Subject Area: Universal Apostolic Preferences
An active life of learning and teaching
Jesuit Father Bill Browne has lived by the adage that learning can transform your life. “Reading about the hero martyrs helps you discover your vocation,” says Fr. Browne. It helped him. He remembers reading about the Canadian Jesuit martyrs at age 9, which lead him to the Society of Jesus, where he’s been for 77 …
2022 Canadian Jesuits Issue 8
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Solstice Farm Day
Enjoy the Summer Solstice with the Ignatius Farm team! Join the team in the field for a community work-bee in the morning and stay for a workshop after lunch! Bring your lunch, a blanket or a camp chair! And top your day with a hike on one of the many trails. Work-bee: 9-12pm Please dress …
Spirituality of the 12 Step for MEN
$235.00 Suggested Offering MEN 12 STEP – Come and join us for a journey that will take you through the 12 Steps of recovery (AA) allowing you to strengthen a deeper spirituality within yourself. This retreat tends to be ecumenical with many non-Catholics in attendance. This is truly a spiritual approach for everyone. Facilitated by Fr. …
Sharing Joys and Hopes, Sorrows and Anxieties: Father Oland’s Homily for the Feast of Saint Ignatius
By Erik Oland, SJ We live in very challenging times: the pandemic is still with us; in Canada we are in the middle of the crisis brought about by the discovery of the unmarked graves of Indigenous children; Haiti is a part of our Jesuit province and the situation there has recently worsened…. The list …
An Invitation to Enter the Ignatian Year
The Ignatian Year 2021–2022 begins on May 20, just a few days from now, 500 years after Saint Ignatius of Loyola was wounded by a cannonball, the event that would lead to his conversion. This is a unique opportunity that should not be missed, insists Father General Arturo Sosa. The theme of conversion is central …
Orientations and Priorities for the Jesuits in Canada: The Fruits of the Expanded Consult
In the Society of Jesus, the consult is a place where the provincial can have serious conversations about what is happening at all levels of the province, receive advice from the consultors who are appointed by the superior general to support him, and make decisions. The expanded consult allows for the participation of a greater …
About the joint review of Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace’s international partner organizations
We are deeply saddened to learn that so many CCODP partners are losing this vital support from CCODP.