Travels

Continuing his visit to the Calcutta Jesuit Province, Fr General Arturo Sosa visited the Raghabpur campus of the prestigious St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. Raghabpur was originally established to extend higher education to women and to respond to the growing need for inclusive learning spaces.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

After touring Jesuit works in Denver, St. Louis, Houston, and New Orleans, Fr General Arturo Sosa landed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to continue his official visitation of the Jesuit USA Central and Southern Province (UCS). His first stop was at the Centro Universitario Católico (CUC}...

On a cold Monday morning, Fr General Arturo Sosa, accompanied by Jesuit Frs Greene, Dawson, Schoenig, Marcoullier, and D’Cunha, waited together with the unhoused people lining up to enter into the safe haven of The Rebuild Center, the home of The Harry Tompson Center...

After visiting the novices of the Jesuit USA Central and Southern (UCS) Province in Denver, Superior General Arturo Sosa spent two days in St. Louis to observe the myriad Jesuit ministries in the area. The seat of the UCS Province, St. Louis is also home to the largest number of Jesuits and Jesuit works...

Father General Arturo Sosa’s visit to the UCS (USA Central and Southern Province) novitiate came at a most opportune time for our 1st year novices. The first-year had just completed their 30-day silent retreat, their first in-depth experience of Jesuit prayer and Ignatian Spirituality...

Father General’s visit also came at an important moment in world events, coming after two years of war in Gaza, with only very fragile ceasefire in place. His presence helped to confirm both the work of the Pontifical Biblical Institute, as well as the ministerial presence of the Jesuit...