Theology and Ordination
“Theology enables the scholastic to penetrate deeper into God’s plan of salvation in Christ, within which is located the mission of the Society at the service of the Church; he is thus readied to be a minister of the word and of reconciliation. Similarly, he must cultivate a faith-vision of the whole of reality, beginning with a reflection on his experience as a human being related to God, and on the divine mystery revealed in Christ and made known in Scripture and Tradition, and through the magisterium and life of the church.”
The Formation of Jesuits - Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J. (Superior General)
Coming out of his Regency work, the Jesuit Scholastic returns to studies to prepare directly for priestly ordination. Earning a Master of Divinity (M. Div.) degree and possibly another degree, the Jesuits usually spend three years before priestly ordination in one of the theologates of the Society. In the U.S. there are two such theological centers:
the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California (www.jstb.edu)
and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts (www.wjst.edu)
Both schools welcome U.S. Jesuits and other students from all parts of the world.
Ordination
Mark Carr, SJ, and Casey Beaumier, SJ, receive prayers from fellow Jesuits at their ordination mass in on June 10, 2005 at Gesu Church in Milwaukee.
Daniel Hendrickson, SJ and Chris Collins, SJ were ordained on June 9, 2006 at St John’s Church at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska.
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