Stories

From 16-21 May 2024, the serene community of Hekima in Nairobi hosted a bootcamp on videography and photography. The event brought together Jesuit scholastics interested in honing their skills in visual storytelling, underscoring the vital role of communication...

For Jesuits, Cambodia offers an ideal environment for living and engaging in interreligious dialogue. Beyond mere words, Jesuits collaborate actively to serve the common good, fostering mutual respect.

In the Catholic tradition, while May is known as “the month of Mary”, June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Since the 17th century, when Father Claude de la Colombière was given the mission of promoting this devotion which is essentially based on the love...

How the commitment to ecology and the environment was born and matured over the past 50 years in the Society of Jesus.

The Society of Jesus is actively involved in inter-religious dialogue. In India, the first focus, in fact, could be a dialogue between Christians and Hindus. However, given the often-exacerbated tensions with Muslim communities, the Jesuits are also involved in dialogue...

In 2012, the United Nations proclaimed 1 June as ‘Global Day of Parents’ to honour parents around the world. The Society of Jesus joins in this celebration and today offers the testimony of a married couple guided by Ignatian spirituality as they raise their children.

Let us pray that migrants fleeing from war or hunger, forced to undertake journeys fraught with danger and violence, may find welcome and new living opportunities in their host countries.

“Dear young friends, the fact is that we cannot be happy all by ourselves, because our joy increases to the extent that we share it. Joy is born of gratitude for the gifts we have received and which we share in turnand it grows in our relationships with others.”

Fr Joseph Christie, the Secretary for Higher Education at the Jesuit Curia in Rome, received an honorary Doctorate of Public Service from St. Louis University in Missouri (USA) on 18 May. The University is conferring the honor upon Fr Christie for a lifetime dedicated...

What does a group of communicators working in different European Provinces of the Society talk about when they come together? You’d imagine that it would be a lot of “computer talk”, but the just-concluded JesWebCom might surprise you.

O Holy Spirit, Paraclete and advocate,
we gather in your presence on this Pentecost day,
to honor your eternal flame
that fills us with courage, zeal and love.
As tongues of fire rested on the head of the disciples...