Fr. Brian G. Paulson, S.J.
@frbrianpaulsonsj.bsky.social
President of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States
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Pope Francis supports U.S. Bishops in migrant advocacy - Vatican News
Pope Francis addresses a letter to the bishops of the United States, expressing his support for their efforts to protect the rights and dignity of ...
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Please take a moment to read this important message from Pope Francis to US Catholic Bishops…and to all of us. Who is our neighbor? Whoever’s human dignity is at risk of being compromised and violated, whether they be near or far from us. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Twenty-two Jesuit novices from the United States and Haiti professed first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience this month. #AMDG www.jesuits.org/stories/firs...
22 Jesuit Novices Pronounce First Vows - Jesuits.org
Twenty-two Jesuit novices from the United States and Haiti professed first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in August 2025.
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August 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Twenty-two Jesuit novices from the United States and Haiti professed first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience this month. #AMDG www.jesuits.org/stories/firs...
On the latest #AMDG podcast, singer-songwriter Brody Bond discusses the intersection of creativity and spirituality. ow.ly/O6uN50WIStE
August 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
On the latest #AMDG podcast, singer-songwriter Brody Bond discusses the intersection of creativity and spirituality. ow.ly/O6uN50WIStE
Happy 106th birthday to Sister Jean of Loyola University Chicago! bit.ly/srjean
August 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Happy 106th birthday to Sister Jean of Loyola University Chicago! bit.ly/srjean
Today we celebrate the feast of St. Alberto Hurtado, a Chilean #Jesuit who worked with the poor. He is best known for founding Hogar de Cristo, houses for the poor. ow.ly/lTLG50KmYFI
August 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Today we celebrate the feast of St. Alberto Hurtado, a Chilean #Jesuit who worked with the poor. He is best known for founding Hogar de Cristo, houses for the poor. ow.ly/lTLG50KmYFI
On August 15, 1534, on the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, in a small chapel at Montmartre, St. Ignatius and six companions professed first vows. #AMDG
August 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
On August 15, 1534, on the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, in a small chapel at Montmartre, St. Ignatius and six companions professed first vows. #AMDG
Today we celebrate the feast of St. John Berchmans. He died five years after entering the Society of Jesus, but his great desire to be a priest inspired him to live religious life fully. ow.ly/VPtb50FPcNb
August 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Today we celebrate the feast of St. John Berchmans. He died five years after entering the Society of Jesus, but his great desire to be a priest inspired him to live religious life fully. ow.ly/VPtb50FPcNb
Brian Green, director of technology ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, joins the AMDG podcast to discuss how the Vatican is approaching the complex issues surrounding AI and how a Catholic might think about whether or not to use AI tools. ow.ly/hXVF50WAVSK
August 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Brian Green, director of technology ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, joins the AMDG podcast to discuss how the Vatican is approaching the complex issues surrounding AI and how a Catholic might think about whether or not to use AI tools. ow.ly/hXVF50WAVSK
Congratulations to Frs. Frantz Georges, SJ, Rivelt Silnéus, SJ, and Antony Simon, SJ, who were ordained to the priesthood on August 2 in Ouanaminthe, Haiti. AMDG! jesuits.org/ordination
August 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Congratulations to Frs. Frantz Georges, SJ, Rivelt Silnéus, SJ, and Antony Simon, SJ, who were ordained to the priesthood on August 2 in Ouanaminthe, Haiti. AMDG! jesuits.org/ordination
On the new #AMDG podcast, Sr. Margaret Scott discusses her new book, “Ignatius Was Green: Ecological Dimensions of the Spiritual Exercises,” about about Ignatian spirituality and ecological conversion. ow.ly/l4iE50WxGfg
August 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
On the new #AMDG podcast, Sr. Margaret Scott discusses her new book, “Ignatius Was Green: Ecological Dimensions of the Spiritual Exercises,” about about Ignatian spirituality and ecological conversion. ow.ly/l4iE50WxGfg
To celebrate Ignatius Day, take our Feast Day Quiz and see how well you know St. Ignatius. www.jesuits.org/stories/cele...
Celebrate Ignatius with Our Feast Day Quiz - Jesuits.org
Put your knowledge of Ignatius of Loyola to the test! Take our official Feast Day Quiz and find out how well you know our founder.
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July 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
To celebrate Ignatius Day, take our Feast Day Quiz and see how well you know St. Ignatius. www.jesuits.org/stories/cele...
Today we celebrate the feast day of our founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola! Learn more about his life and spirituality: ow.ly/qOpt50K80Pe
July 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Today we celebrate the feast day of our founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola! Learn more about his life and spirituality: ow.ly/qOpt50K80Pe
A great profile in the @newyorker.com of Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, director of the Vatican Observatory, who's known as the Pope’s Astronomer. @vaticanobservatory.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Vatican Observatory Looks to the Heavens
It’s run by a Michigan-born Jesuit—and a meteorite expert—known as the Pope’s Astronomer.
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July 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A great profile in the @newyorker.com of Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, director of the Vatican Observatory, who's known as the Pope’s Astronomer. @vaticanobservatory.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Chris Lowney, author of “Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World,” joins #AMDG to share why the Jesuit charism & history are so helpful to 21st-century leaders both inside church structures & outside them. ow.ly/tVZ750Wu1rH
July 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Chris Lowney, author of “Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World,” joins #AMDG to share why the Jesuit charism & history are so helpful to 21st-century leaders both inside church structures & outside them. ow.ly/tVZ750Wu1rH
July 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What is spiritual desolation — and how does God get us out of it? www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...
What is spiritual desolation—and how does God get us out of it?
“The definition of desolation is notoriously slippery,” Father James Martin writes. “It is not simply a period of dryness in prayer, which is common to everyone.”
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July 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
What is spiritual desolation — and how does God get us out of it? www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...
Congrats to Fr. Len Altilia, SJ, who received the JSN Insignis Award at the 2025 Jesuit Schools Network Colloquium in June, honoring Ignatian educators for exceptional dedication, leadership and service in secondary ed. Fr. Altilia has devoted over 50 years to Jesuit education.
July 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Congrats to Fr. Len Altilia, SJ, who received the JSN Insignis Award at the 2025 Jesuit Schools Network Colloquium in June, honoring Ignatian educators for exceptional dedication, leadership and service in secondary ed. Fr. Altilia has devoted over 50 years to Jesuit education.
On the new AMDG podcast, Fr. Scott Santarosa, SJ, pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe in San Diego, shares how the parish is standing in solidarity with immigrants — from starting a migrant shelter to accompanying migrants to immigration court. ow.ly/z4sY50WqyL6
July 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
On the new AMDG podcast, Fr. Scott Santarosa, SJ, pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe in San Diego, shares how the parish is standing in solidarity with immigrants — from starting a migrant shelter to accompanying migrants to immigration court. ow.ly/z4sY50WqyL6
Today is the feast of the first Native American saint, St. Kateri Tekakwitha, who was baptized by Jesuit missionaries. She is the patron of ecology and Native Americans.
July 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Today is the feast of the first Native American saint, St. Kateri Tekakwitha, who was baptized by Jesuit missionaries. She is the patron of ecology and Native Americans.
On June 20, Pope Leo XIV received Father General Arturo Sosa, SJ, in audience at the Vatican. The meeting underscored the deep and historically significant relationship between the Holy See and the Society of Jesus. www.jesuits.global/2025/07/03/r...
Reinforcing the mission: Pope Leo XIV meets with Father General | The Society of Jesus
On 20 June, Pope Leo XIV received Father Arturo Sosa in audience at the Vatican. The meeting between the Holy Father and Father General underscores the deep and historically significant relationship b...
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July 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
On June 20, Pope Leo XIV received Father General Arturo Sosa, SJ, in audience at the Vatican. The meeting underscored the deep and historically significant relationship between the Holy See and the Society of Jesus. www.jesuits.global/2025/07/03/r...
Join @loyolapress.bsky.social this month for 31 Days with St. Ignatius, a monthlong celebration of Ignatian spirituality leading up to his feast day on July 31. ow.ly/SzEy50St0BM
July 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Join @loyolapress.bsky.social this month for 31 Days with St. Ignatius, a monthlong celebration of Ignatian spirituality leading up to his feast day on July 31. ow.ly/SzEy50St0BM
On the new AMDG podcast, Fr. Chris Krall, SJ, the only Catholic priest currently serving in the US military for the continent of Africa, discusses how his current mission fits into his Jesuit vocation of being available to go where God’s people need. ow.ly/WqvY50Wg7W2
June 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
On the new AMDG podcast, Fr. Chris Krall, SJ, the only Catholic priest currently serving in the US military for the continent of Africa, discusses how his current mission fits into his Jesuit vocation of being available to go where God’s people need. ow.ly/WqvY50Wg7W2
488 years ago today, St. Ignatius, St. Francis Xavier and several of their companions were ordained priests in Venice on the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist.
June 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
488 years ago today, St. Ignatius, St. Francis Xavier and several of their companions were ordained priests in Venice on the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist.
I presided over the opening Mass of the Jesuit Integral Ecology Assembly at Madonna Della Strada Chapel at @loyolachicago.bsky.social on June 16. Read my homily here: ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/06...
Opening Mass Homily of the Jesuit Integral Ecology Assembly Preached by Very Rev. Brian Paulson, S.J. - Ignatian Solidarity Network
Fr. Brian Paulson, S.J., presided over the opening Mass of the Jesuit Integral Ecology Assembly at Madonna Della Strada Chapel in Chicago.
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June 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I presided over the opening Mass of the Jesuit Integral Ecology Assembly at Madonna Della Strada Chapel at @loyolachicago.bsky.social on June 16. Read my homily here: ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2025/06...
Today, 16 U.S. Jesuits will be ordained to the priesthood in four different Masses. Please remember them in your prayers. #AMDG
Learn more about them: jesuits.org/ordination
Learn more about them: jesuits.org/ordination
June 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Today, 16 U.S. Jesuits will be ordained to the priesthood in four different Masses. Please remember them in your prayers. #AMDG
Learn more about them: jesuits.org/ordination
Learn more about them: jesuits.org/ordination
Congratulations to Marc-André Veselovsky, SJ (second from left), who was ordained to the priesthood at Notre Dame Cathedral in Ottawa on June 7. AMDG!
June 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Congratulations to Marc-André Veselovsky, SJ (second from left), who was ordained to the priesthood at Notre Dame Cathedral in Ottawa on June 7. AMDG!