~ by Fr. Mike Bayard, SJ
I remember a conversation I had with one of our retiring faculty members a few years ago. Nearing 70 years old, she decided that it was time to retire and begin a new chapter in her life. Interested, I asked her, “So, what’s next?” She immediately responded, “Not sure, I am still trying to figure it all out. I am discerning what I am supposed to do when I grow up.”
I smiled. Her answer prompted me to be faithful to …

~ by Fr. Tom Lankenau, SJ
What’s our place in this world? Why are we here? If we feel that our life has meaning, it’s easier to make choices about a career, a spouse, even a vocation. But the absence of meaning can lead to discord and drudgery. Though we all may not be called to do great things, still we are called to do all things greatly. We all possess gifts and talents, insight and strengths, which can lead us – and others …

~by Matthew Pyrc, SJ
Suscipe: Take Lord, receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, whatsoever I have or hold you have given me. I give it all back to you and surrender it wholly to be governed by your will. Give me only your love and your grace and I am rich enough and ask for nothing more.
How do I pray the Suscipe now? What words in it have a special meaning?
It seems to me that the Suscipe …

~ by Hendri, nSJ
Read the first part of the essay here
Having spent some years in the U.S., I decided to join the Oregon Jesuits and here I am the only Indonesian among a small number of Asians. The dominant culture in this province is still Euro-Caucasian culture, which is totally different from my culture and the issue before me is how I can identify myself as a Chinese Indonesian while at the same time be a Jesuit of the Northwest United States. …

~by Hendri, nSJ
Bethel is one of the largest cities in southwestern Alaska. Originally it was a Yupik Eskimo village called Mamterillermiut, meaning “Smokehouse People.” The Moravian Church established a mission area in 1885 and changed the village name into Bethel. I stayed in the Jesuit parish of the Immaculate Conception as part of my novitiate poverty experiment. The church itself is located next to the so-called Honey Bucket Lake (you can guess how the lake gets its name). However, the lodgings in the church …