Travels

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...

Fr General Arturo Sosa’s visitation of Jesuit works in the Holy Land led him to the Tantur Ecumenical Institute (TEI). His presence means much to the staff and participants of the Institute, but it is important to remember than when he stepped onto the campus he was not merely stepping...

Father General Arturo Sosa, continuing his visitation of Jesuit works in the Holy Land, had a unique experience of the cultural and ministerial diversity of the region. Six Christian Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel – four men and two women from Jerusalem and the north of Israel...

More than 500 years ago – on September 1, 1523 – Ignatius of Loyola made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. It was his fervent desire to live and work there as a simple servant of God until his death. However, with war in the region looming he was forced to return to Europe where he would...

Father General Arturo Sosa visited four schools of the Mediterranean Apostolic Platform as part of his visit to the Province of Spain. The school tour included Escuelas San José in Valencia, Colegio Borja in Gandía, and two schools in Alicante – Colegio Inmaculada and Colegio Nazaret...