By David Gibson With the 2013 election of history’s first Jesuit pope, interest mounted exponentially in the now-worldwide Society of Jesus that St. Ignatius Loyola, with nine friends, founded in the 16th century. What Pope Francis’ election means for the Jesuits “remains to be seen,” writes Jesuit Father John W. O’Malley, author of “The Jesuits: […]
Staff have been getting training from experts who have worked for the U.N. or who have military experience to learn how to “monitor and evaluate the security situation” in the places they are working.
by Deborah Gyapong OTTAWA, Ontario (CNS) – A priest who directs the Jesuit Cultural Center in Alexandria, Egypt, has blasted Western support of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt during a visit to Parliament Hill. Jesuit Father Henri Boulad, 82, a Melkite Catholic, singled out the U.S., France and Great Britain for their support of the […]
A former high school teacher at two Queens Catholic schools has been ordained a Jesuit priest. Father James T. Donovan, who taught at Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, and St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, is one of 16 Jesuit priests ordained this month in the U.S. He was ordained at Fordham University, the Bronx, […]
by Marie Elena Giossi Failure is not an option for the biggest test ever to face the school community at Brooklyn Jesuit Prep in Crown Heights – staying open. Efforts are underway to secure $1 million to save this Catholic middle school, which has been serving low-income children for nearly a decade. New York Nativity, […]
While the world’s Catholics are rejoicing over the new Holy Father, Pope Francis, his election is even more momentous for Latin Americans, particularly those of Argentinian heritage.Among those bursting with pride is Father Francisco Walker, pastor of St. Agatha’s Church, Sunset Park, who was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, just like the new pope.
Father Thomas Green, S.J., 83, died on Dec. 26, 2012, at Murray-Weigel Hall, Bronx. He was a Jesuit for 64 years and a priest for 51 years. Born in Jersey City, N.J., he attended St. Peter’s Prep and entered the Jesuit novitiate of St. Andrew-on-Hudson in Poughkeepsie in 1948. Following first vows, he studied philosophy at […]
Father Vincent M. Novak, S.J., famed Jesuit religious educator and the first dean of Fordham University’s Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education, died Aug. 6 at Moses Montefiore Hospital, the Bronx. A Jesuit for 69 years, he had celebrated his 88th birthday just three days earlier. Born in Jersey City, N.J., he attended Xavier […]
A funeral Mass was celebrated July 26 for Jesuit Father Vincent T. O’Keefe, who was the 27th president of the Fordham University, at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Manhattan. Father O’Keefe, who headed the Jesuit-run university from 1963 until 1965, died July 22 after a long illness. He was 92. Burial was at the Jesuit […]
