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To experience being an active part of the Society in the world. To foster the desire for closer collaboration with the laity: on a cultural, social and spiritual level. To help them experience the importance of their mission in the Church and the special attention given by the Society...

Fr General has appointed Fr Vimal Kishore SJ as the new Provincial of Patna Province, Bihar, India. Born in 1967, Fr Vimal entered the Society in 1989. He was ordained in 2002 and professed his final vows in 2011. He is currently the Superior of...

The International Day of Families (15th May) gives us the opportunity to welcome the testimony of a Mexican couple. Rosy and Andrés are members of a CLC (Christian Life Community) and the Ignatian spirituality underlies the daily life of their family.

Fr General visits the Works of the Maltese Jesuits: Paulo Freire Institute, Loyola House, St Aloysius College, JRS Malta, ‘Dar Manwel Magri’ Residence, University Chaplaincy...

April, 2024. In an event held in the General Congregation Hall at the Curia, the Information Technology (IT) topic-of-the-moment, Generative Artificial Intelligence was introduced to everybody who worked here, Jesuits and non-Jesuits alike.

“Fr Sosa’s presence is a guide and inspiration at a crucial time of reflection and discernment on our common future. The purpose of the visit is multifaceted, mainly to foster closer ties with the Jesuits present, the network of Ignatian collaborators, friends and the local church community.”

We asked some of the Jesuit deacons ordained this year to tell us what this step meant to them. Today, the testimonies of Guillermo Medina, a Mexican ordained in Bogotà (Colombia) and Rivelt Silnéus, a Haitian ordained in Paris.

After ten days of travel around the UMI Province (United States Midwest) to meet Jesuits and lay colleagues in the mission, Fr Arturo Sosa has completed his official visitation.

Lord Jesus,
when You ascended into heaven
the angels said to the Eleven:
“Don’t just stand there looking up to heaven”.

While a certain number of Jesuits are “brothers”, men who choose religious life without engaging in priestly ministry, the vast majority of Jesuits in formation are preparing to become priests in the Society of Jesus. However, before being ordained a priest, each one is first ordained a deacon...

Let us pray that men and women religious, and seminarians, grow in their own vocational journey through human, pastoral, spiritual and community formation, that leads them to be credible witnesses of the Gospel.

Over the last few years, scandals have come to light in many circles – including the Catholic Church – concerning various forms of abuse. In 2018, Father General approved the establishment of the Promotion of a Coherent Culture of Protection (PCCP) project.