Vocations

The Holy Father’s prayer intention for the month of April focuses on the human and spiritual accompaniment of priests going through difficult moments.

When Jharna Spirituality Centre in Ranchi Province opened on 13 September 2008, it answered a deep longing. Thousands have since crossed its threshold seeking spiritual renewal – Jesuits primarily, but also priests, religious sisters and brothers, and laypeople...

The establishment of the first novitiate in Bangladesh in 2022 marked a milestone for the Society of Jesus in the region, responding to growing pastoral needs and reflecting confidence that more men in Bangladesh are responding to the call to Jesuit life...

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...

“The Mes Arrupe (Arrupe Month) has been a deeply enriching and transformative moment in my formation as a Jesuit scholastic. It offered many consoling and enriching experiences that helped me to integrate the theology I am studying with lived experiences...”

When Fr Mark Ravizza, SJ, Counsellor for Formation at the General Curia, addressed the MAGIS Think In gathering in Rome, he posed a question that cuts to the heart of the meeting: Is vocational discernment an “add-on” to young adult ministry, or is it integrated into...

In the Aula of the General Curia, full of men who have lived the Jesuit life for decades, the question during the penultimate day of the Meeting of Major Superiors focused on the future: “How do we invite others to this way of life today?”

From altar boy to Jesuit, Melvin Pius Friday, SJ, is the first Jesuit ordained from Liberia. His story is one of a vocation guided by God’s providence.

The Jubilee Year of Hope offers the Church a sacred time for renewal, reconciliation, and revival. On June 25, the Church sets aside a special moment for the Jubilee of Priests to honor and to celebrate the sacred calling of presbyters in their ministry to the faithful...

On the first day of his visit, Father Sosa met with young people who are in the process of searching for their vocation. In the discussion that followed, Father General spoke with young men aged between 17 and 30 about discerning one’s vocation...

Located in Shubra, Cairo, the residence of St Athanasius serves as the novitiate of the Near East and Maghreb Province of the Society of Jesus. This community, established in part of a religious house belonging to the Latin Diocese, is where Jesuits...

The Scholastics and Brothers Circle (SBC) of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) recently held its annual gathering over Christmas, hosted by the Cebu Center for Ignatian Spirituality in the Philippines. About forty-five Jesuits in formation from...