31 Days with St. Ignatius

In honor of the feast of St. Ignatius Loyola on July 31, we invite you to explore the riches of Ignatian spirituality.  
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Events at St. Ignatius Church in Baltimore

Meet Our Newest Priest

With great gratitude to God, the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus announces the priestly ordination of Samuel Sawyer, SJ on June 14, 2014 at Fordham University Church. Sam grew up in Montana and then in Scranton, Pennsylvania where he graduated from Scranton Preparatory School. Sam holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Boston College. Prior to entering the Society of Jesus in 2004, Sam spent a year as a volunteer teacher at St. Ignatius Loyola Academy in Baltimore, a tuition-free Jesuit school for underserved boys. He then returned to Boston to work as a software engineer on satellite communications and missile defense radar projects.
Read more.      Ordination photos here.

Jubilee Celebrations

A blessing to the Church and the Society of Jesus, we are grateful to the Jesuits celebrating jubilees, for their wholehearted response to God’s call to serve. The 34 priests observing jubilees in 2014 have contributed to communities throughout the Maryland Province, from southern New Jersey to Georgia and have travelled the world serving a wide variety of apostolates on the frontiers of the Church in Burma (now Myanmar), Chile, China, India, Kenya, Korea, Nigeria, the Philippines, Russia and Thailand. These special milestones offer an opportunity for reflection. On their fiftieth year in the Society of Jesus, Jesuits from the Maryland, New England and New York Provinces, reflect on their greatest grace as a Jesuit.

Day of Prayer at Loyola on the Potomac – July 22

Please join us for a guided day of prayer and reflection on Tuesday, July 22 at Loyola On the Potomac Jesuit Retreat House in Faulkner, Maryland. Fr. Joseph Lacey, SJ, pastor, St. Alphonsus Rodriguez Church will lead the prayer.
For further information and to register click here.

2014 Marks the 200th Anniversary
of the Restoration of the Society of Jesus

Pope Francis celebrated Mass at the Church of the Gesù in Rome in January with fellow Jesuits for the feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, which is also the official start of the yearlong commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the restoration of the Society of Jesus. Read more

Commemorative restoration events here

Pope Francis Canonizes Blessed Peter Faber, SJ

On his 77th birthday, (Dec. 17), Pope Francis canonized Jesuit Father Peter Faber, the companion of Saint Ignatius and a master of the Spiritual Exercises, in a decree of “equivalent canonization”.  Pope Francis has long admired Faber, "the silent companion" of the first Jesuits. Read more

Maryland Province Announces New Provincial

Father General Adolfo Nicolás, SJ, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, has appointed Father Robert M. Hussey, SJ, as the next provincial of the Maryland Province. He will succeed Father James M. Shea, SJ. Currently, Fr. Hussey is pastor and superior at St. Raphael the Archangel Church in Raleigh where he has served for the past five years. The new provincial will begin his term on the feast of St. Ignatius, July 31, 2014.
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