(On this Earth Day 2013, we invite you to “get on the bus” with us as we go “green” in this issue of our ACTS blog.  After all, being good stewards of the gift of God’s creation is a topic of importance to the Society of Jesus.   For more on “Green Christianity”, also see ”Eco Catholic” by the National Catholic Reporter which is “an exploration of the green Catholic imagination and ecological spirituality.”)
A POPE COMFORTABLE IN GREEN IMPLORES “PROTECTION” OF CREATION
~by Fr. Drew Christiansen, SJ for America Magazine (vol. 208, no. 12; whole …

If you are a Green Christian and need some info, support, encouragement, or grounding (pun intended!)—You can have it all at the Ignatian Jesuit Centre in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.  
Since 1913, the Canadian Jesuits have been tilling the soil at The Centre and producing abundant crops for the Jesuit community in the area.  
Today, the center serves as a leader in sustainable agriculture, harmonizing consumer demand for nutritious locally grown food with a commitment to preserving and enhancing the environment.  
Click on the links below and discover what Pierre Tielhard de …

As we come to the end of another calendar year, it’s only fitting to look back at where we’ve come from to learn how we can move forward.  And so we invite you to please take a moment to answer a few questions to help us improve the ACTS blog and e-newsletter to serve you better in your discernment.  Click the image to the right and take the survey.  Thank you in advance.
 
 

Fr. General’s Visit to Poland ——
Fr. General was on a seven day visit to Poland from 23rd to 30th September 2012. He was accompanied by Fr. Severin Leitner, the new Assistant for the Central and Eastern Europe.The slide show gives some glimpses of his visit with Jesuits and collaborators in Poland and the memorial services of Father Peter Skarga and Father Jan Beyzym. He also spent few moments with the official media, the Magis youth movement and the Jesuit school children in Poland.

 
 
Slide Show of Fr. General in Poland
 
 
But Poland …

1) Where are you currently missioned and how’s it going?

I was ordained to the priesthood on June 9, 2012. And after celebrating Masses of Thanksgiving in Los Angeles, Houston, Austin, and Berkeley, I began my first assignment as a priest ministering to the Native American community on the Fort Belknap Reservation in northern Montana. I live in Hays, Montana with another Jesuit, Fr. Joseph Retzel, who has been ministering here for over twenty-six years. He is much beloved by the Native People and has been a wonderful mentor to me. …

 
With over 17,000 Jesuits worldwide, the Society of Jesus is the largest order of religious men in the Roman Catholic Church.  As Americans, our view of the Church can shrink and with it our notion of the Society of Jesus.  And so we  thought it would be good to highlight some of the  ministries that our brother Jesuits from around the globe are engaged in to give you a better sense of the global missionary zeal of the Jesuits.
Check out the what’s going on with the Darjeeling Jesuits.  It’s not …

~ by Fr. Jack Bentz, SJ
“We should never put off good works, no matter how small, with the thought of doing other and better ones at another time. It is a very common temptation of the enemy constantly to propose perfection in future matters to us, and lead us to despise present ones.” ~ St. Ignatius of Loyola.
Oh, don’t I know this to be true! I can easily live in the fantasy of the great things I will do in the future and ignore the needs around me. I think …

 
1) Where are you currently missioned and how’s it going?

At present I am living and working at the Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, CA. Historically, Sacred Heart was the CA novitiate, and has now become the retirement center and infirmary for the Jesuits of the CA province. It’s been truly a privilege to live with and get to know the 75 tried and true Jesuits who have lived their lives serving in a plethora of ministries, all faithfully following Christ in this same least Society of Jesus. …