“It’s not about working for young people but with them.” Listening to Fr. Grégoire Le Bel, SJ, talk to us about Cowork Magis, we were almost ready to move to Paris and jump right into the world of business. After receiving a mandate from his provincial, Fr. Le Bel set up a coworking space in …
Journeying with Youth at Cowork Magis: A Space for Start-ups in Paris Read More »
“That’s the one thing I hope everyone avoids – going to another country is not meant to transplant one so-called developed culture for another supposedly undeveloped.” Several members of the Jesuit Province of Canada work outside the Province. Fr. Bill Bourke, SJ, the last of the Canadian Jesuits to have been sent to India, worked …
Being open to the world: a reflection of the late Fr. Bill Bourke Read More »
COVID-19 has struck across the planet, but not always in the same ways. Divides between the countries of the Global North and the Global South, or even between the most privileged and the most vulnerable within the same society, such as here in Canada, have been made painfully apparent by the ongoing crisis. photo: reuters.com …
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 …
Brave Enough to Try: Marc-André Veselovsky, SJ, and Jesuit Formation Read More »
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 …
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 …
Googling God in All Things: A Psalm for Hard Times? Read More »
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 …
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, …
“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 …
Connecting during COVID-19: 4 resources by the Jesuits of Canada Read More »
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 …