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Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education

The Jesuits and Ignatian Spirituality

• “A Way of Proceeding: What is Ignatian Spirituality?,” by James Martin, S.J., editor-at-large of America: The Jesuit Review
• The Universal Apostolic Preferences of the Society of Jesus 
• “Ignatian Spirituality," by Loyola Press
• Do You Speak Ignatian?: A Glossary of Ignatian and Jesuit Terms, by George W. Traub, S.J., Ph.D., former executive director of Ignatian programs at Xavier University
• “St. Ignatius Loyola,” by Michael Paul Gallagher, S.J., S.T.D., professor of fundamental theology at the Gregorian University, Rome
• The Jesuit and Lay Martyrs of the UCA
• "On Discernment: Three Key Questions," by Michael Himes, Ph.D., professor of theology at Boston College
  
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Documents from General Congregations 32, 34, 35, and 36

• “Our Mission Today: The Service of Faith and Promotion of Justice,” Decree 4, Thirty-Second General Congregation of the Society of Jesus
• “General Congregation 34: A Summary,” by George W. Traub, S.J., former executive director of Ignatian programs at Xavier University
• “Servants of Christ’s Mission,” Decree 2, Thirty-Fourth General Congregation of the Society of Jesus
• “Our Mission and Justice,” Decree 3, Thirty-Fourth General Congregation of the Society of Jesus
• “Our Mission and Culture,” Decree 4, Thirty-Fourth General Congregation of the Society of Jesus
• “Our Mission and Interreligious Dialogue," Decree 5, Thirty-Fourth General Congregation of the Society of Jesus
• “Ecumenism,” Decree 12, Thirty-Fourth General Congregation of the Society of Jesus
• “Collaboration with the Laity in Mission,” Decree 13, Thirty-Fourth General Congregation of the Society of Jesus
• “Jesuits and the Situation of Women in Church and Civil Society,” Decree 14, Thirty-Fourth General Congregation of the Society of Jesus
• “Jesuits and University Life,” Decree 17, Thirty-Fourth General Congregation of the Society of Jesus
• “General Congregation 35: A Summary,” George W. Traub, S.J., former executive director of Ignatian programs at Xavier University
• “A Kindle that Kindles Other Fires: Rediscovering Our Charism,” Decree 2, Thirty-Fifth General Congregation of the Society of Jesus
• “Challenges to Our Mission Today: Sent to the Frontiers,” Decree 3, Thirty-Fifth General Congregation of the Society of Jesus
• “Collaboration at the Heart of Mission,” Decree 6, Thirty-Fifth General Congregation of the Society of Jesus
• “Companions in a Mission of Reconciliation and Justice,” Decree 1, Thirty-Sixth General Congregation of the Society of Jesus

History and Foundations of Jesuit Higher Education

• “Spiritual Foundations of Jesuit Higher Education,” by Patrick Howell, S.J., D.Min., former chair of the National Seminar on Jesuit Higher Education, general editor of Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education Magazine, distinguished professor of pastoral theology at Seattle University, and Senior Jesuit Specialist for Ignatian Formation at Gonzaga University
• Video Link: “The Spiritual Exercises as the Foundation for Jesuit Education,” by Fr. Michael Maher, S.J., Ph.D., associate professor of history at Marquette University
• “How the First Jesuits Became Involved in Education,” by John W. O’Malley, S.J., Ph.D., university professor of theology at Georgetown University
• “Are We Still Jesuit? Catholic?” by Charlie Currie, S.J., Ph.D. former chair of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
• “Depth, Universality, and Shared Ministry: Challenges to Jesuit Higher Education Today,” by Adolfo Nicolás, S.J., thirtieth superior general of the Society of Jesus
• “Conversations on Jesuit (and Catholic) Higher Ed.: Jesuit Sí, Catholic Not So Sure,” by David J. O’Brien, Ph.D., Loyola Professor of Roman Catholic Studies at the College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA)
• “The Jesuit Catholic Mission of Jesuit Colleges and Universities,” by the AJCU Presidents
• “Some Characteristics of Jesuit Colleges and Universities: A Self Evaluation Instrument," by AJCU presidents and U.S. Jesuit Provincials
• Download the word document: “Themes of Jesuit Higher Education,” by Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., twenty-ninth superior general of the Society of Jesus
• Video Link: “What does it mean to be Jesuit?,” by LeMoyne College

The Service of Faith and Promotion of Justice in Jesuit Higher Education

• “A Different Kind of University,” by Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J., Ph.D., one of the UCA Jesuit martyrs and former president of Universidad Centroamericana
• “The Service of Faith and the Promotion of Justice in American Jesuit Higher Education,” by Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., twenty-ninth superior general of the Society of Jesus
• “The Service of Faith in a Religiously Pluralistic World,” by Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., twenty-ninth superior general of the Society of Jesus
• “The Catholic University of the 21^st Century: Educating for Solidarity,” by Paul Locatelli, S.J., Ph.D., former president of Santa Clara University
• “Higher Standards for Higher Education,” by Dean Brackley, S.J., Ph.D., former professor of theology and ethics at Universidad Centroamericana
• “The Jesuit University in a Broken World,” by Dean Brackley, S.J., Ph.D., former professor of theology and ethics at Universidad Centroamericana
• “Ignatian Spirituality, Political Effectiveness, and Spiritual Discernment: Dean Brackley’s Account of Liberation Theology,” by Andrew Prevot, Ph.D., associate professor of theology at Boston College
• “The University as a Source for Reconciled Life,” by Arturo Sosa, S.J., thirty-first superior general of the Society of Jesus
• “The American Jesuit University: A Source of Reconciliation?,” by Michael C. McCarthy, S.J., Ph.D., vice president for mission integration and planning at Fordham University
• “The Ignatian Witness to Truth in a Climate of Injustice,” by Bryan Massingale, S.T.D., James and Nancy Buckman Chair in Applied Christian Ethics at Fordham University
• “Practicing Intellectual Hospitality: The Common God and the Work of the Jesuit University,” by Kristin E. Heyer, Ph.D., professor of theological ethics at Boston College
• “The Prophetic Character of Jesuit Education,” by Christopher Pramuk, University Chair of Ignatian Thought and Imagination at Regis University

Teaching and Leading at Jesuit Colleges and Universities

• “Ignatian Pedagogy and the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm,” by the Jesuit Institute
• “The Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm,” by Xavier University
• “Ignatian Pedagogy,” by the Georgetown University Teaching Commons
• “Teaching the Transforms: The Distinctive Heart of Jesuit Higher Education,” by Kevin P. Quinn, S.J., president of the University of Scranton
• “Teaching to the Mission,” Xavier University has collected essays across various academic disciplines that highlight how a Jesuit, Catholic mission can be incorporated into the classroom
• “A Call for Spiritual Leaders: The Jesuit Superior General on Higher Education,” by Adolfo Nicolás, S.J., thirtieth superior general of the Society of Jesus
•  “If You Meet Ignatius on the Road, Kill Him!,” by Michael R. Carey, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of organizational leadership at Gonzaga University
• “Ignatian Spirituality among the Professors,” by Debra K. Mooney, Ph.D., Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Xavier University, and George W. Traub, S.J., Ph.D., former executive director of Ignatian programs at Xavier University
• “Messianic or Bourgeois?,” by Timothy Hanchin, Ph.D., assistant professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University
• “Next Steps in Jesuit Higher Education,” by Stephanie Russell, Ph.D., vice president and consultant for mission integration of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
• “Soul Education: An Ignatian Priority,” by Howard Gray, S.J., Ph.D., former special assistant to the president at Georgetown University
• “Twenty-First Century Questions, Sixteenth Century Answers: St. Ignatius of Loyola Addresses the Board of Trustees,” by Peter Folan, S.J., Ph.D., assistant professor of theology and religious studies at Georgetown University, and Robert Turner, D.B.A., associate professor of accounting at Babson College
• “Women and Men Working Together in Jesuit Institutions of Higher Learning,” by Lisa Sowle Cahill, Ph.D., Donald J. Monan Professor in the Theology Department at Boston College
• "Best Practices Checklist for Jesuit Education and Online Learning," Xavier University. 

Foundations of Catholic Higher Education

• “The Idea of the Catholic University: The Land O’ Lakes Statement,” by the Seminar on Catholic Higher Education
• “The Document that Changed Catholic Education Forever,” by John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., Ph.D., president of the University of Notre Dame
• Ex Corde Ecclesiae, An Apostolic Constitution on Catholic Universities, by Pope John Paul II

The Catholic Tradition: Incarnational, Sacramental, and Praxological

• “Tradition,” by Michael Himes, Ph.D., professor of theology at Boston College
• Video Link: The Flannery Lectures in Catholic Theology, Gonzaga University
• “The Council’s Spirit: Vatican II – The Time for Reconciliation,” by John W. O’Malley, S.J., Ph.D., university professor of theology at Georgetown University
• “The Catholic Tradition and Intersectionality: Why Catholic Moral Theology is a Sign of Hope in Today’s Church,” an interview with Megan K. McCabe, Ph.D., assistant professor of religious studies at Gonzaga University
• “Galileo’s Daughters: What Error Looks Like Today,” by Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J., Ph.D., distinguished professor emerita of theology at Fordham University
• “Doctrine Air: Room to Breathe on Church Teaching,” by Richard R. Gaillardetz, Ph.D., Joseph Professor of Catholic Systematic Theology and Chair of the Theology Department at Boston College, and Stephen Pope, Ph.D., professor of theological ethics as Boston College
• “For God So Loved the Cosmos,” by Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J., Ph.D., distinguished professor emerita of theology at Fordham University
• “The Catholic Sacramental Imagination,” by Doris Donnelly, Ph.D., professor of theology and director of the Cardinal Suenens Center on Theology and Church Life at John Carroll University
• “Finding God in All Things: A Sacramental Worldview and Its Effects,” by Michael Himes, Ph.D., professor of theology at Boston College
• “The Flesh of Adam: Women, Bodies, and the Sacramental Imagination,” by Marie Anne Mayeski, Ph.D., professor emerita of theological studies at Loyola Marymount University
• Video Link: “Context and Credibility: How Historic Faith Traditions Are and Are Not Plausible in Our Time,” by Patricia Killen, Ph.D., former academic vice president at Gonzaga University
• Video Link: “What does ‘Catholic’ mean?,” by Joseph Mudd, Ph.D., associate professor of religious studies and director of Catholic studies at Gonzaga University
• “A Theological Case for God-She: Expanding the Treasury of Metaphor,” Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J., Ph.D., distinguished professor emerita of theology at Fordham University
• “Afro-Latina Artist Reimagines Michaelangelo’s ‘The Creation of Adam,” by Cecilia González-Andrieu, Ph.D., associate professor of theological studies at Loyola Marymount University
• “Why Catholics Treasure the Saints,” by Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J., Ph.D., distinguished professor emerita of theology at Fordham University
• “Circle of Friends: A Closer Look at the Communion of Saints,” by Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J., Ph.D., distinguished professor emerita of theology at Fordham University
• “Don’t Make Mary the Feminine Face of God,” by Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J., Ph.D., distinguished professor emerita of theology at Fordham University
• “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary,” by Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J., Ph.D., distinguished professor emerita of theology at Fordham University

The Catholic Intellectual Tradition

• Download the PDF: “The Catholic Intellectual Tradition in the Catholic University,” by Monica Hellwig, Ph.D., former professor of theology at Georgetown University and president and executive director of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
• Download the PDF: “The Catholic Intellectual Tradition: A Gloriously Rich but Difficult Inheritance,” by Ursula King, Ph.D., former president of Catherine of Siena College and University of Roehampton
• “The Catholic Intellectual Tradition: A Conversation between Faith and Reason,” Boston College Center for the Church in the 21st Century
• “The Catholic Intellectual Tradition: What Is It? Why Should I Care?,” by William Cahoy, associate professor theology at St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict
• “U.S. Latinos and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition,” by Hosffman Ospino, Ph.D., associate professor of Hispanic ministry and religious education at Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry
• “The Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Social Justice, and the University: Sometimes, Tolerance is Not the Answer,” by David Hollenbach, S.J., Ph.D., Pedro Arrupe Distinguished Research Professor of the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University
• “The Catholic Intellectual Tradition and the University,”  by Margaret Steinfels, former editor of Commonweal and founding co-director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University
• “The Catholic Intellectual Tradition and Other Religions,” by Catherine Cornille, Ph.D., Newton College Alumnae Chair of Western Culture and professor of theology at Boston College
• “Revitalizing the Catholic Intellectual Tradition: The Next Critical Challenge for Catholic Higher Education,” by Gregory A. Kalscheur, S.J., J.D., S.T.L., LL.M., dean of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences and professor of law at Boston College

Teaching and Leading at Catholic Colleges and Universities

• “Living Conversation: Higher Education in a Catholic Context,” by Michael Himes, Ph.D., professor of theology at Boston College
• “The Modern Catholic University: How Far From Eden?,” by Robert B. Lawton, S.J., Ph.D., former president of Loyola Marymount University
• “Distinctively Catholic: Keeping the Faith in Higher Education,” by James L. Heft, S.M., Ph.D., Alton Brooks Professor of Religion and President of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California
• “Essential Ingredients for Trusteeship at Today's Catholic Colleges,” by William J. Byron, S.J., Ph.D., former president of the University of Scranton and the Catholic University of America
• “Teaching and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition,” by Anna Bonta Moreland, Ph.D., associate professor of theology at Villanova University
• “Is Tolerance Enough?: The Catholic University and the Common Good,” by David Hollenbach, S.J., Ph.D., Pedro Arrupe Distinguished Research Professor of the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University
• “Responses to Hollenbach: Barriers and Resources,” by Charles J. Dougherty, Ph.D., former vice president for academic affairs at Creighton University
• “Responses to Hollenbach: Risking Dialogue,” by Elizabeth Murray Morelli, Ph.D., professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University
• “Responses to Hollenbach: The Common Good and the Marginalized,” by Roberto S. Goizueta, Ph.D., Margaret O’Brien Flatley Professor Emeritus of Theology at Boston College
• “Responses to Hollenbach: Dialogue, Diversity, and the Common Good,” by Ali Banuazizi, Ph.D., professor of political science at Boston College
• Video Link: “What Does it Mean to be a Catholic University?,” by B. Kevin Brown, Ph.D., senior specialist for faculty and staff formation and adjunct instructor of religious studies at Gonzaga University
• “From Tolerance to Engagement in Catholic Higher Education,” by John C. Haughey, S.J., S.T.D., former Senior Research Fellow at Georgetown University’s Woodstock Theological Center
• “Women in Catholic Higher Education,” an interview with Susan Ross, Ph.D., professor of theology at Loyola University Chicago
• “Too Catholic, Not Catholic Enough: Holding the Creative Tension with Beloved Balance,” by Raymond Reyes, Ph.D., associate provost and chief diversity officer at Gonzaga University
• “Yeast: A Parable for Catholic Higher Education,” by Walter J. Ong, S.J., Ph.D., former professor of humanities at Saint Louis University
• “Dissent in Catholic Universities,” by William J. Rewak, S.J., Ph.D., former president of Santa Clara University
• “Conversations in Aid of a Conspiracy for Truth," by Gregory A. Kalscheur, S.J., J.D., S.T.L., LL.M., dean of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences and professor of law at Boston College

Catholic Social Teaching: The Tradition’s Best Kept Secret

• “Key Principles of Catholic Social Teaching,” by the Office for Social Justice, Twin Cities Catholic Charities
• “Major Themes of Catholic Social Teaching,” St. Blase Catholic Church, Sterling Heights, Michigan
• “Seven Themes of Catholic Social Teaching,” by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
• Video Link: “The Common Good in the Catholic Tradition,” by Duquesne University’s Catholicism and the Common Good Initiative
• Video Link: “Human Dignity in the Catholic Tradition,” by Duquesne University’s Catholicism and the Common Good Initiative
• “Economic Justice for All: A Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy,” by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
• “The Challenge of Peace: God’s Promise and Our Response – A Pastoral Letter on War and Peace,” by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
• Pacem in Terris: Encyclical Letter on Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity, and Liberty, by Pope John XXIII
• Populorum Progressio: Encyclical Letter on the Development of Peoples, by Pope Paul VI
• Laborum Exercens: Encyclical Letter on Human Work, by Pope John Paul II
• Evangelii Gaudium: Apostolic Exhortation on the Proclamation of the Gospel, by Pope Francis
• Laudato Si’: Encyclical Letter on Care for Our Common Home, by Pope Francis
• Video Link: “Catholic Social Teaching, Racism, and Women of Color,” by M. Shawn Copeland, Ph.D., professor emerita of theology at Boston College
• “African American Catholics and the Quest for Racial Justice,” by Bryan Massingale, S.T.D., James and Nancy Buckman Chair in Applied Christian Ethics at Fordham University
• “Let’s Be a Church Where Black Lives Matter,” by Bryan Massingale, S.T.D., James and Nancy Buckman Chair in Applied Christian Ethics at Fordham University
• “The Church’s Appalling Silence on Racism,” by Bryan Massingale, S.T.D., James and Nancy Buckman Chair in Applied Christian Ethics at Fordham University
• “In His Letter on Racism, Seitz Gets Rights What the Bishops Got Wrong,” by Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M., Ph.D., assistant professor of systematic theology and spirituality at Catholic Theological Union
• “A Catholic Ethic for Immigration,” by Kristin E. Heyer, Ph.D., professor of theological ethics at Boston College
• “The Catholic Worker Movement”

“Jesuit School and the Humanities Yesterday and Today,” by John W. O’Malley, S.J., Ph.D., university professor of theology at Georgetown University

“The Necessity of the Humanities a Jesuit University: A Theological Defense,” by Connor Kelly, Ph.D., assistant professor of theological ethics at Marquette University

“Theology and the Mission of the Jesuit College and University,” by John C. Haughey, S.J., S.T.D., former Senior Research Fellow at Georgetown University’s Woodstock Theological Center

“Higher Education, Justice, and the Church: Social Justice at Home in the Education Community,” by Margaret A. Farley, R.S.M., Ph.D., Gilbert L. Stark Professor Emerita of Christian Ethics at Yale Divinity School

“Social Ethics Under the Sign of the Cross,” by David Hollenbach, S.J., Ph.D., Pedro Arrupe Distinguished Research Professor of the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University

Daily Ignatian Prayer Resources

• “The Examen,” a daily podcast to pray the Examen with James Martin, S.J., editor-at-large at America: The Jesuit Review
• “Daily Reflections,” written by members of the Creighton University community
• “Pray as You Go,” by the Jesuit of Great Britain
• “Sacred Space,” by the Jesuits of Ireland
• "Jesuit Prayer," by the Jesuits of the United States and Canada and their lay collaborators

Catholic Prayer

• The Catholic Lectionary
• Catholic Women Preach

Reliable Catholic News Sources

• America: The Jesuit Review
• The National Catholic Reporter
• Commonweal Magazine
• Global Sisters Report
• Catholic News Service
• La Croix International
• The Tablet
• Crux
• Vatican Insider