Although it has taken more than 400 years, the sainthood cause of Jesuit Father Matteo Ricci, the 16th-century missionary to China, is back on track. Bishop Claudio Giuliodori, apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Macerata, Italy, where....
Jesuit Father Jim Martin, author of “The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything,” shares ten things you might not know about the Jesuits in the video below. From inventions to discoveries to craters on the moon,....
Fr. Timothy P. Kesicki, S.J., to Head U.S. Office for Society of Jesus, Largest Order of Priests and Brothers in Roman Catholic Church (WASHINGTON, D.C., May 10, 2013) — The Society of Jesus in the....
Students at Rockhurst University, in Kansas City, Mo., learned about the harsh realities of refugee camp life at the Jesuit Refugee Service/USA (JRS/USA) Refugee Campout, held during the university’s Social Justice Week in April. Part....
Twelve Jesuit institutions of higher education are among the most environmentally responsible colleges in the U.S. and Canada, according to “The Princeton Review’s 2013 Guide to 322 Green Colleges.” The following Jesuit schools earned a....
Pope Francis has named Jesuit Father Michael Barber, 58, a member of the California Province Jesuits and director of spiritual formation at St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts, as bishop of Oakland, California. The appointment....
Jesuit-founded St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School, located in the slum of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, is taking an uncommon approach to serving those in need: the school enrolls only HIV/AIDS orphans, giving them a free....
Jesuit Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian of Shanghai, a prominent figure in the Chinese Catholic Church, died April 27 of pancreatic cancer. He was 96. “Bishop Jin was a towering figure in the history of the....
The Ignatian Solidarity Network (ISN) has named Sr. Helen Prejean, C.S.J., as the “Robert M. Holstein: Faith that Does Justice” award winner this year. Sr. Prejean, an internationally-recognized advocate against the death penalty, will receive....
Jesuit Father Joseph Costantino has been appointed as the new president of Canisius High School, in Buffalo, N.Y., beginning July 1. Fr. Costantino is returning to the site of his first assignment as a Jesuit....
