The Jesuit Online Bibliography — a free, collaborative, multilingual, and fully searchable database of bibliographic records for scholarship in Jesuit Studies produced in the 21st century — has published more than 6,000 new records as it celebrates its second anniversary. The database now provides the citations, abstracts, subject categories, and direct links for more than […]
The decrees promulgated by the 31st General Congregation required changes to how future provincial congregations would operate. The following decree outlines those changes to the Formula of the Provincial Congregations. Most of these changes concern who could participate in a provincial congregation. For more from the 31st General Congregation of the Society of Jesus, please
The decrees promulgated by the 31st General Congregation required changes to how future congregations would operate as described in the Formula of the General Congregation. The following decree outlines those changes. Among the alterations are those concerning the postulta (or petitions) Jesuits send for consideration at a general congregation. The decree notes that such postulta
Daniel Cosacchi and Eric Martin, both doctoral students at American Jesuit universities (Loyola University Chicago and Fordham University, respectively) have published a selection of the correspondence between Daniel and Philip Berrigan. The Berrigan Letters, available through Orbis Books, spans seven decades of correspondence between, what the publisher describes as, “the brothers famed for their social
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We invite you to join informal conversations with scholars working on the history, spirituality, and educational heritage of the Society of Jesus. Learn more about the Institute’s Jesuit Studies Café sessions here. Register for the Cafes offered each month in order to receive access to the Zoom link. Spring 2026 Conversations At Jesuit Studies Cafes in
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Jesuit Rhetoric across Space and Time Editor-in-Chief: Sophie ConteSeries: Jesuit Studies, Volume: 49E-BookISBN 978-88-7041-502-5Publication: 12 Jan 2026USD $25.00 HardbackAvailability: PublishedISBN: 978-90-04-74450-9Publication: 12 Feb 2026USD $163.00 A product of Renaissance educational thought, Jesuit rhetoric has trained generations of churchmen and lay citizens right up to the present day. This book aims to show the wealth of
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Database Search the correspondences Map Navigate the interactive map Introduction The Jesuit Military Chaplains project aims to highlight the apostolic and pastoral work carried out by members of the Society of Jesus on the war front in service to military personnel. The Portal to Jesuit Studies will provide access to the various databases created by
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Acronyms and Abbreviations These tables list all abbreviations used across the different fields of the database. When multiple values appear in the same row, they are separated by a semicolon (;) in the database.
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On Thursday, October 23, IAJS Scholars Emanuele Colombo, Alessandro Corsi, and joined by Sonia Isidori will present the digital humanities framework developed for the Institute’s Portal of Jesuit Studies at the International Seminar “Transcribing America” in Rome (October 21–23). Building on recent case studies arising from research on the litterae indipetae, their presentation will illustrate the implementation of an
Jesuit Educational Quarterly (JEQ) is pleased to announce a call for manuscript submissions on the topic of “Educational Leadership and the Jesuit Tradition.” With education as a central mission of the Society of Jesus, educational leadership has figured centrally in implementing that mission, in understanding that mission, and in engaging the modern world through that
