Heaven’s Heart – The Way to Joy

Heaven’s Heart – The Way to Joy

The Bible is open to Ecclesiastes 8:1 which reads: “Who is like the wise? Who knows the explanation of things? A person’s wisdom brightens their face and changes its hard appearance.”

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The Jesuit vow of poverty – A testimony from Ignatius Tete SJ

The Jesuit vow of poverty – A testimony from Ignatius Tete SJ

Fr. Ignatius Tete, an Indian Jesuit, is based at St. Stanislaus College in Hazaribag. Since 2011, he has been the instructor for Tertianship, the last stage of formation that Jesuits go through before their last vows.

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Heaven’s Heart – God, the Creator

Heaven’s Heart – God, the Creator

Illustrates a child’s imagination, and its parallels to God’s creations. Imagination stems from a youth’s environment and its role as the source of their initial creative pursuits. Drawing their pets, family, backyard, or classroom...

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Heaven’s Heart – Creation

Heaven’s Heart – Creation

The boys in this photograph were captured creating with chalk powder in a JRS school in Kfar Zabad, Lebanon. Being Syrian refugees, these youths have faced hardship beyond what words can describe. Despite being displaced and marginalized...

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The culture of protection means kindness, care and mutual respect

The culture of protection means kindness, care and mutual respect

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Heaven’s Heart – First Sight

Heaven’s Heart – First Sight

He stares at us while his family is stressed and worried at the train station in Lviv, Ukraine. Blindness and sight, darkness and light are metaphors Christ often used to describe the spiritual realm. This piece bears the seal of the Society of Jesus...

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To be “Socius” is to serve in loyalty and simplicity

To be “Socius” is to serve in loyalty and simplicity

The Jesuit world uses its own vocabulary that is sometimes not very accessible to outsiders. For example, the word “Socius”. The Provincial Superior always has a “Socius”, as does the Master of novices. From November 6-11, at the General Curia...

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Heaven’s Heart… in “Father General’s Corridor”

Heaven’s Heart… in “Father General’s Corridor”

In 2021, Fr. Arturo Sosa invited the Jesuit artist Arturo Araujo to create a series of artworks to bring to life the corridor that runs alongside his office. Conversations between the Superior General and the artist led to the proposal of a graphic representation...

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The Jesuit vow of poverty – A testimony from Herbert Keller SJ

The Jesuit vow of poverty – A testimony from Herbert Keller SJ

Herbert Keller is a Jesuit from the United States who teaches theology and works in pastoral ministry at Scranton Preparatory School in Pennsylvania. Throughout his apostolic life in the Society of Jesus, he has served in the field of education...

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The Women’s Commission, at the end of its meeting in Rome

The Women’s Commission, at the end of its meeting in Rome

Meeting at the Curia of the “Commission on the Role and Responsibilities of Women in the Society of Jesus” – Here are the testimonies of three Commission members at the end of their week together.

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The Women’s participation in the Jesuit world – a global survey

The Women’s participation in the Jesuit world – a global survey

One of the main initiatives taken by the “Women’s Commission” of the Society has been to organize a worldwide survey. Here, the director of the project tells us more about the goals, methods and status of their enterprise.

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The gigantic work of the Jesuit Martino Martini (卫匡国)

The gigantic work of the Jesuit Martino Martini (卫匡国)

Have you ever heard of the Jesuit missionary Martino Martini? Although his work on China was one of the most important sources of knowledge about that Oriental country in the 17th century, he is still not well known.

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