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He was ordained a priest in 1963. [2] Two years later he joined the staff of the Jesuit magazine The Month , covering the final session of the Second Vatican Council . In 1967 he was appointed editor of The Month , a post he held until leaving the priesthood to marry Margaret Speaight (born 1951, London), a British writer, journalist, activist ...
Gerald Glynn O'Collins SJ AC (2 July 1931 – 22 August 2024) was an Australian Jesuit priest and academic. [1] He was a research professor and writer-in-residence at the Jesuit Theological College (JTC) in Parkville, Victoria, and a research professor in theology at St Mary's University College in Twickenham. [2]
From 1928 to 1931, Martin taught English, Latin and Greek at the Ateneo de Manila High School, a Jesuit-run school in Manila, the Philippines. [1] [2] He is credited with introducing modern basketball to the Philippines, [2] and coaching the Ateneo Blue Eagles basketball team to two NCAA championships, an accomplishment he spoke of fondly until near the end of his life. [2]
Neil McKenty – Canadian radio and television host, author, and former Jesuit priest until 1970; John McLaughlin – American television personality, political commentator, and former Jesuit priest; left the order in 1970 over disagreements with the editor of the Jesuit-produced Catholic magazine America, where he was working at the time
A famous priest-artist who was thrown out of the Jesuits after being accused of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse of women has been accepted into a diocese in his native Slovenia, the ...
John Hardon was born on June 18, 1914, to John and Anna Hardon in Midland, Pennsylvania.When he was a year old, John Hardon Sr. died in an industrial accident. [2] After the accident, Hardon was raised by his 26-year-old mother Anna (née Jevin) Hardon.
William S. Bowdern (February 13, 1897 – April 25, 1983) was a Catholic priest [1] of the Society of Jesus in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the author of The Problems of Courtship and Marriage printed by Our Sunday Visitor in 1939. He was a graduate of and taught at St. Louis University High School; he also taught at Saint Louis University.
On 20 June 1977 the White Warriors Union death squad threatened to kill all 47 Jesuits serving in El Salvador unless they abandoned their work with the poor and left the country within a month. [23] After consulting with the Jesuit community in El Salvador, Arrupe replied "They may end up as martyrs, but my priests are not going to leave ...