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On This Day in
1873 | 10,000 Catholics participated in a procession at the dedication of St. Elizabeth Church-the result of Fr. Ignatius Panken's idea that a Protestant hall used for services for African-American Catholics in St. Louis might be turned into a Catholic church. Jesuits continued to staff the parish for almost eight decades.
1675 | In Canada, the death of Fr. Jacques Marquette, missionary and explorer of the Mississippi.
1546 | Pope Paul III sent Diego Laynez and Alfonso Salmeron as his theologians to the Council of Trent.
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After 19 years as president of Regis University, Father Sheeran gave diplomas during commencement ceremonies May 5-6, his last commencement as head of that Denver institution. (Photo: Brett Stakelin) | more images in photo gallery »
Society of Jesus marks 450 years in Macau in 2012
On August 24, 1562, Portuguese Jesuits LuÍs Fróis and Giovanni Battista Del Monte arrived in Macau to take up residence and embark on apostolic work. | more »
Father Walter Ciszek On Path to Canonization
An American Jesuit who survived 23 years as a prisoner in the Soviet Union is now in the first step of the process of canonization after the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints agreed to examine his life. | more »
New Dean for SLU's College of Philosophy and Letters
William Rehg SJ, has been named the new dean for Saint Louis University College of Philosophy and Letters, a program for young Jesuits studying philosophy and theology during their first years of study after the novitiate. | more »
Jesuit Chronicles 4-Month Belize Stint on Facebook
Fr. Joseph Laramie of the Missouri Province has been posting weekly narrative and photo updates about his Belizian experience, reflecting on mud-stuck trucks, inconsiderate roosters and people seemingly from another time. | more »