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June 4, 2018 — The Society of Jesus is proud to announce the ordination of 27 new priests in the United States, Canada and Haiti. We invite you to meet each ordinand by clicking on their photos in the right column.
During theology studies, a scholastic is ordained as a deacon and after completing theology studies, he is ordained to the priesthood, marking the end of about a decade of study and preparation and making him available for his first assignment as a Jesuit priest. Meet our 2018 ordinands at jesuits.org/ordinations
Sixteen Jesuit Priests Ordained in the United States. Nearly three months after the historic election of the first Jesuit Pope, the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the largest order of priests and brothers in the Roman Catholic Church, ordained 16 new priests in the United States.
The ministerial priesthood is a means by which Christ unceasingly builds up and leads his Church.”. [177] 20. From their Ignatian tradition, Jesuits bring to their ministerial priesthood a profound respect for the ways in which God is already at work in the lives of all men and women.
Jesuit formation, or the training of Jesuits, is the process by which candidates are prepared for ordained or brotherly service in the Society of Jesus, the world's largest male Catholic religious order. The process is based on the Constitution of the Society of Jesus written by Ignatius of Loyola and approved in 1550.
August 28, 2023 — Here’s the latest news from the Jesuits in Canada and the United States. Ordinations. Fr. Erik Sorensen, SJ, was ordained to the priesthood on August 4 at Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel in Montreal by Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ. Next, he will pursue doctoral studies in liturgy and interreligious dialogue with Indigenous ...
On June 12, 2021, the USA East Province ordained four Jesuits to the priesthood at the Fordham University Church–Fathers Daniel Gustafson, SJ, Michael Lamanna, SJ, Zachariah Presutti, SJ, and William Woody, SJ. From different experiences and backgrounds, these Jesuits entered the Society of Jesus in 2011 and have completed a 10-year formation process that began as … Meet Our Newly Ordained ...
