February, 2026

The higher education mission of the Calcutta Jesuit Province is not merely a record of institutions founded or degrees awarded; it is the unfolding of a distinctive intellectual, cultural, and spiritual vision that has shaped Bengal’s academic and moral imagination for nearly two centuries...

Father Arturo Sosa, SJ, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, has appointed Father António Valério, SJ, as Provincial of Portugal. He will take up the role in June 2026. Fr Valério currently serves as General Director of Colégio das Caldinhas, a Jesuit secondary school...

Over fifty years ago, a quiet revolution took root in the rugged tribal heartlands of West Bengal. The Calcutta Province of the Society of Jesus heeded the Gospel’s call to justice and love, offering hope to the Santal people – India’s largest yet most marginalized indigenous community...

In the 5th episode of Ignite the Way series, Fr Juan Antonio Guerrero, SJ, the Director of the Centro de Espiritualidad San Ignacio (Center for Spirituality Saint Ignatius) in Salamanca, shares the process followed by the Jesuit Province of Spain to discern and establish their apostolic priorities...

The history of Jesuit education in the Calcutta Province of the Society of Jesus is more than a tale of institutions and academic achievement. Since the mid-nineteenth century, schools such as St. Xavier’s Collegiate School, St. Lawrence School and St. Xavier’s College have helped shape...

Fr Marjan Kokalj, SJ, has been appointed the next Provincial of the Jesuit Province of Slovenia by Fr Arturo Sosa, SJ, the Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He will begin his term on Pentecost Monday, 25 May 2026. The incoming Provincial currently serves as Socius and assists in the governance and...

Saint Francis Xavier, pioneer and founder of Jesuit missions in India, landed on the shores of Goa on 6 May 1542 after a thirteen-month voyage from Lisbon, with a sojourn in Mozambique. After spending his initial months teaching catechism to children in Goa, Xavier travelled...

Father General has appointed Fr Andrew R. Kirschman as the next Provincial of the USA Central and Southern (UCS) Province of the Society of Jesus.He succeeds Fr Thomas Greene who has served as Provincial since July 2020.

Fr Aric Serrano, SJ, is a Jesuit of the US Central and Southern Province. Born in Pecos, Texas, he was missioned to St. Peter Claver Parish in Punta Gorda, Belize after his ordination in 2023. He shares his reflection on the visit of Father General Arturo Sosa to the indigenous communities of southern Belize.

In the fourth episode of the Ignite the Way series on Discernment in Common, Francis Pudhicherry, a Jesuit from Gujarat, India, reflects on the practice of discernment within a multi-religious and multicultural context such as India. Addressing those who facilitate discernment in common among interreligious...

Fr General’s travels through the USA Central and Southern Province (UCS) continued with a visitation of Jesuit ministries in Belize. For 175 years, the Society of Jesus has been ministering to the people of the Central American country. The following is an excerpt of a brief history of the Society of Jesus in Belize...

The XI World Union of Jesuit Alumni (WUJA) Congress will be held from Wednesday, 29 July to Sunday, 2 August, 2026, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, the cultural and educational hub of the world’s largest archipelago, at the prestigious Sanata Dharma University.