• Greg Celio, SJ, and Justin Claravall, SJ, were originally supposed to be ordained with four of their Jesuit brothers before upwards of 1,000 family members and friends in June. But with those plans upended because of the coronavirus, Fr. Scott Santarosa, SJ, Provincial of the West Province, and his team had to be creative – particularly when the Governor of California ordered a major reopening rollback, including the suspension of indoor church services. But when one door closes, another opens. The Archbishop of Los Angeles said that while indoor Masses were not allowed, outdoor Masses were permitted. Within a matter of hours, Greg and Justin’s ordination was moved to the plaza of Dolores Mission Church, a Jesuit parish serving those at the margins in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles. “Dolores Mission is a special place where Jesuits get to walk with people who are God’s poor,” says Fr. Santarosa. “These are the same people who are exceedingly generous because they help teach us who Jesus is and how he rises from difficult circumstances. As Greg and Justin lay prostrate on the plaza, which is basically the living room of the homeless men and women who stay at Dolores Mission, and give themselves over to God, it will be exceedingly meaningful. Once again, the poor come to rescue us.” The change of location is even more significant for Justin Claravall, who will begin his ministerial life as a priest at Dolores Mission. Meet all our new Jesuit priests at the link in bio. The text for this post comes from @JesuitsWest . . #AMDG #NewPriest #Jesuit #IgnatianFamily #IgnatianSpirituality #ReligiousLife #Priesthood #Catholic #Vocation #BeAJesuit
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    Greg Celio, SJ, and Justin Claravall, SJ, were originally supposed to be ordained with four of their Jesuit brothers before upwards of 1,000 family members and friends in June. But with those plans upended because of the coronavirus, Fr. Scott Santarosa, SJ, Provincial of the West Province, and his team had to be creative – particularly when the Governor of California ordered a major reopening rollback, including the suspension of indoor church services. But when one door closes, another opens. The Archbishop of Los Angeles said that while indoor Masses were not allowed, outdoor Masses were permitted. Within a matter of hours, Greg and Justin’s ordination was moved to the plaza of Dolores Mission Church, a Jesuit parish serving those at the margins in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles. “Dolores Mission is a special place where Jesuits get to walk with people who are God’s poor,” says Fr. Santarosa. “These are the same people who are exceedingly generous because they help teach us who Jesus is and how he rises from difficult circumstances. As Greg and Justin lay prostrate on the plaza, which is basically the living room of the homeless men and women who stay at Dolores Mission, and give themselves over to God, it will be exceedingly meaningful. Once again, the poor come to rescue us.” The change of location is even more significant for Justin Claravall, who will begin his ministerial life as a priest at Dolores Mission. Meet all our new Jesuit priests at the link in bio. The text for this post comes from @JesuitsWest . . #AMDG #NewPriest #Jesuit #IgnatianFamily #IgnatianSpirituality #ReligiousLife #Priesthood #Catholic #Vocation #BeAJesuit
  • Happy feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits whose Spiritual Exercises have been a gift for the whole Church. Let’s pray through his intercession that all that we choose and do be directed to God’s greater glory. #amdg #ignatiusday #feastofsaintignatius2020 #ignatius #ignatiusloyola #sanignacio #ignatianspirituality #peterpaulrubens #magnificat #catholiclife #saints
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    Happy feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits whose Spiritual Exercises have been a gift for the whole Church. Let’s pray through his intercession that all that we choose and do be directed to God’s greater glory. #amdg #ignatiusday #feastofsaintignatius2020 #ignatius #ignatiusloyola #sanignacio #ignatianspirituality #peterpaulrubens #magnificat #catholiclife #saints
  • Flashback: One year ago @paulphillipino was among ten American scholastics sent to Xela, Guatemala, to study Spanish. At the conclusion of the 6-week course, Paul had the opportunity to explore the country, including Guatemala’s national treasure, Lake Atitlán. While he was there he paid homage to the Church’s first American martyr, Blessed Stanley Rother, whose feast is celebrated by the Tz’utujil community at Santiago Apostal Church and in Rother’s native Oklahoma City on July 28. Blessed Stanley was killed after being put on a hit list and being told to leave the country. Instead he chose to stay and serve the people of God there. May we have the same courage if God calls us to it. #amdg #stanleyrother @urlxela @plqxela @archokc
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    Flashback: One year ago @paulphillipino was among ten American scholastics sent to Xela, Guatemala, to study Spanish. At the conclusion of the 6-week course, Paul had the opportunity to explore the country, including Guatemala’s national treasure, Lake Atitlán. While he was there he paid homage to the Church’s first American martyr, Blessed Stanley Rother, whose feast is celebrated by the Tz’utujil community at Santiago Apostal Church and in Rother’s native Oklahoma City on July 28. Blessed Stanley was killed after being put on a hit list and being told to leave the country. Instead he chose to stay and serve the people of God there. May we have the same courage if God calls us to it. #amdg #stanleyrother @urlxela @plqxela @archokc
  • Hi from Loyola Chicago, where Paul Phillipino has been missioned to First Studies. He is pictured here with a fellow community member, Father Bill Creed, with whom he shares not only companionship in the Society and belief in the power of Ignatian Spirituality but also a love of the game of baseball. He’s not just watching the game but also taking over this page today. #AMDG #ignatian #baseballisback @paulphillipino
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    Hi from Loyola Chicago, where Paul Phillipino has been missioned to First Studies. He is pictured here with a fellow community member, Father Bill Creed, with whom he shares not only companionship in the Society and belief in the power of Ignatian Spirituality but also a love of the game of baseball. He’s not just watching the game but also taking over this page today. #AMDG #ignatian #baseballisback @paulphillipino
  • I regularly beg the Lord for the grace of “childlikeness.” (“Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Mt 18:3) I hope and pray to always be a kid at heart. I want my feet to stay dirty from playing outside in the grass. I want to always approach the Lord as His son, ready to go wherever my Father leads me in full faith. I want to see the world as a child does with eyes of mystery and grandeur. Most importantly, I want to love everyone as purely as a child loves. Unlock that kid at heart! It’s much more fun, anyway.
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    I regularly beg the Lord for the grace of “childlikeness.” (“Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Mt 18:3) I hope and pray to always be a kid at heart. I want my feet to stay dirty from playing outside in the grass. I want to always approach the Lord as His son, ready to go wherever my Father leads me in full faith. I want to see the world as a child does with eyes of mystery and grandeur. Most importantly, I want to love everyone as purely as a child loves. Unlock that kid at heart! It’s much more fun, anyway.
  • Hello everyone! Hunter D’Armond, SJ (@darmondsj) back at you for this week’s takeover. I’m spending this summer at a parish in Chicago where I’m organizing a young adults group, hosting events, and helping out with whatever the parish needs. Come walk with me in this upcoming week to get a glimpse of a Jesuit scholastic’s life outside of studying philosophy and theology! Peace.
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    Hello everyone! Hunter D’Armond, SJ (@darmondsj) back at you for this week’s takeover. I’m spending this summer at a parish in Chicago where I’m organizing a young adults group, hosting events, and helping out with whatever the parish needs. Come walk with me in this upcoming week to get a glimpse of a Jesuit scholastic’s life outside of studying philosophy and theology! Peace.
  • Congratulations to the recently ordained Fr. San Mai, SJ! San Mai, S.J., was born in Saigon, Vietnam, with his two sisters. He immigrated with his family to Portland, Oregon, in 1975 at the age of seven. San attended Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California, where he met the Jesuits. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering in 1989 and a master’s in business administration in 1994. Although he was noticeably impressed with the joy and zeal he saw in the Jesuits at Santa Clara University, San did not feel called to religious life but rather to pursue the Silicon Valley dream. Prior to entering the Society of Jesus, San worked for 20 years in the Bay Area as a product management and marketing executive for various public and private technology companies. Calling his vocation “late and surprising, yet incredibly consoling” given his career in the corporate world, San entered the Society of Jesus in 2011. As a novice, he worked as a teaching assistant at Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon. San then studied philosophy at Loyola University Chicago in 2013. Missioned next to St. Andrew Nativity School in Portland, Oregon, he worked for two years as a math and science teacher. This past May, San earned a Master of Divinity degree at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley, California. He also served as a deacon and leader of children’s faith formation at Our Lady of Lourdes in Oakland, California. Meet all our new Jesuit priests at the link in bio. . . @jesuitswest @wearethejesuits @ santaclarauniversity #AMDG #newpriest #ordination #Catholic #Priesthood #Jesuits #JesuitLife #Vocation #JesuitVocation #religiouslife #Ignatian #IgnatianSpirituality #IgnatianFamily #JesuitEducated
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    Congratulations to the recently ordained Fr. San Mai, SJ! San Mai, S.J., was born in Saigon, Vietnam, with his two sisters. He immigrated with his family to Portland, Oregon, in 1975 at the age of seven. San attended Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California, where he met the Jesuits. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering in 1989 and a master’s in business administration in 1994. Although he was noticeably impressed with the joy and zeal he saw in the Jesuits at Santa Clara University, San did not feel called to religious life but rather to pursue the Silicon Valley dream. Prior to entering the Society of Jesus, San worked for 20 years in the Bay Area as a product management and marketing executive for various public and private technology companies. Calling his vocation “late and surprising, yet incredibly consoling” given his career in the corporate world, San entered the Society of Jesus in 2011. As a novice, he worked as a teaching assistant at Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon. San then studied philosophy at Loyola University Chicago in 2013. Missioned next to St. Andrew Nativity School in Portland, Oregon, he worked for two years as a math and science teacher. This past May, San earned a Master of Divinity degree at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley, California. He also served as a deacon and leader of children’s faith formation at Our Lady of Lourdes in Oakland, California. Meet all our new Jesuit priests at the link in bio. . . @jesuitswest @wearethejesuits @ santaclarauniversity #AMDG #newpriest #ordination #Catholic #Priesthood #Jesuits #JesuitLife #Vocation #JesuitVocation #religiouslife #Ignatian #IgnatianSpirituality #IgnatianFamily #JesuitEducated
  • Another #NewJesuit Priest alert! Congratulations to Fr. David Romero, SJ, who was ordained to the priesthood on July 7, 2020. David first met the Jesuits at LMU and became more involved with campus ministry and the Center for Service and Action. These opportunities to live a life of faith and justice led him to study abroad with the Casa de la Solidaridad program in El Salvador, which deepened his discernment to enter the Jesuits after graduating in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in theological studies and a minor in business administration. As a novice, he volunteered as a hospital chaplain at St. Francis Hospital in Lynwood, California, and at the Jesuit Restorative Justice Initiative, worked at St. Anne’s Primary School in Kingston, Jamaica, and taught at Verbum Dei High School in Los Angeles. After professing first vows in 2011, he was sent to Fordham University in the Bronx, New York, for first studies, where he earned a master’s degree in philosophical resources and helped in the campus ministry office of Cristo Rey New York High School in East Harlem. For his regency, David was sent to work for one year with the alternative study abroad program, Casa Bayanihan, in the Philippines, accompanying students and marginalized communities in Metro Manila. He was then missioned for two years to Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California, where he taught religion and helped in campus ministry and with immersions, as well as served as the chaplain for the theatre program. In 2017, he was missioned to the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, where he earned his Master of Divinity degree while serving as a chaplain at the Suffolk County House of Corrections and then as a deacon at St. Michael Parish, in Bedford, Mass. After ordination, he will join the team of Christus Ministries in Los Angeles, which serves young adults. Meet all of our new Jesuit priests – link in bio. . . #AMDG #NewPriest #Jesuit #JesuitLife #Ignatian #IgnatianSpirituality #IgnatianFamily @jesuitswest #ReligiousLife #Catholic #Priest #GodInAllThings
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    Another #NewJesuit Priest alert! Congratulations to Fr. David Romero, SJ, who was ordained to the priesthood on July 7, 2020. David first met the Jesuits at LMU and became more involved with campus ministry and the Center for Service and Action. These opportunities to live a life of faith and justice led him to study abroad with the Casa de la Solidaridad program in El Salvador, which deepened his discernment to enter the Jesuits after graduating in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in theological studies and a minor in business administration. As a novice, he volunteered as a hospital chaplain at St. Francis Hospital in Lynwood, California, and at the Jesuit Restorative Justice Initiative, worked at St. Anne’s Primary School in Kingston, Jamaica, and taught at Verbum Dei High School in Los Angeles. After professing first vows in 2011, he was sent to Fordham University in the Bronx, New York, for first studies, where he earned a master’s degree in philosophical resources and helped in the campus ministry office of Cristo Rey New York High School in East Harlem. For his regency, David was sent to work for one year with the alternative study abroad program, Casa Bayanihan, in the Philippines, accompanying students and marginalized communities in Metro Manila. He was then missioned for two years to Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California, where he taught religion and helped in campus ministry and with immersions, as well as served as the chaplain for the theatre program. In 2017, he was missioned to the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, where he earned his Master of Divinity degree while serving as a chaplain at the Suffolk County House of Corrections and then as a deacon at St. Michael Parish, in Bedford, Mass. After ordination, he will join the team of Christus Ministries in Los Angeles, which serves young adults. Meet all of our new Jesuit priests – link in bio. . . #AMDG #NewPriest #Jesuit #JesuitLife #Ignatian #IgnatianSpirituality #IgnatianFamily @jesuitswest #ReligiousLife #Catholic #Priest #GodInAllThings
  • #NewJesuit Priest Alert! Congratulations to Fr. Billy Biegler, SJ, our newest #Jesuit priest, who was ordained on July 11 in Sacramento. Fr. Thomas William (Billy) Biegler, S.J., was born in Sacramento, California. The middle of three boys, Billy met the Jesuits at a young age, developing a fondness for their humor, depth and approachability. A graduate of Jesuit High School in Sacramento, Billy completed his undergraduate degree at the University of San Francisco. After undergrad, Billy worked briefly for the San Francisco Opera but returned to Sacramento to work for California Musical Theater (Sacramento Music Circus). In 2009, Billy entered the Jesuit Novitiate in Culver City, California. He completed first studies in St. Louis, finishing philosophy at Saint Louis University and completing a master’s in theatre and performance studies at Washington University. For regency, Billy worked at Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon, teaching freshman English, freshman Spanish and senior theology. In addition to teaching, Billy led service trips, retreats and a mighty group of freshmen basketball players. For theology, Billy studied at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. Additionally, he worked at Saint Cecilia Parish in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, serving as spiritual director, RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) instructor and chaplain to the CARES ministry (ministry to the sick and homebound). After ordination, Billy will serve in Portland at St. Ignatius Parish and help with vocation promotion. He is deeply grateful to all of those whose love has transformed his journey. #AMDG . . #BeAJesuit #Catholic #Ordination #Priesthood #JesuitPriest #Ignatian #IgnatianSpirituality #IgnatianFamily
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    #NewJesuit Priest Alert! Congratulations to Fr. Billy Biegler, SJ, our newest #Jesuit priest, who was ordained on July 11 in Sacramento. Fr. Thomas William (Billy) Biegler, S.J., was born in Sacramento, California. The middle of three boys, Billy met the Jesuits at a young age, developing a fondness for their humor, depth and approachability. A graduate of Jesuit High School in Sacramento, Billy completed his undergraduate degree at the University of San Francisco. After undergrad, Billy worked briefly for the San Francisco Opera but returned to Sacramento to work for California Musical Theater (Sacramento Music Circus). In 2009, Billy entered the Jesuit Novitiate in Culver City, California. He completed first studies in St. Louis, finishing philosophy at Saint Louis University and completing a master’s in theatre and performance studies at Washington University. For regency, Billy worked at Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon, teaching freshman English, freshman Spanish and senior theology. In addition to teaching, Billy led service trips, retreats and a mighty group of freshmen basketball players. For theology, Billy studied at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. Additionally, he worked at Saint Cecilia Parish in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, serving as spiritual director, RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) instructor and chaplain to the CARES ministry (ministry to the sick and homebound). After ordination, Billy will serve in Portland at St. Ignatius Parish and help with vocation promotion. He is deeply grateful to all of those whose love has transformed his journey. #AMDG . . #BeAJesuit #Catholic #Ordination #Priesthood #JesuitPriest #Ignatian #IgnatianSpirituality #IgnatianFamily