Arrupe Program

30/08/2021

The Creed | Bishop Robert Barron's new film series....

In "The Creed," a new film series blending both documentary footage and dynamic talks, Bishop Robert Barron guides viewers into the depths of the Nicene Creed, a fourth-century statement of faith that has profoundly influenced both Eastern and Western spirituality, theology, and liturgy.

30/08/2021

Pope Francis calls for pray and fasting for Afghanistan

Pope Francis has urged Christians to intensify their prayer, penance, and fasting for the situation in Afghanistan, as he entrusted the souls of those who have died to God’s mercy. Source: CNA.

27/08/2021

I cried to the Lord in my distress and He answered me!

Today we celebrate the feast day of Saint Monica of Hippo.

Let us take Saint Monica’s led and take courage from her perseverance and unwavering faith in praying without ceasing.

Saint Monica’s years of prayer, patience, fortitude, steadfast love and deep faith in God were all pivotal in the conversion of her bad-tempered husband and mother-in-law, and her rebellious child, Augustine.

Saint Monica is the patron of abuse victims; alcoholics; difficult marriages; conversion; homemakers; wives; mothers and widows.

St Monica, pray for us.

23/08/2021

Michael Kelly SJ encourages all to pray in the midst of the oppression of tedium.

Pray that the Spirit meets us in the swings and roundabouts of the mood changes and then welcome the calm of God's peace when it arrives

23/08/2021

Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor

Like never before the signs of the times are clear - as human beings we need a change of heart, mind and behaviour. Let us respond to Pope Francis' call to an ecological conversion and an economic conversion. Let us continue to pray for justice, love and peace!

Pray for the earth (Pope Francis in Laudato Si)

All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe and in the smallest of your creatures.
You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.
Pour out upon us the power of your love, that we may protect life and beauty.
Fill us with peace, that we may live as brothers and sisters, harming no one.
O God of the poor, help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth, so precious in your eyes.
Bring healing to our lives, that we may protect the world and not prey on it, that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.
Touch the hearts of those who look only for gain at the expense of the poor and the earth.
Teach us to discover the worth of each thing, to be filled with awe and contemplation, to recognise that we are profoundly united with every creature as we journey towards your infinite light.
We thank you for being with us each day. Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle for justice, love and peace.

Access Social Justice Sunday resources (29 August)

The Social Justice Statement 2021-22 offers theological foundations for care for creation while responding to the needs of the disadvantaged and excluded.

17/08/2021

Professor Brendan Byrne SJ, a highly valued member of the JCS faculty, has published a book: Come to the Light: Reflections on the Gospel of John. May you be profoundly inspired and draw strength in your daily life from the insightful reflections presented in this book. The book is available:

Come to the Light: Reflections on the Gospel of John

15/08/2021

Hope you had a glorious day on the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary!

Let us pray the Magnificat together. The Magnificat, also known as the Canticle of Mary or Ode of the Theotokos, in Christianity, the hymn of praise by Mary, the mother of Jesus, found in Luke 1:46–55. ... The Magnificat is sung each day at evening prayer, as well as in vespers, in religious houses and in those other churches where vespers is celebrated.

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30/07/2021

Wishing you the happiest Feast Day of St. Ignatius of Loyola!

Here is a prayer we are sharing with you.

A Prayer for the Feast of St. Ignatius:
St. Ignatius, teach us not to fear
The holy cannonballs that burst into our lives,
Blessedly interrupting our plans and priorities.
St. Ignatius, lead us with you
Into the cave at Manresa,
Where we may suffer
And yet emerge transformed.
St. Ignatius, let us sit beside you
On the banks of the Cardoner River,
And be awash, as you were, in revelation.
St. Ignatius, lock us with you
In a cell run by Inquisitors
And set alight in us your devotion to growth,
Even when met with distrust and disapproval.
St. Ignatius, send us out into the world
Like you did your first companions,
Making every moment a monastery
And finding God in all things.
Amen.

—Cameron Bellm

20/07/2021

In commemorating, the Ignatian Year (May 2021 to July 2022), marking the 500th anniversary of the injury that Ignatius of Loyola received at Pamplona, sparking St Ignatius’ conversion — that fateful day when Ignatius the soldier, struck by a cannonball, began his transformation into Ignatius the pilgrim. In the first pilgrimage of its kind, Newman College and Magis Network Australia organised a ‘Camino’, a pilgrimage for young adults.

Matthew Pinson SJ (a Jesuit student) and Fr Sacha Bermudez-Goldman SJ accompanied seventeen young adults, walking 125km over six days (an average of 21km/day) from Gawler to Sevenhill. The pilgrimage route – followed the steps of the first Jesuits who arrived in Australia in 1848, who travelled on foot from Gawler through to Tanunda, Nuriootpa, Kapunda, Riverton, Auburn and finally to Sevenhill, where the Jesuits currently run a parish, a retreat centre and a winery.

Read: Young pilgrims embark on the Australian Ignatian Camino trail! https://jesuit.org.au/young-pilgrims-embark-on-the-australian-ignatian-camino-trail/?fbclid=IwAR0tCosBDLB3mPedgfDFd4Wycg_ePB_fY-Zs8XTC9mWEm3a2RZ9PECuytMw

To mark the Ignatian Year (2021-2022), Newman College (The University of Melbourne) and Magis Network Australia organised a ‘Camino’, a pilgrimage for young adults. The pilgrimage route – through the Barossa and Clare Valleys – followed the steps of the first Jesuits who arrived in Australia...

06/07/2021

Springboards: A deeper Ignatian way by Fr Chris Gleeson SJ

A book to help soften people’s hearts, increase gratitude, revive drooping spirits, come alive and soak in God’s love. This timely book arrives as Australians navigate their way through a year like no other with the COVID-19 virus creating hardship and loneliness for so many people.

Springboards provides the opportunity for its readers to experience God’s unique and personal love and as such, is a treasure for our time!

More information is available here:
https://jisa.org.au/2021/06/29/springboards/

The book is now available for purchase here:
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17/06/2021

The Ignatian Year - Jesuit Higher Education
We are excited to share with you the Ignatian Year Film from the International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU). Access film here: https://youtu.be/MsoiClZF8bE

You can also visit the IAJU Ignatian Year website https://iaju.org/ignatian-year for updates and other regions initiatives.

Five hundred years ago, St. Ignatius of Loyola experienced an event that would change the course of his life... and the world. As a young soldier in the Spanish army, Ignatius dreamed of fame and glory. But everything changed when he was suddenly and gravely injured by a cannonball while in battle a...

17/06/2021

Pope Francis message about the Ignatian Year
The message of Pope Francis for the Ignatian Year

The message of Pope Francis for the Ignatian Year during the online prayer of 23 May.