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August 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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This month, 22 Jesuit novices from the United States and Haiti professed first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience at five different Masses. AMDG!
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August 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This month, 22 Jesuit novices from the United States and Haiti professed first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience at five different Masses. AMDG!
➡️ jesuits.org/firstvows-2025
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This summer, McQuaid Jesuit High students served as pallbearers at funerals for those who pass away without family or friends to carry them to their final resting place. It's part of the school’s commitment to service.
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August 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This summer, McQuaid Jesuit High students served as pallbearers at funerals for those who pass away without family or friends to carry them to their final resting place. It's part of the school’s commitment to service.
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In this week's "Now Discern This," Eric Clayton invites you to pray with three summertime vignettes as we come to the end of the season. www.jesuits.org/stories/now-...
Now Discern This: Praying with Summertime Scenes - Jesuits.org
In this week's "Now Discern This," Eric Clayton invites you to pray with three summertime vignettes as we come to the end of the season.
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August 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In this week's "Now Discern This," Eric Clayton invites you to pray with three summertime vignettes as we come to the end of the season. www.jesuits.org/stories/now-...
A Jesuit artist is creating "pop icons" like you’ve never seen: ow.ly/zRlR50WHLEt
August 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A Jesuit artist is creating "pop icons" like you’ve never seen: ow.ly/zRlR50WHLEt
Congratulations to Corey Trujillo, SJ, and Mike Mateo-Sebastian, SJ, of Jesuits West, who professed first vows in the Society of Jesus on August 9 at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. ow.ly/bji050WJU5A
August 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Congratulations to Corey Trujillo, SJ, and Mike Mateo-Sebastian, SJ, of Jesuits West, who professed first vows in the Society of Jesus on August 9 at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. ow.ly/bji050WJU5A
Happy 106th birthday to Sister Jean of @loyolachicago.bsky.social! 🎉 bit.ly/srjean
August 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Happy 106th birthday to Sister Jean of @loyolachicago.bsky.social! 🎉 bit.ly/srjean
Congratulations to the four Jesuits who professed first vows on August 6 at Notre Dame de Perpétuel Secours in Ouanaminthe, Haiti: Erick Germain, SJ, Wildersen Cyla, SJ, Angelain Pierre, SJ, and Livensky Basse, SJ.
August 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Congratulations to the four Jesuits who professed first vows on August 6 at Notre Dame de Perpétuel Secours in Ouanaminthe, Haiti: Erick Germain, SJ, Wildersen Cyla, SJ, Angelain Pierre, SJ, and Livensky Basse, SJ.
Cameron Bellm interviews singer-songwriter Jessica Gerhardt about her latest album and how Ignatian spirituality inspires her art. jesuitmedialab.org/an-ever-unfo...
An Ever-Unfolding Work of Art: The Ignatian-Inspired Music of Jessica Gerhardt - Jesuit Media Lab
Cameron Bellm interviews Jessica Gerhardt about her latest album and how Ignatian spirituality inspires her art.
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August 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Cameron Bellm interviews singer-songwriter Jessica Gerhardt about her latest album and how Ignatian spirituality inspires her art. jesuitmedialab.org/an-ever-unfo...
Congratulations to the eight @MidwestJesuits who professed first vows on August 9 in St. Paul, MN: Aidan Stenson, SJ, Timothy Long, SJ, Jonathan Herrington, SJ, Mark Trombley, SJ, Noah Smith, SJ, Taylr Bahr, SJ, Christopher Kinkor, SJ, and Robert Nichols SJ.
August 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Congratulations to the eight @MidwestJesuits who professed first vows on August 9 in St. Paul, MN: Aidan Stenson, SJ, Timothy Long, SJ, Jonathan Herrington, SJ, Mark Trombley, SJ, Noah Smith, SJ, Taylr Bahr, SJ, Christopher Kinkor, SJ, and Robert Nichols SJ.
Jesuit artist Nicholas Kerestan Leeper, SJ, is creating ‘Pop Icons’ like you’ve never seen.
Learn more: ow.ly/zRlR50WHLEt
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August 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Jesuit artist Nicholas Kerestan Leeper, SJ, is creating ‘Pop Icons’ like you’ve never seen.
Learn more: ow.ly/zRlR50WHLEt
Learn more: ow.ly/zRlR50WHLEt
Today is the feast of St. Alberto Hurtado, a Chilean #Jesuit priest who founded Hogar de Cristo, houses for the poor in Chile. ow.ly/XQM450FT4TU
August 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Today is the feast of St. Alberto Hurtado, a Chilean #Jesuit priest who founded Hogar de Cristo, houses for the poor in Chile. ow.ly/XQM450FT4TU
In this week's Now Discern This, Eric Clayton reflects on a dying butterfly and how its life reveals what it means to flourish and flutter. www.jesuits.org/stories/now-...
Now Discern This: To Flourish and Flutter - Jesuits.org
In this week's Now Discern This, Eric Clayton reflects on a dying butterfly and how its life reveals what it means to flourish and flutter.
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August 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In this week's Now Discern This, Eric Clayton reflects on a dying butterfly and how its life reveals what it means to flourish and flutter. www.jesuits.org/stories/now-...
#OTD in 1534, on the Feast of the Assumption, St. Ignatius and six companions — Peter Faber, Francis Xavier, Diego Laynez, Simão Rodriguez, Alonso Salmerón and Nicolás Bobadilla — professed their first vows at a Mass celebrated by Faber at Montmartre in Paris.
August 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
#OTD in 1534, on the Feast of the Assumption, St. Ignatius and six companions — Peter Faber, Francis Xavier, Diego Laynez, Simão Rodriguez, Alonso Salmerón and Nicolás Bobadilla — professed their first vows at a Mass celebrated by Faber at Montmartre in Paris.
Congratulations to Michael Audet, SJ, Fr. Garrett Ahlers, SJ, and Rajae Clarke, SJ, of Jesuits East, who professed first vows in the Society of Jesus on August 9 in Syracuse, New York. beajesuit.org
August 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Congratulations to Michael Audet, SJ, Fr. Garrett Ahlers, SJ, and Rajae Clarke, SJ, of Jesuits East, who professed first vows in the Society of Jesus on August 9 in Syracuse, New York. beajesuit.org
Today is the feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a priest who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. #qotd
August 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Today is the feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a priest who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. #qotd
On the new #AMDG pod, Fr. Jack Bentz, SJ, who works in campus ministry at Gonzaga University, discusses his new podcast “Catholics in Ordinary Time,” centered on conversations with all different sorts of Catholics, and what he's been learning from them.
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August 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
On the new #AMDG pod, Fr. Jack Bentz, SJ, who works in campus ministry at Gonzaga University, discusses his new podcast “Catholics in Ordinary Time,” centered on conversations with all different sorts of Catholics, and what he's been learning from them.
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Today is the feast of St. John Berchmans, a #Jesuit scholastic and the patron saint of altar servers, who died at age 22. ow.ly/vOWm50SWIbW
August 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Today is the feast of St. John Berchmans, a #Jesuit scholastic and the patron saint of altar servers, who died at age 22. ow.ly/vOWm50SWIbW
Writer and artist Tara Kate invites us into an Ignatian contemplation of Piero di Cosimos' "The Visitation." jesuitmedialab.org/an-ignatian-...
An Ignatian Encounter at the Museum: The Visitation with St. Nicholas and St. Anthony Abbot - Jesuit Media Lab
Writer and artist Tara Kate invites us into an Ignatian contemplation of Piero di Cosimos' "The Visitation."
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August 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Writer and artist Tara Kate invites us into an Ignatian contemplation of Piero di Cosimos' "The Visitation." jesuitmedialab.org/an-ignatian-...
Congratulations to Paul Gillam, SJ, Tom Laughlin, SJ, Jackson Graham, SJ, Viêt Vu, SJ, and Corey Jackson, SJ, who pronounced first vows in the Society of Jesus on August 9 at Regis University in Denver. beajesuit.org
August 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Congratulations to Paul Gillam, SJ, Tom Laughlin, SJ, Jackson Graham, SJ, Viêt Vu, SJ, and Corey Jackson, SJ, who pronounced first vows in the Society of Jesus on August 9 at Regis University in Denver. beajesuit.org
Fr. Richard D’Souza, SJ, one of the scientists who discovered that the Milky Way has a sister galaxy, has been appointed by Pope Leo XIV as the new director of the Vatican Observatory. He succeeds Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, next month.
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August 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Fr. Richard D’Souza, SJ, one of the scientists who discovered that the Milky Way has a sister galaxy, has been appointed by Pope Leo XIV as the new director of the Vatican Observatory. He succeeds Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, next month.
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In this week's Now Discern This, Eric Clayton reflects on a visit to the shrine of Our Lady of Champion, the first approved Marian Apparition in the U.S.
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August 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
In this week's Now Discern This, Eric Clayton reflects on a visit to the shrine of Our Lady of Champion, the first approved Marian Apparition in the U.S.
www.jesuits.org/stories/now-...
www.jesuits.org/stories/now-...
Please join us in praying for the 18 Jesuit novices who will pronounce first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience today at four Masses across the United States.
Learn more about Jesuit formation at beajesuit.org.
Learn more about Jesuit formation at beajesuit.org.
August 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Please join us in praying for the 18 Jesuit novices who will pronounce first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience today at four Masses across the United States.
Learn more about Jesuit formation at beajesuit.org.
Learn more about Jesuit formation at beajesuit.org.
Please pray for Mike Mateo-Sebastian, SJ, and Corey Trujillo, SJ, of Jesuits West, who will profess first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience on August 9 at @LoyolaMarymount in Los Angeles. jesuitswest.org/firstvows2025
August 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Please pray for Mike Mateo-Sebastian, SJ, and Corey Trujillo, SJ, of Jesuits West, who will profess first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience on August 9 at @LoyolaMarymount in Los Angeles. jesuitswest.org/firstvows2025