REGINA – In modern society, people talk plenty about nature and the environment, but when it comes down to reality, they don’t actually experience what God has created around us. And that makes for a lonely planet, says Fr. Greg Kennedy. “The planet itself is lonely,” said Kennedy, quite bluntly. “We belong to the planet, …
Jesuit brings his case for nature, technology and loneliness to Campion Read More »
Since last year, Fr. Sami Helewa has been working on stained glass window designs. One of the projects he created was of a hummingbird facing a gentle wind, well-balanced by the energy of its tiny wings, but looking forward. These three activities: facing life, having a well-balanced energy, and looking forward, are what he says …
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April 20, 2018 — Canadian Jesuit Deacon Adam Hincks was one of the first people in the world to read Pope Francis’ latest apostolic exhortation, a distinction that isn’t lost on the 36-year-old astrophysicist. “All moments in the life of the Church are important,” Hincks told The Catholic Register by e-mail from Rome. “Sanctification can …
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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. “I’m more of a listener than a talker and you have to be …
By Michael Swan April 27, 2015 — Nineteenth-century missionaries arrived in Africa with a Bible in one hand and a plow in the other. Jesuit Brother Paul Desmarais still has a Bible, but he’s given up on the plow. For 40 years Br. Desmarais has run the Kasisi Agricultural Training Centre (KATC) in Zambia. …
Br. Paul Desmarais, SJ: Reaping the Benefits of Organic Farming in Zambia Read More »
January 26, 2015 — Jesuit Father Michael Czerny’s long career in the field of social justice has taken him from El Salvador to Africa to the Holy See. Today he pursues his work from inside the Vatican on the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. The Montreal native graduated from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, …
Jesuit Promotes Human Dignity, From Central America to the Holy See Read More »
By Tracey Primrose January 22, 2015 — When Jesuit Father Peter Bisson, the provincial of the English Canada Province Jesuits, was only 12, he experienced his first real Ignatian discernment, a term he wouldn’t learn for many years. Fr. Bisson knew he wanted to change the world, but he didn’t know how to do it. As he …
Father Peter Bisson, SJ: Trusting Deeper Desires Read More »
By Tracey Primrose February 18, 2015 — In 1989, when Father Jean-Marc Biron, who had served as a diocesan priest in Quebec for 23 years, asked his bishop if he could leave the diocese and join the Jesuits, the answer was swift and sure. Non, je ne veux pas que vous entries chez les jésuites. No. I don’t …
Father Jean-Marc Biron, SJ: The Grace to be Free Read More »
The path between a lay life and the last Jesuit vows is very lengthy (approximately 13 to 20 years!). Gilles Mongeau, SJ, who helped evaluate this process within the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States, details how the five steps of Jesuit formation will tangibly change.
The Society of Jesus has established four new “Universal Apostolic Preferences” (UAPs) that will guide its mission for the next ten years, Jesuit Superior General Father Arturo Sosa announced earlier this year.