by Jennie Murphy | Feb 4, 2025 | Blog Articles
This month, Pope Francis shares his personal story: “When I was 17… I wasn’t thinking at all of being a priest. But one day, I went into the church…and God was there, waiting for me!” “God still calls young people even today, sometimes in ways we can’t imagine,”...
by Jennie Murphy | Jan 31, 2025 | Blog Articles
Fr Phil Hurley SJ will join Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network-USA [Apostleship of Prayer] as full-time Assistant Director beginning in April 2025. His work will be wide-ranging– strategic planning, leading retreats around the USA, assisting with Hearts on Fire retreats...
by Jennie Murphy | Jan 30, 2025 | Blog Articles
The Hearts on Fire Retreat is a unique opportunity for young adults aged 21-39 to step away from the busyness of daily life and reconnect with God through prayer, reflection, and community. With events scheduled for New York City and Boston in early 2025, participants...
by Jennie Murphy | Jan 29, 2025 | Blog Articles
Step One of The Way of the Heart invites us to recognize with gratitude how the Lord loves us in the concrete reality of our lives. How he makes himself present in the things we live and how we are to respond by giving thanks for so much good received. This exercise...
by Jennie Murphy | Jan 15, 2025 | Blog Articles
In this critical moment in which we live, to be summoned to walk together in hope, trusting that the provident hand of the Father directs history and holds everything in his hands, is a true challenge. In the night of this world, hope is like a beacon that...
by Jennie Murphy | Jan 9, 2025 | Blog Articles
-final stage of formation; Fr Joe entered Jesuits in 2000, ordained priest in 2011-vow Mass set for May in St Louis MO I have been approved for final vows as a Jesuit! I am grateful to my provincial and Jesuit leaders for approving me for final vows in the Society of...