of the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province, one date stands out: September 10. On that day in 1931, eleven Jesuits died during a not-to-be-forgotten hurricane in what is now Belize. Founded in 1887 in what was then British Honduras (present-day Belize) as a boarding college, St. John’s College […]
The Slavery, History, Memory and Reconciliation Project
The last 12 months have been a time of growth for the Slavery, History, Memory and Reconciliation (SHMR) Project, created to learn more about the lived experiences of the men, women and children enslaved by Jesuits in the 19th century.
