July 17, 2015 — A shower, a shave and an overnight stay in Vatican City: these are just a few of the services Pope Francis is providing for the thousands of homeless and poor in Rome.

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July 9, 2015 — Following the lead of pontiffs before him, Pope Francis apologized Thursday for crimes committed against the native peoples during the so-called conquest of America, and repeated calls for economic justice for the world’s poor.

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July 1, 2015 — Oscar-winning Italian composer Ennio Morricone premiered his first-ever Mass honoring the Jesuits.

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Father Michael Stogre died unexpectedly on June 24, 2015, at the Jesuit house in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was in his 71st year of life, four days short of his birthday, and in religious life for 52 years. Michael Joseph Stogre was born in Prince Edward Island on June 28, 1944.

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June 23, 2015 - On April 25, 2015 a massive earthquake struck Nepal. It registered a catastrophic 8.1 surface wave magnitude and killed more than 8,800 people while injuring more than 23,000. Amidst the destruction and chaos, the local Jesuit community is helping the Nepali people rebuild.

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June 18, 2015 — Today Pope Francis released his highly anticipated encyclical on the environment, "Laudato Si': On the Care for Our Common Home," calling on all people worldwide to act on climate change as a moral responsibility.

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"Father Van," Jesuit missionary who ministered in Darjeeling, India, died on June 1, 2015 at the age of 88. He was a Jesuit for 70 years. Given his talents, Fr. Van filled many posts in virtually every part of the Darjeeling Mission.

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June 8, 2015 — Haiti, which as recently as 1986 had outlawed Jesuits, is now home to a brand new Jesuit novitiate in Dumay, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince.

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Fr. John (Jack) Stephen Doyle died on May 25, at René Goupil House, Pickering, ON. He was 84 and in his 60th year of religious life. In the summer of 1968, Fr. Doyle flew off to Zambia, spending the next 40 years there and filling many roles.

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May 23, 2015 - With great joy and gratitude in God’s grace, Jesuit Gregory Kennedy was ordained to the priesthood on May 23, and his fellow Jesuits, Matthew Charlesworth, Jean-Robert Déry, Paul Robson, and Emmanuel Saint-Hilaire, to the diaconate, at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Toronto.

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May 23, 2015 — Today, Pope Francis beatified Archbishop Oscar Romero, moving the martyr a step closer to sainthood. An outspoken advocate for the poor, Romero was shot and killed March 24, 1980, as he celebrated Mass in San Salvador.

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May 12, 2015 — Jesuits are responding to the earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25 and has killed over 4,000 people. On May 12, a second earthquake hit a remote mountainous region of Nepal killing at least 36 people and injuring over 1,000.

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May 1, 2015 — Jesuit Father Michael Lapierre, Canada’s oldest Jesuit, turns 100 years old on May 2. Born in Chapeau, Allumette Island, Quebec, Fr. Lapierre was 19 with one year at the University of Ottawa under his belt when he turned up in Guelph, Ontario, to enter the Jesuit novitiate in 1934.

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April 27, 2015 — Jesuit Brother Paul Desmarais has served as director of the Kasisi Agricultural Training Centre in Zambia for 40 years. Over the last 20 years Br. Desmarais has rethought almost every aspect of conventional Western agriculture and how it’s applied in Africa.

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March 10, 2015 — Today the Society of Jesus celebrates the feast of Saint John Ogilvie, a Jesuit martyr, and commemorates the 400th anniversary of his death.

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February 18, 2015 — Father Jean-Marc Biron, SJ, served as a diocesan priest before hearing the call to the Jesuits. Today he serves as provincial of the French Canada Province.

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January 26, 2015 — Jesuit Father Michael Czerny, who serves on the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, has had a long career in the field of social justice.

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January 22, 2015 — Jesuit Father Peter Bisson, provincial of the English Canada Province Jesuits, says living among people at the margins has taught him about the power of faith.

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On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the building of Holy Rosary Church the parish celebrated Masses of Thanksgiving on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on the October 4-5, 2014 weekend.

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Martyrs' Shrine had the pleasure of hosting celebrated Canadian author Joseph Boyden as he spoke about the Three Voices of The Orenda on September 27.

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