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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

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-...

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

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

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

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.

Cameron Bellm interviews singer-songwriter Jessica Gerhardt about her latest album and how Ignatian spirituality inspires her art. jesuitmedialab.org/an-ever-unfo...

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.

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

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

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-...

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

#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.

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

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

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

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

Writer and artist Tara Kate invites us into an Ignatian contemplation of Piero di Cosimos' "The Visitation." jesuitmedialab.org/an-ignatian-...

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

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

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-...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Michael O'Connell reflects on David Tracy and the Catholic imagination. jesuitmedialab.org/in-memoriam-...

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.

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...

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

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

#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

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

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

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

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

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

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-...

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 🙏

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

#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.”

#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

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

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

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

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...