Saint Ignatius Loyola Academy in Baltimore is gearing up to add a fifth grade class to its curriculum next year, making it a four-year middle school. Its unique summer program for students sets it apart from other middle schools.

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Sept. 1, 2015 – From September 22-27, Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope, will make his first visit to the United States. Access resources and information on the Pope's visit, the Jesuits and the significance of this landmark trip, here.

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Trained as a chef, Fr. Chuck Frederico, SJ, currently serves as vocation director for the Maryland and Northeast Jesuit Provinces. On August 30, he’ll be featured on an episode of Cooking Channel’s “Holy and Hungry,” which showcases religious leaders who use food in some way in their ministry.

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August 17, 2015 — Newly ordained Jesuit Father John W. Peck has imagined himself celebrating Mass since he was a young boy.

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August 7, 2015 — Middle and high school youth at St. Peter Catholic Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, lived the Gospel through community service.

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In honor of the feast day for Saint Ignatius Loyola, which falls on July 31, Saint Alphonsus church celebrates an annual Mass in the Woodstock Jesuit Cemetery on the prior weekend.

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July 31 is the feast of St. Ignatius Loyola - the founder of the Society of Jesus. Born in 1491, Ignatius was a different kind of saint. As the noted Jesuit historian Fr. John O’Malley, SJ, observed, "Ignatius redefined the traditional basis of saintliness."

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Fr. William J. McGrath, SJ, Scranton Prep’s longest serving Jesuit faculty member, died on July 9, 2015 two days shy of his 87th birthday. He had been a Jesuit priest for 56 years.

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Having served as Pastor at St. Ignatius Church in Baltimore from October 2005 to May 2008, Fr. James Casciotti returns in August after a short sabbatical from his role as Socius for the Maryland Province Jesuits.

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June 30, 2015 – Pope Francis’s itinerary for his September 2015 visit to the United States has been released. This visit will be Pope Francis’ first trip to the United States.

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Maryland Province Jesuit Fathers Frank Reese and Don Ward together have served the church as priests for 100 years.

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Fr. Kevin Gillespie, SJ, has been selected as the new Pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Washington, DC. He has served for the last three years as president of St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia and will begin his new assignment on October 1, 2015.

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A dozen past participants of the Magis program gathered at Chapman Lake Retreat Center of The University of Scranton June 11-13.

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June 18, 2015 – On June 13, Jesuits Dennis Baker, Brent Otto, John Peck, and Sean Toole were ordained to the priesthood at the Fordham University Church.

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John Peck, SJ, and Sean Toole, SJ, from the Maryland Province will be ordained at the Fordham University Church on June 13, 2015. They are among 28 other Jesuits in the U.S. and Canada who will be ordained at ceremonies this month.

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Far beyond the Jesuit world, even beyond the Catholic world, people concerned with the future of life on earth and the care for God’s creation are anxiously anticipating the June 18th release of Pope Francis’s papal encyclical on ecology and human development.

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Family, friends and fellow Jesuits gathered at the Columbiere Jesuit Community’s courtyard to mark the third anniversary of the death of their loved one, Fr. John Guidera, SJ, and to commemorate his 65 years of service to the Jamshedpur missions in India.

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Christopher Scott Fronk, S.J., who is serving as a military chaplain in the United States Navy, has been named the next president of Jesuit High School of New Orleans.

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On May 23, Pope Francis will beatify Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was shot and killed March 24, 1980, as he celebrated Mass in a hospital in San Salvador, El Salvador, during the country's civil war.

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Father James M. Shea, S.J. will begin serving as Pastor at St. Peter’s Church in Charlotte, NC effective June 15, 2015. Father Philip A. Florio, S.J. will begin serving as Pastor at Old St. Joseph’s in Philadelphia, effective August 24, 2015.

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On Saturday, May 9, 2015, parishioners, faculty and staff from Jesuit institutions in Baltimore participated in an advocacy training facilitated by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and hosted by the Maryland Province Jesuits at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School.

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After 18 years as president of Scranton Preparatory School, Fr. Herb Keller, SJ, is stepping down in July. Here are a few reflections from Fr. Keller on what has meant the most to him during his time at Scranton Prep.

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April 29, 2015 — A 7.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked a mountainous region near Kathmandu, Nepal, on Saturday, April 25 has killed more than 4,300 people, injured almost 8,000 and destroyed centuries-old temples and thousands of homes. “We don’t know the real situation in a lot of areas because big buildings have collapsed,” said Jesuit Father Pius Perumana, head of Caritas Nepal, an international Catholic aid organization that responds to humanitarian crises such as natural disasters and conflict.

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April 24, 2015 — Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia has named Mark C. Reed, Ed.D., as its 28th president.

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Forty years ago at Wheeling Jesuit University, Bishops and concerned Catholic community members gathered on campus to formally announce the release of “This Land is Home to Me: A Pastoral Letter on Powerlessness in Appalachia." The document has had a tremendous impact on the direction of Jesuit ministries in Appalachia.

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