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 …
Peter Bisson, SJ, artworks by Leland Bell In the Church of the Immaculate Conception in M’Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island, the fifteen Stations of the Cross are paintings by the noted Anishinaabe artist Leland Bell of Wiikwemkoong First Nation, also on Manitoulin Island. The stations begin with Jesus Dibakona Tchi Nibod or Jesus Is Condemned to Death, and culminate in Jesus Abitchiba or Jesus Risen from …
Contemplating the Anishinaabe Stations of the Cross Read More »
Rosella Kinoshameg, DOS, is an Anishinaabe woman and a Wiikwemkoong community member. She presented this reflection on June 3rd, when a memorial service was held inside the “Ruins” of the the old stone-built Holy Cross Mission. The actual Holy Cross Church was also founded by Jesuits and they are still working there. Wherever Jesus went, …
A reflection by Rosella Kinoshameg on the remains of 215 children at Kamloops Read More »
In Lumen Gentium, a document of the Second Vatican Council, we read, among other things, that the Holy Spirit “not only sanctifies and leads the people of God and enriches it with virtues, but, ‘allotting his gifts to everyone according as He wills’ (1 Cor 12:11), He distributes special graces among the faithful of every …
Laypeople and Jesuits: Together in the Mission of the Lord Read More »
By André Brouillette, SJ Magis is a key word in Ignatian spirituality. It is a Latin term that means “more.” St. Ignatius of Loyola used the Spanish más to express the same idea, especially in his Spiritual Exercises. The risk of a mere quantitative reading of this spiritual exhortation is obvious: more, more, always more. …
“The severe crisis that has affected Haitian society for several decades has now reached unimaginable dimensions. It feels as though we are living in total chaos, at the bottom of an abyss with no prospect of escape. Uncertainty and suffering seem to have taken away all hope. Our nation is slowly collapsing, and with it …
The Crisis in Haiti: A Statement from the Jesuits in Haiti Read More »
Last August, Jesuits and colleagues of the Province of Canada were invited to make a retreat entitled “Pilgrims Together: In Mission with Jesus.” Retreatants were given the opportunity to pray with and deepen their personal appropriation of Pilgrims Together, the apostolic planning document of the province, and the four Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs). Scholastics Brook …
Separated by the Pandemic but Connected by a Retreat: The Fruits of Pilgrims Together Read More »
Five years ago, the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission stated that the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) should form the basis for reconciliation efforts in Canada. Several religious orders, including the Jesuits of Canada, support a change in legislation to allow the UNDRIP to be incorporated into …
By John McCarthy, SJ Since once again, Lord – though this time not in the forests of the Aisne, but in the steppes of Asia – I have neither bread, nor wine, nor altar, I will raise myself beyond these symbols, up to the pure majesty of the real itself; I, your priest, will make …
Everything is Sacred: Seeing the Wonders that Play Below Read More »