On This Day
| 1539: At his summer residence in Tivoli, outside of Rome, Paul III give his initial, oral approval of the Society of Jesus when Ignatius sent him a copy of the "Five Chapters" which described the proposed new religious order, and which were incorporated the next year into the official papal document Regimini militantis ecclesiae, as the Formula of the Institute. |
| 2002: By decree of Father General, the Fusz Pavilion was suppressed as a separate Jesuit community and incorporated into the Jesuit Hall Community. |
In Memoriam
| Name | Year |
| Peter Karleskind | 1862 |
| John H. Lunemann | 1864 |
| John Monaghen | 1881 |
| Martin M. Harts | 1895 |
| Philip Pick | 1908 |
| Matthias Mueller | 1925 |
| Charles Frey | 1933 |
| Andrew S. Dimichino | 1954 |
| William V. Doyle | 1955 |
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Fr. Matt Ruhl SJ (second row, left) and fellow team members of Cycling For Change are arriving in St. Louis for a July 25 Mass, halfway through their 5,000 mile ride in support of Catholic Charities USA Campaign to Reduce Poverty.
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News
July 23, 2010
Jesuit Reaches Halfway Point on 5000-mile Bike Trek for Poverty Awareness
Kansas City pastor Fr. Matt Ruhl swapped the pulpit for a bike seat as he joins a group of 15 riders going coast to coast in support of Catholic Charity USA’s Campaign to Reduce Poverty. “So far, so good,” he said in an interview. Ruhl is one of 15 riders doing the whole 5,052 mile ride in 100 days; other people are participating for part of the ride.
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June 07, 2010
Celebrating a missionary to China
Eight thousand people joined Pope Benedict XVI on May 29 to celebrate the four-hundredth anniversary of the death of a pioneering Jesuit missionary who opened a way into China through his great learning and respect for Chinese culture. Father Matteo Ricci remains one of the great and innovative missionaries of the Church. His memory is celebrated both by the Jesuits and by the Diocese of Macerata, Italy, where he grew up.
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June 01, 2010
Missouri province Jesuit shares a joke with the Pope
Father Jim Swetnam is finishing 50 years of service at Rome’s Pontifical Biblical Institute where he currently serves as directory of the school’s alumni association. Fr. Swetnam and the institute’s rector, Fr. José Abrego, had the privilege of speaking personally with Pope Benedict XVI during a Wednesday audience in Piazza San Pietro on May 5. Their sponteaneous laughter sprang from a remark that Fr. Abrego made to the Holy Father.
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