By Paul Lickteig, SJ

On the cusp of ordination, I find myself anticipating something that I have been preparing 11 years for: sacramental ministry. Eleven years spent watching my friends enter active professional life, raise kids, and lead good lives in their own vocations. Eleven years of formation in prayer, joy, struggle, education, and work. I have experienced many graces, to be sure. I have learned how to be More...

By Ben Anderson, SJ

 I couldn’t even understand the score. I used to think I was decent at badminton, but after living in Northeastern India for a summer and getting slammed day-after-day by the local Jesuits, I learned otherwise. With the quick play and strong accents, I never had a clue what was going on.     The badminton court wasn’t the only place I was clueless. My entire More...

By Paul Coelho, SJ

  Life-defining decisions tend to be a dreary part of our lives. Deciding, no matter whether it is about careers, courses, or commitments, can easily get muddy. And mistakes from the past seem to have an uncanny way of making us cautious and distrustful. I have often thought to myself that if only there was a way to know “God’s plan for me,” that decision-making More...

  As part of the annual “Novice Tour,” first year novices, Eric Immel and Matt Donovan, spent two weeks in late February visiting various Jesuit ministries in the Chicago-Detroit and Wisconsin provinces. They met with varied groups and spoke about what it is like to be a Jesuit novice and how they came to the decision to join the Jesuits — with the lifetime commitment More...

  Eleven men in discernment came from across the Midwest to participate in a Holy Week Pilgrimage in Pilsen – a Latino neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. They camped in the hallway of the Jesuit parish rectory at St. Procopius and participated in Holy Week liturgical celebrations at different parishes in the area. On Good Friday, the men walked the Via Crucis Vivente, a live More...