The Jesuits founded our first college 470 years ago in 1548 at Messina, Sicily. Today's Jesuits, including many professors, campus ministers, and administrators, operate 31 colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada, carrying forward the Church's intellectual tradition. Students, know of our prayers and best wishes for your exams! #almostthere #faithandreason #youcandoit
After a full day of work or study, Jesuits come together in community for the source and summit of the Christian life. Having received the Lord in the Eucharist and after sharing fellowship around the dinner table, Jesuits are recharged to commit themselves to the greater glory of God the next day. #AMDG #Eucharist #sourceandsummit #contemplativesinaction #BeAJesuit
#Repost @belenjesuit. This morning, we held a special assembly to bid farewell to Bryan Torres, nSJ. who has been doing his Jesuit Novice High School Experience with us for the past six weeks. Join us in wishing him well as he moves on to his next assignment in Guatemala! #AMDG #Vocations
As men of the Church, Jesuits receive a rigorous academic and pastoral training during theology studies, the final stage of Jesuit formation before ordination to the priesthood. In addition to their classes, Jesuit theologians work hand in hand with local clergy at nearby parishes and live in community with Jesuit friends in the Lord from around the world. #BeAJesuit #theology #JesuitFormation #friendsintheLord #CatholicPriest
For centuries, popes have relied on Jesuits for specialized intellectual missions. The tradition of integrating faith and reason continues today, as an American Jesuit Brother is the director of the Vatican Observatory. There are even 35 craters on the moon named after Jesuits! #faithandreason #faithandscience #JesuitMissionaries #VaticanObservatory #BeAJesuit
Since 1553, we have been guided by the Jesuit Constitutions, which outline a communal life that seeks to do all things ad majorem Dei gloriam (for the greater glory of God). Jesuit novices (seen here) study these same Constitutions today so that they, too, may live for the greater glory of God. #AMDG #JesuitConstitutions #BlueBook #alwayslearning #thelastchalkboard
Be a contributor and not just an observer in the whole work of redemption. Fr. Richard Baumann, SJ explains how one going through the #SpiritualExercises of #SaintIgnatius is led to discover his or her particular way of following #Christ. #BeAJesuit #AMDG
St. Francis Xavier, patron of missionaries, pray for us! Today is the feast of St. Francis Xavier, best friend of Ignatius and one of the greatest missionaries in history. #BeAJesuit #BeAMissionary #AMDG #FrancisXavier #stfrancisxavier
The expense is reckoned; the enterprise is begun. It is of God; it cannot be withstood. So the faith was planted. So it must be restored. Today is the feast of St. Edmund Campion, an incredible Jesuit martyr in the 16th century. #edmundcampion #BeAJesuit #jesuitmartyrs #jesuitmissionaries
