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This was one of the questions the 15 Jesuits ordained to the priesthood were asked to ponder leading up to these celebrations. “Forgiven, healed, loved. Responding in love,” said Kevin Hughes, S.J. “Go and do likewise (Luke 10:37),” wrote San Mai, S.J. And Jason Downer, S.J.: “Abundant grace.”. Grace certainly abounds in the lives ...
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 June in the United States. Ordination ceremonies were held at Fordham University in the Bronx, New York; Holy Name of Jesus Church in New Orleans ...
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The Society of Jesus celebrated the ordination of 15 new priests in Canada, the United States and Haiti in 2020. For Jesuits, the formation process (i.e., training) that leads up to priestly ordination lasts 10 to 12 years and includes intensive stages of study, ministry, accompaniment of those on the margins of society, prayer and more.
The planned ordinations for the Maryland and USA Northeast Provinces in June at Fordham University were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. They have been rescheduled for August 8, 2020, at Saint Joseph’s University, with one of our Jesuits, James Ferus, SJ, being ordained on August 1 with the seminarians of the Archdiocese of Boston.
Society of Jesus Ordains New Deacons. December 9, 2020 — This year, 25 U.S. and Canadian Jesuits were ordained to the diaconate at several different Masses in the United States, Canada, France and Colombia. For a Jesuit in formation, ordination to the diaconate is the final step in preparation for priestly ordination in the Society of Jesus.
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 ...
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 ...
