Jesuit General Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach spoke about the responsibilities of Jesuit alumni, asserting that financially supporting one's school, sharing in professional development, and reminiscing about school days are legitimate and wonderful things for alumni to do. Kolvenbach said, recalling that Fr. These themes resounded in the keynote address by Georgetown University's Fr. Delegates reported just how well these principles are being lived out by Jesuit alumni in many countries.
Lenses set in baffles in the walls bathe the chapel's interior in pools of natural light.
Tercentenary Baja California was preeminently Jesuit territory until the Jesuits' expulsion in 1767. This October, the people of the peninsula are celebrating the 300th anniversary of the founding of Loreto by Fr. Juan Maria Salvatierra, SJ, the first of more than 21 missions and visitas, or mission stations. Although these missions and visitas were distant and isolated from other Jesuit apostolates on the mainland, they played an important role in the expansion of missionary activity in northwestern Mexico. Californianos share a rare pride in the dedicated service of the 60-some Jesuits from Europe and the Americas, including Fr.