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.
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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 …
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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.
Deep Ties to the Jesuits: Gail and Bruce Young
Supporting the Jesuits represents more than attending a Mass, or an event, or sending in a donation; it’s about being part of a larger Jesuit community. A couple that can attest to this is Gail and Bruce Young.
Celebrating the Word of God together online: A guide
We would like to offer this simple method for praying together online with the Word of God. Though many dioceses have cancelled the Sunday Eucharist to help civil authorities slow the transmission of the coronavirus, the Church is first and foremost the people of God gathered together as the Body of Christ.
Building community online: A guide to spiritual conversation using technology
An adapted version of spiritual conversation can be a valuable tool to remain connected to God and to one another, to experience Christ’s presence in our midst and to listen where the Spirit is inviting us to venture our steps in this context.
From online spiritual conversation to virtual retreats: How to use technology for apostolic work
While a large proportion of the Canadian population is in self isolation due to Coronavirus Covid-19, technology is vital to sustaining our need for human contact. So, in a today’s context, how can technology help us to maintain personal connections and build community?
Seven Essential Prayer Tools for Appropriating the New Universal Apostolic Preferences
The Jesuit Curia in Rome has just published a set of resources entitled: “Praying with the Preferences”, which provides seven documents to enable the reader not only to pray but to enter more deeply into the journey of renewal and conversion offered by the UAP.