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Jesuits West Jesuits and Ignatian colleagues in 10 western states, striving to “find God in all things."

Jesuits and Ignatian partners in ten western states working together in education, social justice, parishes, spirituality and media.

09/08/2026

Happy Labor Day from the Jesuits!

09/06/2026

Jesus tells us that we must engage when a conflict arises. Kevin Lee, SJ, of Jesuits West, reflects on how the Ignatian Presupposition can give us guidance on how to engage. Based on the readings for the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time.

Support Relief and Recovery in NepalThe Rasuwa floods have claimed hundreds of lives, left thousands of people missing a...
09/02/2026

Support Relief and Recovery in Nepal

The Rasuwa floods have claimed hundreds of lives, left thousands of people missing and buried classrooms in mud across Nepal.

American Jesuits International is working with partners in Nepal — including the local Fe y Alegría school network — to conduct rapid assessments and mobilize emergency assistance.

Every donation can help these partners respond to the urgent needs of affected communities.

Donate: americanjesuitsinternational.org/Nepal

08/30/2026

Jesus asks us to follow him even amidst our fears and hesitations. Fr. Simon Zachary, SJ, of Jesuits West, breaks open Jesus’s invitation to all of us in light of St. Peter. Based on the readings for the 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time.

This month, 14 Jesuit novices from the United States and Haiti pronounced first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience ...
08/30/2026

This month, 14 Jesuit novices from the United States and Haiti pronounced first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience at five different Masses. AMDG!

🔗 jesuits.org/first-vows-2026

The San Diego Union-Tribune recently reported on the FAITH program, a project by the Jesuits’ Our Lady of Guadalupe Chur...
08/28/2026

The San Diego Union-Tribune recently reported on the FAITH program, a project by the Jesuits’ Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, The Roman Catholic Diocese of SAN DIEGO and the San Diego Organizing Project. The ministry is grounded in bearing witness, building trust, and providing pastoral care for individuals and families during their immigration court hearings and ICE check-ins.

Fr. Scott Santarosa, SJ (pictured, center), pastor at Our Lady of Guadalupe, has been ministering to immigrants during their court hearings and check-in appointments at the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building for the past year. Volunteers do not interfere with arrests; rather, their role is to bear witness and have a consistent presence.

“Our ways of accompanying people have had to change and adapt,” Fr. Santarosa said. For instance, earlier this summer, a federal judge ruled that the federal government could not make arrests at immigration courts. “But there’s still a consistent need for people to show up and offer a smile, a prayer, a sense of warmth and friendliness in an otherwise, I would say, cold and sterile federal building.”

For some volunteers, FAITH was a way to turn a feeling of despair into action. “I really felt that I needed to do something, even in a small way,” said Mary Holmes, who has volunteered with FAITH since its inception.

Michael Castori, SJ (left), of Jesuits West, was ordained and installed as the sixth bishop of the Roman Catholic Dioces...
08/26/2026

Michael Castori, SJ (left), of Jesuits West, was ordained and installed as the sixth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu last month during a Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Honolulu.

Bishop Castori, who was appointed by Pope Leo XIV, succeeded Bishop Larry Silva, who had served as bishop since 2005. Bishop Castori most recently served as rector of the Arrupe Jesuit Residence at Seattle University.

“It is no mere coincidence that a people so interiorly disposed to receive the call of Christ the King—this same people should be animated by the luminous cultural value of aloha, which is, at its heart, selfless love,” said Bishop Castori during the Mass.

In his remarks at the conclusion of the Mass, Bishop Castori expressed gratitude for all those in the Diocese of Honolulu, noting that their work and contributions to society help to “build the kingdom of God in our midst.”

“Isn’t it wonderful that whatever our ancestry, whatever our place of origin, our first language, by virtue of our dwelling in these majestic islands our whole way of life becomes imbued with aloha, with blessings (returning) to our families and the communities which we come from,” he said, “even as our divinely created diversity enriches the life of our diocese.”

Oakland Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ, one of the liturgy’s co-consecrators, gave the homily. He praised his fellow Jesuit for rising to the occasion throughout his priestly vocation.

“The islands put their trust in you. So has the Holy Father, so do all of us, because the spirit of the Lord is upon you,” Bishop Barber said.

Read more: https://www.jesuitswest.org/stories/michael-castori-sj-ordained-and-installed-as-bishop-of-honolulu/

08/24/2026

Nhat Nguyen, SJ, who professed first vows in the Society of Jesus on August 8, shares why he chose Fr. Jerry Chapdelaine, SJ’s vow cross.

08/21/2026

Connor Murphy, SJ, who professed first vows in the Society of Jesus on August 8, shares why he chose Fr. Pat O’Leary, SJ’s vow cross.

Today is the feast day of St. Alberto Hurtado, a Chilean Jesuit priest known for his work with young adults and the poor...
08/18/2026

Today is the feast day of St. Alberto Hurtado, a Chilean Jesuit priest known for his work with young adults and the poor.

Hurtado directly experienced poverty as a young man when his mother was forced to sell the family farm after his father’s death. However, a scholarship allowed Hurtado to study at the Jesuit school in Santiago. He joined the Jesuits in 1923 but the Spanish government dissolved the Society of Jesus in 1932 while Hurtado was studying theology; the young Chilean finished his studies in Belgium where he was ordained. On returning to Chile, Hurtado exercised a typical Jesuit ministry of teaching and giving retreats.

His concern for the poor eventually led him to become director of Catholic Action, and in 1944 to ask women on a retreat to think of the men, women and children who were without a home to live in. The women responded with donations which Hurtado used to open first a hospice for youth and then one for women and children. This was the beginning of El Hogar de Cristo. "Hogar" means home, and the name signifies that people were welcomed into Christ's home.

The movement spread beyond Chile and throughout South America. In 1947 he founded Asociación Sindical Chilena, a trade union movement. Hurtado also wrote three books on social issues and in 1951 started a monthly magazine, Mensaje ("Message") that explains the Church's social teaching and addresses social issues.

Read more from Jesuits Global: jesuits.global/saint-blessed/saint-alberto-hurtado-cruchaga

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