A moving tribute to Father Andrew Greeley the influential American Catholic priest sociologist and contributor to America magazine nbsp May he rest in peace nbsp Watch Andrew Greeley on PBS See more from Religion amp Ethics NewsWeekly

America associate editor Kerry Weber recently spoke to a group of young adults on a quot Charis retreat quot for young adults in New York City nbsp Listen to an actual young adult talk to other actual young adults nbsp It 39 s a great lively and spirited talk that involves car chases

The most common question I rsquo m asked as a Jesuit besides ldquo What rsquo s a Jesuit rdquo is Can you teach me how to pray While many people have less time for organized religion they are more hungry for contact with God Plus whether they rsquo re religious spiritual but not religious

How do you minister to people who are not simply bothersome, but seriously unstable?

From the USCCB POPE NAMES JESUIT TO HEAD DIOCESE OF OAKLAND CALIFORNIAWASHINGTON mdash Pope Francis has named nbsp Jesuit Father Michael Barber nbsp 58 a member of the Jesuit Province of California and director of spiritual formation at St John rsquo s Seminary Brighton Boston Massachusetts

By necessity, the sexual abuse crisis altered the ministry of many people.

This letter to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev posted on the Facebook page of Michael Rogers SJ received almost 20 000 shares since Rogers a Jesuit scholastic studying in Rome in preparation for ordination in June posted it yesterday nbsp Mr Rogers a New England Province scholastic whose brother ran in l

In the wake of yesterday 39 s dramatic frightening shocking inspiring and violent events in Boston which gripped the nation there is a great deal for us to pray for nbsp In fact after so much fear violence and tension yesterday especially in Boston and especially in Watertown today is p

How might Jesuit spirituality influence, and how has it already influenced, our new pope?

Those of us who love Boston those who were born there those who live there and especially those who were in Back Bay yesterday are still taking in the appalling scenes from yesterday rsquo s massacre nbsp Not only on the most enjoyable day of the year in Boston but also in the absolute heart