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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Keep up with us on Instagram, X, Facebook and LinkedIn. ➡️ instagram.com/wearethejesuits ➡️ x.com/jesuitnews ➡️ facebook.com/Jesuits ➡️ linkedin.com/company/us-jesuit-conference

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

This month, 22 Jesuit novices from the United States and Haiti professed first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience at five different Masses. AMDG! ➡️ jesuits.org/firstvows-2025

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

This summer, McQuaid Jesuit High students served as pallbearers at funerals for those who pass away without family or friends to carry them to their final resting place. It's part of the school’s commitment to service. ➡️ ow.ly/6VeR50WL2s2

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

In this week's "Now Discern This," Eric Clayton invites you to pray with three summertime vignettes as we come to the end of the season. www.jesuits.org/stories/now-...

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Now Discern This: Praying with Summertime Scenes - Jesuits.org

In this week's "Now Discern This," Eric Clayton invites you to pray with three summertime vignettes as we come to the end of the season.

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

A Jesuit artist is creating "pop icons" like you’ve never seen: ow.ly/zRlR50WHLEt

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Congratulations to Corey Trujillo, SJ, and Mike Mateo-Sebastian, SJ, of Jesuits West, who professed first vows in the Society of Jesus on August 9 at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. ow.ly/bji050WJU5A

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Happy 106th birthday to Sister Jean of @loyolachicago.bsky.social! 🎉 bit.ly/srjean

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Congratulations to the four Jesuits who professed first vows on August 6 at Notre Dame de Perpétuel Secours in Ouanaminthe, Haiti: Erick Germain, SJ, Wildersen Cyla, SJ, Angelain Pierre, SJ, and Livensky Basse, SJ.

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Congratulations to the eight @MidwestJesuits who professed first vows on August 9 in St. Paul, MN: Aidan Stenson, SJ, Timothy Long, SJ, Jonathan Herrington, SJ, Mark Trombley, SJ, Noah Smith, SJ, Taylr Bahr, SJ, Christopher Kinkor, SJ, and Robert Nichols SJ.

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Jesuit artist Nicholas Kerestan Leeper, SJ, is creating ‘Pop Icons’ like you’ve never seen. Learn more: ow.ly/zRlR50WHLEt

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Today is the feast of St. Alberto Hurtado, a Chilean #Jesuit priest who founded Hogar de Cristo, houses for the poor in Chile. ow.ly/XQM450FT4TU

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

In this week's Now Discern This, Eric Clayton reflects on a dying butterfly and how its life reveals what it means to flourish and flutter. www.jesuits.org/stories/now-...

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Now Discern This: To Flourish and Flutter - Jesuits.org

In this week's Now Discern This, Eric Clayton reflects on a dying butterfly and how its life reveals what it means to flourish and flutter.

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

#OTD in 1917, St, Óscar Romero was born in El Salvador. St. Óscar Romero, pray for us!

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

#OTD in 1534, on the Feast of the Assumption, St. Ignatius and six companions — Peter Faber, Francis Xavier, Diego Laynez, Simão Rodriguez, Alonso Salmerón and Nicolás Bobadilla — professed their first vows at a Mass celebrated by Faber at Montmartre in Paris.

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Congratulations to Michael Audet, SJ, Fr. Garrett Ahlers, SJ, and Rajae Clarke, SJ, of Jesuits East, who professed first vows in the Society of Jesus on August 9 in Syracuse, New York. beajesuit.org

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Today is the feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a priest who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. #qotd

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

On the new #AMDG pod, Fr. Jack Bentz, SJ, who works in campus ministry at Gonzaga University, discusses his new podcast “Catholics in Ordinary Time,” centered on conversations with all different sorts of Catholics, and what he's been learning from them. 🎧 ow.ly/CMGA50WFwaH

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Today is the feast of St. John Berchmans, a #Jesuit scholastic and the patron saint of altar servers, who died at age 22. ow.ly/vOWm50SWIbW

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Congratulations to Paul Gillam, SJ, Tom Laughlin, SJ, Jackson Graham, SJ, Viêt Vu, SJ, and Corey Jackson, SJ, who pronounced first vows in the Society of Jesus on August 9 at Regis University in Denver. beajesuit.org

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Fr. Richard D’Souza, SJ, one of the scientists who discovered that the Milky Way has a sister galaxy, has been appointed by Pope Leo XIV as the new director of the Vatican Observatory. He succeeds Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, next month. ➡️ ow.ly/NT6e50WCNwi

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

In this week's Now Discern This, Eric Clayton reflects on a visit to the shrine of Our Lady of Champion, the first approved Marian Apparition in the U.S. www.jesuits.org/stories/now-...

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Please join us in praying for the 18 Jesuit novices who will pronounce first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience today at four Masses across the United States. Learn more about Jesuit formation at beajesuit.org.

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Please pray for Mike Mateo-Sebastian, SJ, and Corey Trujillo, SJ, of Jesuits West, who will profess first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience on August 9 at @LoyolaMarymount in Los Angeles. jesuitswest.org/firstvows2025

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Please pray for the three Jesuits East novices who will profess first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience on August 9 in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse, NY: Rajae Clarke, Rev. Garrett Ahlers, and Michael Audet. ow.ly/Czt850WBB2O

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

On this day in 1814, the Society of Jesus was restored after being suppressed by papal brief for 41 years.

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

On the new #AMDG pod, Brian Green, director of technology ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, discusses how the Vatican is approaching the complex issues surrounding AI and how a Catholic might think about whether or not to use AI tools. 🎧 ow.ly/hXVF50WAVSK

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Fr. Pedro Arrupe, SJ, 28th Superior General of the #Jesuits, was ministering in #Hiroshima 80 years ago today on August 6, 1945, and used his medical training to help care for the wounded. Read his account: ow.ly/Wi3S50Kea9I

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Please pray for the five novices from the Central and Southern Province who will profess first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience on August 9 at University Chapel at Regis University: Paul Gillam, SJ, Jackson Graham, SJ, Corey Jackson, SJ, Tom Laughlin, SJ, and Viêt Vu, SJ.

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Fr. Carlos Orellana, SJ, and parishioners brought their message from Honduras to Washington, DC, last week, walking the halls of Congress to raise awareness about the devastating violence and impunity along their country’s northern coast. www.jesuits.org/stories/jesu...

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Jesuit Pastor and Parishioners from Honduras Advocate for Justice in Washington, D.C. - Jesuits.org

A Jesuit and two laypeople visited Washington, D.C., to advocate for justice and the environment in northern Honduras.

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Congratulations to Frs. Frantz Georges, SJ, Rivelt Silnéus, SJ, and Antony Simon, SJ, who were ordained to the priesthood on August 2 in Ouanaminthe, Haiti. Meet the ordinands: jesuits.org/ordination

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Please pray for Frantz Georges, SJ, Rivelt Silnéus, SJ, and Antony Simon, SJ, who will be ordained to the priesthood on August 2 in Ouanaminthe, Haiti. 🙏 Learn more about them: jesuits.org/ordination

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

#OTD in 1548, at the behest of St. Francis Borgia, SJ, Pope Paul III issued the Brief "Pastoralis officii" approving The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Learn more about the agility of the Spiritual Exercises: ow.ly/U1u850K80PU

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The Agility of the Spiritual Exercises - Jesuits.org

The global pandemic has forced everyone to go digital. And spiritual directors have responded.

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Michael O’Connell offers an Ignatius Day reflection on mystical experiences. ➡️ ow.ly/mZh950Wy93k

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

St. Ignatius, Stargazing and the Spiritual Life: Writer Cameron Bellm invites us to pray with Ignatius and the stars: ow.ly/3lxp50Wy8OX 💫

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Who else is celebrating Ignatius Day with an ice cream cake with his face printed on it?

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Today we celebrate the feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus. Happy Ignatius Day to all #Jesuits, colleagues and friends! We invite you to take our Feast Day Quiz and see how well you know our founder. ➡️ ow.ly/gPCu50WxLC7

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Sr. Margaret Scott joins the #AMDG podcast to discuss her new book about about Ignatian spirituality and ecological conversion, “Ignatius Was Green: Ecological Dimensions of the Spiritual Exercises.” 🎧 ow.ly/l4iE50WxGfg

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

In this week's Now Discern This, Eric Clayton calls our attention to the goats on our own roofs — both figurative and literal. www.jesuits.org/stories/now-...

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Now Discern This: Goats on the Roof - Jesuits.org

In this week's Now Discern This, Eric Clayton calls our attention to the goats on our own roofs -- both figurative and literal.

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

As we prepare for the feast of St. Ignatius tomorrow, July 31, we invite you to pray with this icon of Ignatius and his first companions ➡️ ow.ly/JhGG50Ponef 🙏

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Meet the 22 Jesuits from the U.S., Canada and Haiti ordained to the priesthood this summer! ➡️ jesuits.org/ordination

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

#OTD in 1568, St. Teresa of Avila wrote in a letter to Fr. Christopher Rodriguez: “The men of the Society of Jesus are my Fathers, to whom after God my soul owes everything good that it might have.”

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

#OTD in 1844, Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet and #Jesuit priest, was born. To celebrate, download a free comic book-style adaptation of his poem “God’s Grandeur.” 👉 ow.ly/LcQt50SLRam

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

The Vatican Observatory Looks to the Heavens: It's run by Michigan-born Jesuit and meteorite expert Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ — known as the Pope’s Astronomer. via @newyorker.com ➡️ ow.ly/qZat50Ww4jR

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The Vatican Observatory Looks to the Heavens

It’s run by a Michigan-born Jesuit—and a meteorite expert—known as the Pope’s Astronomer.

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

#OTD in 1609, St. Ignatius was beatified by Pope Paul V.

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

#OTD in 1967, the death of #Jesuit Father John Markoe, who dedicated his life to fighting racial injustice. ow.ly/Jjr550PlSe1

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

In this month's guide to "Forming a Practice of Hope," Fr. George Drance, SJ, encourages us to determine our objectives by asking the question “What do I want?”. jesuitmedialab.org/forming-a-pr...

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Forming a Practice of Hope: Determining Objectives - Jesuit Media Lab

To help us understand life choices, it’s helpful to ask the question “What do I want?” from a place of freedom.

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Jesuit News @jesuits.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

#OTD in 1573, Christoph Scheiner, SJ, a Jesuit physicist, astronomer and geometer was born. He discovered sun spots independently of Galileo and created one of the first terrestrial telescopes. 🔭 ➡️ ow.ly/1RQv50WrOT3

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