Brave Enough to Try: Marc-André Veselovsky, SJ, and Jesuit Formation
Filled with laughter, our interview with Marc-André Veselovsky took place in a joyful atmosphere, reflecting the character of this young man. Twenty-six years old, Marc-André is not only a Jesuit but also a vegetarian, a semi-professional singer, a lover of board games (some might say the more complicated ones…), and a good listener. So, what […]
On life, laughs and lenses: Marc Rizzetto, SJ
Before our interview, I had been told that Fr. Marc Rizzetto, SJ, was very funny, very deep, and also…very busy… Nothing I learned in the interview that I finally managed to have with him did anything to dispel these rumours. As a hockey player, photographer, comic book reader (his last read was Gender: A Graphic […]
Googling God in All Things: A Psalm for Hard Times?
In the pandemic absence of public liturgies, perhaps you have found a renewed relevance to the ancient psalms of the Hebrew Bible. Although never fully out of style, they tended to pass us by during Mass, scarcely noticed, as the congregation rifled through the latest file of its collective short-term memory, searching embarrassedly for the […]
Camp Lac Simon: 47,018 Days to Grow Together
June 15, 2020 — “It changed my life!” This phrase has come up in every conversation that I have had about Camp Lac Simon. Celebrating its 64th anniversary this year, the summer camp was started through a Jesuit initiative, and the Society is still, in the words of camp director André “DD” Courchesne, the “heart […]
Seven Reflections on the Coronavirus Emergency from an Ecological perspective by Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam SDB
The current Coronavirus Emergency is a bolt from the blue. Our hectic normal life patterns have come to a screeching halt as entire communities are placed in lockdown around the world. It is also turning out to be a moment to pause and reflect. Many people are sharing about the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, […]
Connecting during COVID-19: 4 resources by the Jesuits of Canada
“The crisis provoked by the COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on at least three important challenges faced in particular by western societies: that people need to live in a community, but do not have the skills to create one easily; that political structures lose or have lost the capacity to elicit a desire to […]
Ordinations in times of pandemic: Society of Jesus welcomes new priest and five deacons in Toronto
By Fr. Michael J. Rogers, S.J. | Photos by Michael Rosinski, S.J. May 25, 2020 – In two of the more memorable and elegantly simple ceremonies in recent history, Terrence Prendergast, SJ, Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, ordained Christopher Kellerman, SJ (UCS), Trevor Rainwater, SJ (UMI), Oshish Tirkey, SJ (DAR), Jean Francky Guerrier, SJ (CAN), and Adam […]
A call to keep loving: Jesuits scholastics care for their elder brothers during COVID-19 outbreak
Canadian Jesuit scholastics share their experience while caring for their elder brothers during COVID-19 outbreak.
COVID-19: Loyola House Retreat & Training Centre becomes shelter for homeless people
May 11, 2020 – “Being a part of this has been one of the most grace-filled experiences I had in the last several months,” said Lisa Calzonetti, Ignatius Jesuit Centre’s Director of Operations about the new vocation of the Loyola House Retreat & Training Centre in Guelph.
History Today : Jesuits and Epidemics in New France
Today, people living in what we now call Canada are faced with Covid-19, but it is far from being the first epidemic to attack those living on this continent. For the first few centuries after the arrival of Europeans in the Americas, up to 95% of the Indigenous populations lost their lives, in a large […]
Life and death of religious communities: a reflection by Jean-Marc Laporte, SJ
Sixty or seventy years ago we were blessed with many novices and young religious in formation. Some of us of a certain vintage can remember these “good old days”, but they are gone. Are there factors that point to life or death for a religious community?
Dwelling hope: Easter message from Fr. Erik Oland, SJ
During Easter 2020, more than ever, we long for a hope-filled sunrise on the horizon of the current pandemic that has enveloped the world. Still, the deepest hope of the resurrection has forever been that Christ dwells in us at all times and in all circumstances, no matter what is happening around us.