Date Posted: April 27, 2012; Applications accepted until June 1, 2012
Job Title: Communications Manager
Description: Click the link for PDF of the Position Announcement – Communications Manager
Contact: Interested applicants should send resumes, inquiries, and letters of application to:

Chuck Duffy
Director of Development
Society of Jesus, Oregon Province
PO Box 86010
Portland, Oregon 97286-0010

or e-mailed to: cduffy@nwjesuits.org

To view the full invite with event information, click here.

To RSVP to the event, please fill out the reply card here, and send to:

Eileen Meehan
Ignatian Volunteer Corps.
2050 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60614

For more information about the great work of the Ignatian Volunteer Corps, visit their website www.ivcusa.org.

Anchored in the spirit of the Jesuit tradition of service, students and community members from Loyola Academy, Saint Ignatius College Prep, Christ the King Jesuit Prep, and Cristo Rey Jesuit High School paused to help others in their struggles at almost 20 organizations across the city, contributing more than 600 hours of service work. The gamut of good works ranged from serving young children at Marillac House to helping at Deborah’s Place, which is dedicated to breaking the cycle of homelessness for women, to playing bingo with the elderly at Bethel New Life, and much more.

“What are you doing for others?” That should be life’s most persistent call, Dr. King suggested. Daniel Zundel, a member of our Jesuit Alumni Volunteer Corps describes the Presidents’ Day day of service this way: “Our students met new friends and even met up with ones they already had.  Besides the important service component of the day, it was so great to see all of our Jesuit students mingle and discover the commonalities that bind them together.  It is the beginning of a worthwhile partnership between our four schools that will help build positive relationships between all corners of our city.”

Along with bettering the community, the Jesuit Day of Service helped form bonds between students from all four Jesuit schools. “The Jesuit Day of Service has allowed me to not only participate in service outside of my community, but I was able to form deeper connection with my fellow Jesuits, from all our local high schools,” explained Sophia Rago, Loyola Academy class of 2013.

Day of Service

The Chicago-Detroit Jesuits have a rich history of service where the need is greatest. The Spring 2012 issue of Partners is focused on this service in Peru. Click here for more on our International Ministries. And don’t miss our new Jesuit International Ministries Blog.

For information and registration in  Spanish, click here.

To view a flier and full list of presenters, click here.

While there’s been a great deal of controversy regarding the video, one fact is indisputable:  more people now know about the horrors endured by the people of Uganda than ever before.

The Jesuits have worked in Uganda for more than 40 years.  The Society’s Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) has conducted peace-building workshops, run schools and economic development projects and ministered to refugees in Uganda. In 2005, the Jesuits of the Eastern Africa Province began planning for a secondary school in northern Uganda, the Ocer Campion Jesuit College in Gulu. The co-educational high school admitted its first students in early 2010 and is already having a tremendously positive impact in a region devastated by over twenty years of civil war. The school will grow to a capacity of 1,200 students and includes agricultural and vocational training as well as rigorous academic formation in the Jesuit tradition, religious formation and peace education.

In November, 2011, Father A. E. Orobator, the Jesuit provincial of Eastern Africa, spoke about Uganda and the Obama Administration’s recently announced plan to deploy U.S. military personnel to the region to help fight the LRA.  His remarks were delivered at Georgetown University, at the annual Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice sponsored by the Ignatian Solidarity Network.

Father Orobator discussed the progress made in Uganda in recent years and suggested the U.S. government can help Uganda’s people – “by sending teachers, doctors, engineers, experts in agriculture and development – not more soldiers, guns and ammunition.

To read the full message, view an interview with Father Orobator, and learn more about Jesuit works in Eastern Africa, visit the Jesuit Conference website here.

For more information about the peace and reconciliation efforts being made to bring peace to Uganda following the civil war, please watch Mato Oput, a film by Creighton University students recently nominated for a Peace on Earth Film Festival Award

Date Posted: March 27, 2012; Applications accepted until April 23, 2012
Job Title: Assistant Principal for Academics
Description: Click the link for PDF of the Position Announcement – Assistant Principal for Academics
Contact: Interested applicants should visit www.goramblers.org (‘About Us’ then ‘Employment’)

Inquiries:
Dr. Kathryn Baal, Loyola Academy Principal
kbaal@loy.org

The producers of “40,” a post-apocalyptic Web-based drama that debuted on Ash Wednesday, report they have seen a steady growth in viewers across its Web, YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook platforms.

“’40′ has literally gone from zero to almost 20,000 viewers each week during Lent and the audience is growing,” said Fr. Eddie Siebert, S.J., President of Loyola Productions, who along with the Midwest Jesuits and Loyola Press have produced the groundbreaking program.  “People are getting used to the idea that certain technologies, often thought of as a work tool or purely a social outlet, are convenient and useful channels for enhancing their faith as well.”

“40” offers viewers a unique Lenten experience through weekly episodes aired on 40theseries.com, YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook.  Each of the 14 episodes acts as a Lenten allegory, accompanied by meditative reflections centered on the scriptural references.  Updates are communicated through Twitter.

Religious education programs across the country have adopted “40” as part of the their Lenten curriculum.  St. Cornelius Catholic School in Chicago has integrated “40” into its 7^th grade confirmation curriculum.  Students watch “40” in class and then discuss each program’s message and reflection.

“At first students didn’t know what to expect,” said Mary Barth, the school’s religious education coordinator.  “Now, they talk about the program and look forward to the next episode.” Barth noted most students use technology at home and in school.  Using Web and social media based religious education programs like “40” helps to show students how to integrate what they learn in Confirmation class into every day life. “Books and lectures are fine, but a Web- and social media-based program like ’40′ delivers content and a message to students through communications channels they use every day and can relate to.”

High school juniors taking Victor Cancino, SJ’s inter-religious dialogue class at Verbum Dei High School in south central Los Angeles are using “40” to learn more about Catholicism’s rituals. “Students are intrigued by ’40′ because its an allegory, a metaphor for life and faith,” Mr. Cancino said.  “They relate better to the information by watching the programs in class.” Cancino said after watching “40” each week, students write about the week’s episode in their journals as a way to deepen their faith, understand their lives and learn more about the Catholic Church.

“40’s” producers expect to continue to grow the audience for the unique series.  “Combining a cutting-edge medium with mixed media is exciting,” said Siebert, ’40’s’ executive producer.  “’40′ successfully demonstrates the best use of the Internet and social media—to enhance our faith during Lent and throughout the year.”