The mission’s founder, an energetic Italian Jesuit named Eusebio Francisco Kino, established several missionary locations in what is now Sonora, Mexico, and southern Arizona, including San Xavier del Bac in 1692, near the village of Wa:k.

Jesuit institutions need to offer persuasive alternatives to the dystopian narratives that shape our personal and institutional psyches.

We have been told we are too gay or too female or too mentally ill or too divorced to serve in the church.

Only about 8 percent of teachers in Catholic schools are Hispanic, compared with 17 percent of students. Low salaries and a weak professional pipeline make it difficult to diversify the teaching staff.