Vocations: thinkjesuit.org
2007-04-29
Ben Bocker, S.J, Joe Hoover, S.J., and Paddy Gilger, S.J., are young Jesuits in studies. Ben is pursing a degree in Evironmental Preservation at Washington University in St. Louis. Joe Hoover and Paddy Gilger will teach at Red Cloud Indian School in the Fall of 2007.
For over 450 years Jesuit priests and brothers have lived an amazing story of serving the Church in new and unexpected ways. We are still men on the move, ready to change place, occupation, method--whatever will advance our mission in the Church. We are expected to do anything or go anywhere to teach Jesus Christ and preach his Good News.
Today that “we” has expanded to include men and women who share this vision of service to faith and to the justice that faith demands. Together Jesuits and lay partners place ourselves in the presence of the God who created all people and ask ourselves the questions that St. Ignatius suggested to his first companions during the period of prayer that led to their permanent companionship:
What have I done for Christ?
What am I doing for Christ?
What will I do for Christ?
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