From Acosta’s work in the New World to modern research at the Vatican Observatory, we’ll look at the work of a number of Jesuit scientists through history and see how what they did, and why they did it, was colored and influenced by Ignatian Spirituality as seen in the Spiritual Exercises.
Jesuit Father Peter Monty has one of the most fulfilling ministries in the Catholic Church – Ministry to the Deaf. “I was attracted to the Ministry to the Deaf not because of my dexterity in sign language, but rather, I felt their openness and hunger for communication and knowledge,” says Monty. His interest in this …
By Barry Leidl On Friday, September 4, Jesuits, family, and friends gathered at Guelph to say a final goodbye to those Jesuits who died during these past few difficult, COVID-filled months. The cremated remains of George O’Neill, Mike Hawkins, Peter Larisey, Norm Dodge, FX Johnson, Charlie Sitter, Mike Murray, and Joe Frechette were laid to …
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On being a Jesuit: “It is the most exciting vocation that I can think of,” says Monet. ‘There has not been one dull moment in my life.”
The annual weekend retreat for discerners at the site where saints and martyrs walked.
Canadian Jesuit scholastics share their experience while caring for their elder brothers during COVID-19 outbreak.
As new information emerges, updates are added towards the end of this page. May 3, 2020 – On April 20, the Durham Region Health Department declared a COVID-19 outbreak at René Goupil House, the Jesuit infirmary community in Pickering. Despite the center’s thorough prevention and management efforts, as in many other facilities across the …