Links

The following are helpful Jesuit Catholic Web sites:

Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities:

The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) is a national voluntary organization whose mission is to serve its member institutions, the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities, and its associate members, the two theological centers, in the United States. Though each institution is separately chartered and is legally autonomous under its own board of trustees, the institutions are bonded together by a common heritage, vision and purpose. They engage in a number of collaborative projects in the United States and around the world.

United States Congress of Catholic Bishops:

The USCCB is an assembly of the Catholic Church hierarchy who work together to unify, coordinate, promote, and carry on Catholic activities in the United States; to organize and conduct religious, charitable, and social welfare work at home and abroad; to aid in education; and to care for immigrants. The bishops themselves constitute the membership of the Conference and are served by a staff of more than 350 lay people, priests, deacons, and religious.

The Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus:

One of 10 Jesuit provinces in the United States, the Maryland Province encompasses Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington, DC, and West Virginia. The province is home to more than 400 Jesuit priests, brothers, scholastics and myriad lay colleagues all working in a wide variety of ministries such as education, social justice issues, pastoral care and more, helping others to "find God in all things," a basic Jesuit philosophy. The seeds of the Maryland Province were planted in 1634 when Jesuit priest Father Andrew White and two colleagues landed on St. Clement Island in southern Maryland with a group of Catholic and Protestant settlers. After overcoming a succession of trials and tribulations, including the 1773 suppression of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits have emerged as the largest religious order of the Roman Catholic Church.

Company:

Company is a quarterly magazine of the U.S. Jesuits containing articles about the Jesuits, their colleagues and friends, as well as their joint works. This is the Web version of that magazine.

Jesuit Conference, The Society of Jesus USA:

The Jesuits form one of the largest religious orders in the Catholic Church today. The Society of Jesus was founded in 1540 by St. Ignatius Loyola, a Basque nobleman and soldier, who found God in all things. Today there are more than 20,000 Jesuits serving the Church in 112 nations on six continents.

Jesuit Volunteer Corps:

Since 1956, more than 12,000 women and men have made a commitment to serve where the need is greatest through the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and found themselves “ruined for life.” Jesuit Volunteers commit themselves to working with people who are marginalized by society and to living in apostolic community with other JVs.

Jesuit Historical Institute:

In 1977, the members of the Jesuit Historical Institute in Rome decided to begin the difficult task of preparing a historical dictionary (encyclopedia) of the Society of Jesus. In 1979 Fr. Arrupe approved the dictionary project, and work was begun. On the feast of St. Francis Xavier (December 3), 2001 the finished dictionary finally came off the presses. The Diccionario de la História de la Compañía de Jesús counts some 4110 pages in four volumes, and includes some 5,637 biographies, 138 articles on Jesuit activity in various countries, and 158 articles touching various themes and activities of the Society and its Institute. More than seven hundred authors, translators, and editors were involved in the preparation of this work. The encyclopedia has been co-published by the Pontifical University of Comillas (Madrid) and the Jesuit Historical Institute in Rome.

Vatican Web site:

This research Web site allows the viewer to research areas like Papal Archives, The Roman Curia, Liturgical Celebrations, other Vatican Offices, News Services, and the Research Library. It is an extensive source of information on both Roman Catholic history and the application of those traditions as they exist today.

Catechism of the Catholic Church:

This online Catechism provides an interactive hypertext system consisting of:

• text, which you access from the index or from the concordances. If the text contains footnotes, these will appear at the foot of the text page and the general index will also contain an index of the footnotes;
• word lists: these are ordered alphabetically, by frequency of occurrence, in inverse order and by length. The words in the lists are linked to the concordances;
• concordances: lists comprising every occurrence of a particular word in the text. Each occurrence is displayed in the centre of a short extract from the text;
• statistics: word and occurrence statistics plus other features of the text.

Catholic Online:

As the first and most trusted name in news, Catholic Online provides viewers with all of the current news dealing with the Catholic Church. Also included is breaking news from around the world ranging from miracles to disasters to relief efforts. This Web site shows the world and the universal Church in which we live.

ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome:

ZENIT is an International News Agency. Its mission is to provide objective coverage of events, documents and issues emanating from or concerning the Catholic Church. ZENIT's articles are reproduced in hundreds of publications worldwide and are used by numerous radio and TV stations. Coverage includes: Activities of Benedict XVI, such as his travels, documents and audiences; The Vatican, including diplomatic activity, humanitarian efforts, and profiles of Church leaders; Interviews with and features about leading lay Catholics, including researchers, politicians, writers and entertainers. On the homepage, you will find the latest ZENIT news reports, along with interviews, features and access to the archives.