In this piece Kevin Burns writes about his conversation with Jacques Monet SJ, the executive editor of a new two-volume history published by Novalis: "Teachers of a Nation" and "Builders of Nation" both subtitled "Jesuits in English Canada 1842 - 2013" and launched at Regis College two weeks ago in Toronto....
For more than 400 years, Jesuits working in Canada have written about their daily life and mission. Originally, their letters were published as The Jesuit Relations (Relations des jésuites). This blog, igNation, continues that tradition with a new series entitled: Getting to Know the Relations.Using excerpts chosen from the first 200 hundred years of these documents, the series presents vignettes which speak to the timeless heart of Jesuit endeavour: the promotion of discernment in order to help people find God in all things.Today: When business interests take over...
The UK is preparing for a general election in May, and apathy is on the rise. The three main parties -- Conservatives, Labour, and Liberal Democrats -- are failing to inspire voters, especially the younger ones. They all seem to be pretty much the same. There's a feeling that nothing will change whoever forms the new Government. The mood among voters, in other words, is sadly...
For more than 400 years, Jesuits working in Canada have written about their daily life and mission. Originally, their letters were published as The Jesuit Relations (Relations des jésuites). This blog, igNation, continues that tradition with a new series entitled: Getting to Know the Relations.Using excerpts chosen from the first 200 hundred years of these documents, the series presents vignettes which speak to the timeless heart of Jesuit endeavour: the promotion of discernment in order to help people find God in all things.Today: When a carpenter "is not one"...
Thanks to Jenny Cafiso, Director of Canadian Jesuits International,we have the following report - issued Monday afternoon - from Fr. Boniface Tigga, SJ, Regional Superior of the Jesuits in Nepal....
Novalis has just released two new volumes in what they refer to as the Jesuit History Series. The Executive Editor of the series is Fr. Jacques Monet, S.J., the director of the Canadian Institute of Jesuit Studies. Fr. Monet is a distinguished Canadian historian with a lengthy academic career and is the Archivist for the Archive of the Jesuits in Canada, based in Montreal....
For more than 400 years, Jesuits working in Canada have written about their daily life and mission. Originally, their letters were published as The Jesuit Relations (Relations des jésuites). This blog, igNation, continues that tradition with a new series entitled: Getting to Know the Relations.Using excerpts chosen from the first 200 hundred years of these documents, the series presents vignettes which speak to the timeless heart of Jesuit endeavour: the promotion of discernment in order to help people find God in all things.Today: A "Temporary Foreign Workers" Initiative – Jesuit Style...
March 27th, 2015 was a typical Friday for Carlos Belmont. Dressed in a neatly pressed purple shirt and a black tie, he hustled across Harlem's Lexington Avenue, hoping to catch the 9AM 6-train. Manhattan bound." This article is reprinted with permission from The Jesuit Post (thejesuitpost.org) where it was posted on April 13, 2015....
For more than 400 years, Jesuits working in Canada have written about their daily life and mission. Originally, their letters were published as The Jesuit Relations (Relations des jésuites). This blog, igNation, continues that tradition with a new series entitled: Getting to Know the Relations.Using excerpts chosen from the first 200 hundred years of these documents, the series presents vignettes which speak to the timeless heart of Jesuit endeavour: the promotion of discernment in order to help people find God in all things.Today: Of the Residence in the Hamlet of Ossosane....
