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The Society of Jesus is classified among institutes as an order of clerks regular, that is, a body of priests organized for apostolic work, and following a religious rule. The term Jesuit (of 15th-century origin, meaning "one who used too frequently or appropriated the name of Jesus") was first applied to the society in reproach (1544–1552 ...
"Black Pope" is an unofficial designation given to the position of Superior General of the Order of the Jesuits. [2] The name follows from his leadership of the largest Catholic, male religious order [3] and from the colour of the plain black cassock worn by members of the Society, including the Superior General. [4]
Fr. Joseph O'Callahan (right), a Jesuit priest, is presented with the Medal of Honor by President Truman. Claude Dablon, Superior General of all the Canadian missions (1670-1680) Saint Antoine Daniel, North American martyr; Cardinal Jean Daniélou, author, scholar, and member of the French Academy; Alfred Delp, German hanged for his opposition ...
Members Priest members Theatines (Congregation of Clerics Regular Clerics Regular) CR 1524 161 124 Barnabites (Clerics Regular of Saint Paul) B, Obarn, CRSP 1530 335 279 Society of Jesus: SJ 1540 14,839 10,721 Somaschi Fathers (Order of Clerics Regular of Somasca) CRS 1534 520 327 Camillians: M.I. 1582 1,125 825
Jesuit formation, or the training of Jesuits, is the process by which candidates are prepared for ordination or brotherly service in the Society of Jesus, the world's largest male Catholic religious order. The process is based on the Constitution of the Society of Jesus written by Ignatius of Loyola and approved in 1550. There are various ...
The Jesuits said Monday that a famous artist priest is definitively expelled from the religious order for sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing women, and lamented they couldn't ...
The Society of Jesus is organized into geographic provinces, each of which being headed by a provincial superior. Today, there are four Jesuit provinces operating in the United States: the USA East, USA Central and Southern, USA Midwest, and USA West Provinces. At their height, there were ten provinces.
The Vatican has decided to shut down a Slovenian-based female religious community founded by a controversial ex-Jesuit artist accused by some women of spiritual, psychological and sexual abuses.