February 9, 2017 -- Father Norm Dodge, SJ, doesn’t like talking about himself but prefers listening to others when they speak. This gift for listening well goes back to his years of being present for others during his lengthy career in the field of social work.
February 8, 2017 — The Jesuits' Central American Province, the Provincial Committee for the Social Apostolate, and the Jesuit Migration Network of Central America express their concern about recent U.S. immigration measures.
February 01, 2017 -- On January 31, the Director of Quebec City’s Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec, accompanied Cardinal Cyprien Lacroix to a Mass where hundreds of Christians and Muslims prayed together for the victims of Sunday night’s attack on the Grand Mosque of Quebec.
January 31, 2017 -- Jesuits joined Canadian Catholic organizations to form the Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle to strengthen and foster relations with Indigenous people.
January 27, 2017 — Standing on the steps of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Jesuit Church in Washington, D.C., today, Marquette University sophomore Steph Wissing gazed at the hundreds of students milling around and spoke about “how alive the young Church really is. … People don’t believe it, but I really believe it.”
January 26, 2017 -- Since 1914, the Church has used the World Day of Migrants and Refugees to highlight the great need for nations to welcome those seeking shelter from the evil and horrors that inflict their homelands.
January 16, 2017 — On Jan. 13, Father Arturo Sosa, SJ, joined Centro Astalli in commemorating the International Day for Migrants and Refugees at the Church of the Gesù in Rome.
January 6, 2017 — It was a historic year for the Society of Jesus, as Jesuit delegates gathered for a General Congregation in Rome, only the 36th in the Society’s 476-year history.
Thirty years after Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons portrayed Jesuits in the Academy Award-winning movie “The Mission,” the Society of Jesus figures prominently in a new film opening in theaters on Dec. 23.
December 14, 2016 — Moving quickly to strengthen the “Section for Refugees and Migrants” in the new Vatican department for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, Pope Francis has appointed as under-secretaries the well-known Canadian Jesuit Michael Czerny, S.J., and an Italian Scalabrini, Fr. Fabio Baggio.
December 3, 2016 — Today is the feast day of St. Francis Xavier, SJ, one of the first Jesuits, who is considered by some to be the greatest missionary since the time of the Apostles.
November 11, 2016 — The Provincials of the Jesuits in English and French Canada firmly believe that the Canadian Religious Conference, (CRC), must remain a member of the Canadian ecumenical coalition KAIROS.