Theology

“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:
1. Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley , California (see www.jstb.edu to learn about the school and see www.jstbjesuits.org to meet the Jesuit community)
2. 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.