Michael Garanzini, SJ

A Rooted, Relevant and Adaptable Vision for Jesuit Higher Ed By Rachel Amiri Father Michael Garanzini, SJ, president of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU), believes in the enduring purpose of Jesuit higher education as a force for reconciliation and justice in the world. “What’s the purpose of a university? It’s to help […]

Olivia Britt

“Cura personalis led me to want to be a teacher and campus minister, even though I didn’t have words for it at the time,” she says. “I really wanted to care for the whole person, and I think Cristo Rey schools especially do that in a really unique way.”

Debra Pacheco

Debra Pacheco, assistant principal for academics at Jesuit High School of Tampa has led by example in the school’s efforts to promote student excellence for the past decade.

Reflections on Lay Collaboration with Jesuits

By Mark McNeil The Preamble to the Constitutions of the Jesuit Secondary Education Association (1970) offered a response to some troubling and pressing questions regarding Jesuit education. Chief among these was, “Does it really make sense to call a school ‘Jesuit,’ when many or most of those teaching and working in Jesuit schools are not […]

Jesuits Magazine – Winter 2024

The Winter 2024 issue of Jesuits magazine features stories on our Jesuits serving in Rome, Del Camino Jesuit Border Ministries and a pull-out resource for your Lenten prayer. Download it here.

Jesuits Magazine, Fall 2023

The fall issue of Jesuits magazine celebrates the province’s past – including 200 years of Jesuits in St. Louis – and takes a look at some of the new ways Jesuits continue to find new ways to meet the needs of our world. Read it here.

Love Shown in Actions: Jesuit Tampa’s Service to Migrants

By Ignatius Plato When Pope Francis approved the Society of Jesus’ Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs) in 2019, the themes were familiar to anyone who knows the Jesuits. In addition to showing the way to God through the Spiritual Exercises and care for our common home, the UAPs put accompanying young people and the marginalized front […]