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What does S.J. mean?In Latin: Societas Jesu In Pilipino: Kapisanan ni Hesus In English: Society of Jesus (Companions of Jesus) In Spanish: Compañia de Jesus (Compañeros de Jesus) Popular name: Jesuits or mga Heswita The Society of Jesus today has around 18000 members, the largest single order of priests and brothers in the world. In the Philippines, we have more than 300 men in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. What does it mean to be Jesuit?"It is to know that one is a sinner, yet called to be a companion of Jesus, as Ignatius was, who begged the Blessed Virgin to place him with her Son, and who then saw the Father Himself ask Jesus, carrying His cross, to take this pilgrim into his company…" "It is to engage, under the standard of the cross, in the crucial struggle of our time the struggle for faith and that struggle for justice which it includes." - from the 32nd General Congregation Decree on “Jesuits Today” What is the meaning of Jesuit vows?
I've heard of priests, but what are brothers?
What is the cost of Jesuit training?If accepted in the Prenovitiate, the applicant is asked be contribute some amount to help defray expenses undertaken by the Society. He is also expected to provide for his own personal needs while in the Prenovitiate. Anyone, however, who is not able to meet these financial requirements can explain his situation to the Vocation Director, or to the Director of the Prenovitiate who will judge what arrangements are feasible. No one is refused admittance for purely financial reasons. As soon as the candidate is accepted into the Novitiate, he has no more financial obligations. The Society, with the help of generous benefactors, takes care of financing his whole formation and training in the Society. What do I do if I am discerning to become a Jesuit?
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The more than 300 men of the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus serve in five universities, numerous schools for basic education, two diocesan major seminaries, three urban and five rural parishes... (READ MORE)
Thank you for considering a donation to help our mission.
Your gift will be much appreciated and put to good use. Be assured, too, that you will be with us in our prayers, Masses and apostolic works, even as we also ask you to continue to pray for us.
Sincerely yours in the Lord,
JOSE C. J. MAGADIA, S.J.
Provincial
The more than 300 men of the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus serve in five universities, numerous schools for basic education, two diocesan major seminaries, three urban and five rural parishes... (READ MORE)
Thank you for considering a donation to help our mission.
Your gift will be much appreciated and put to good use. Be assured, too, that you will be with us in our prayers, Masses and apostolic works, even as we also ask you to continue to pray for us.
Sincerely yours in the Lord,
JOSE C. J. MAGADIA, S.J.
Provincial