October 19, 2016 — Today, the Society of Jesus celebrates the eight North American Martyrs, sometimes known as the Feast of St. Isaac Jogues and Companions.

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Father John Leo Flynn, SJ entered into God’s peace October 11, 2016 in the infirmary at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, Los Gatos. He was 83.

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St. Ignatius College Preparatory will open a tuition-free junior high school program, named after beloved past President Fr. Tony Sauer, SJ, beginning in August 2017.

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October 15, 2016 — General Congregation 36 delegrates celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving at the Church of the Gesù.

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Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, SJ, of Venezuela was elected the 31st Superior General of the Society of Jesus at the Jesuits’ General Congregation 36 (GC 36) October 14 in Rome. Fr. Sosa is the first Latin American Superior General of the Society of Jesus, the largest religious order of priests and brothers in the Catholic Church.

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Today, the 215 Jesuits who are attending General Congregation 36 at the Jesuit headquarters in Rome begin a centuries-old practice called the murmuratio. Four days of one-on-one conversation and information gathering, the murmuratio is designed to prepare the delegation for the election of a new Superior General this Friday.

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October 7, 2016 — Fr. Bienvenido Nebres, SJ, presided.

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Proyecto Pastoral and more than 250 friends and supporters gathered to celebrate the organization’s 30th anniversary at a gala dinner September 16 at the City Club of Los Angeles.

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October 3, 2016 — Today the Society of Jesus celebrates the feast of St. Francis Borgia, SJ (1510-1572), the third Superior General of the Society of Jesus.

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October 3, 2016 — GC 36 accepted the resignation of Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, SJ, as superior general of the Jesuits.

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October 2, 2016 — The Society of Jesus’ General Congregation 36 opened today with Mass at the Church of the Gesù.

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There are currently 30 Catholic high schools throughout the world, including several Jesuit schools from the Maryland Province, taking part in the Ignatian Carbon Challenge which is working to raise environmental awareness and help with sustainability.

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Father Carmine J. Sacco, SJ, who was pastor of St. Rita Catholic Church in Tacoma for 32 years, 1979 to 2011, entered into God’s peace on September 21 at the Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, Calif. He was 91.

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Santa Clara University, Loyola Marymount University, Gonzaga University, and Seattle University ranked among the top eight universities in the Western United States in the latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report.

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This fall, 48 new Jesuit novices joined the Society of Jesus in Canada, Haiti, and the U.S. Eleven of those men – part of the largest group of novices in the last 10 years – come from the California and Oregon provinces. Please use the seventh photo in the story of the California and Oregon Jesuits as the teaser image.

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Seattle University is celebrating its 125th anniversary throughout the 2016-17 academic year. Celebrations include a speakers series and a gala in November.

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Eleven men joined the ranks of novices of the California and Oregon provinces when they entered The Jesuit Novitiate of the Three Companions in Culver City, Calif., on August 21. Each of the men recently completed his two-week “first probation” which culminated with the Mass of Investiture.

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Today is the feast day of Saint Peter Claver, a Jesuit missionary known as the patron saint of slaves, African missions and interracial justice.

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Seventeen Jesuits were ordained as deacons recently at Masses in Boston and Montreal.

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Loyola Marymount University ranks among the nation’s top 20 schools for “Students Most Engaged in Community Service,” according to the Princeton Review’s 2017 guide to The Best 381 Colleges.

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The new executive director of Santa Clara University’s Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education recently sat down to answer some questions about his perspectives and passions —and how SCU’s mission is like pizza.

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Concert tour's performances will benefit Jesuit Refugee Service's Global Education Initiative.

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August 22, 2016 — "Ignacio de Loyola," a film produced by the Jesuit Communications Foundation in the Philippines, will be released in North American theatres on Friday, Aug. 26.

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Compassionate friend of and advocate for the homeless and vulnerable of our society, Father Robert “Bob” Jones, SJ, entered into God’s peace on August 11 in Los Gatos, Calif. He was 77.

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Seven Jesuits from the California and Oregon provinces of the Society of Jesus professed First Vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience on August 13 in a Mass at the Sacred Heart Chapel on the Loyola Marymount University campus.

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