May 20, 2006

Jesuit Cardinal Carlo Martini Publicly Backs Limited Condom Use in AIDS Prevention

In an interview with the Italian weekly L’Espresso, Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini SJ, the former archbishop of Milan, stated that it is acceptable under certain circumstances for Catholics to use condoms to prevent AIDS.

"Certainly the use of condoms can, in certain circumstances, constitute a lesser evil. The question is whether religious authorities should advertise such a means of protection ... bans and saying no doesn't help anyone," Martini said in the interview.

The ethical doctrine of "the lesser evil" forms part of the theological basis on which many advocate for the limited use of condoms among married couples when one of the partners is HIV positive. [Source: Agence France Presse]

Mining Symposium Brings Hundreds to Wheeling Jesuit University

Wheeling Jesuit University served as one of the host sites and sponsors for the first International Mining Health and Safety Symposium. The event brought together several hundred politicians, technology companies, academics, and representatives of industries, government agencies, labor, and management. Wheeling President Joseph Hacala SJ welcomed attendees to the campus.

Change and exploring advances in mine safety technology were the main themes of the two day symposium. Also present were 60 exhibitors from around the globe, displaying new products and technologies to help make the industry safer. [Source: Wheeling Jesuit University]

Jubilee Mass at St Peter’s

On April 22, the feast of Our Lady Mother of the Society and the day when Ignatius and the first Jesuits took their solemn vows, members of the Curia and of other communities participated in the Mass at Saint Peter’s Basilica to celebrate the Jubilee 2006. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Secretary of State, was the main celebrant. Among the 12 concelebrating Cardinals were Jesuits Roberto Tucci, Albert Vanhoye, and Tomáš Špidlík.

At the end of the Mass Pope Benedict XVI made his entrance to the basilica where he urged the Jesuits to follow in the footsteps of Ignatius, Francis Xavier, and Peter Faber in facing the urgent needs of the Church today, especially in their cultural commitment to the fields of philosophy and theology as well as in the dialogue with modern culture.

The full text of the pope’s address, as well as pictures of the Mass, are at the Jesuit Curia’s website: www.sjweb.info/newsHomePage.cfm [Source: SJ Curia][Web version has a photograph]

President of Banco Popular Attributes Banking Success to Jesuit Mentors and Family

In a recent Chicago Tribune profile, Roberto Herencia, president of Banco Popular North America (headquartered in Chicago), attributed some of his success in the banking industry to his Jesuit education. A graduate of Georgetown University, Herencia mentioned that his high school president Fr Charles Beirne SJ, now president of Le Moyne College, championed the effort to get him a scholarship to attend the university.

When asked what advice he has for people who wish to pursue a career in banking, Herencia responded: "In our field it's all about the team and the mission. The Jesuits have got it right. They're a small team, passionate about their mission, with heroic ambitions, ingenious at solving problems. It's all about the team."

The article is available at www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0605080028may08,1,6096846.story?coll=chi-business-hed [Source: Chicago Tribune]

Satellite Uplink Truck Connects Fairfield University with the World

Fairfield University’s newly acquired satellite uplink truck makes it possible for the university to reach worldwide and beyond by transmitting its signal to a geostationary satellite in space. That signal can then be downlinked at various venues.

Most universities and colleges, as well as other major institutions, have the downlink capability, but uplinking to satellites for national and international transmission is relatively rare for a university campus, especially the size of Fairfield University.

Fr. James Mayzik SJ, director of the Media Center, which will operate the satellite uplink, said, "I am thrilled that we will have this technology to incorporate into our academic program which has seen such growth over the last three years. Such high-powered and sophisticated equipment will greatly enhance our program." [Source: Fairfield University][Web version has a photo]

Former Polish President and Nobel Prize Winner Visits Jesuit Universities

Lech Walesa, a key player in the fall of European communism and the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, spoke at a number of American universities this spring including Jesuit universities Creighton and Regis.

Walesa spoke to students about democracy, his hopes for the United States as the sole remaining superpower, and his friend and fellow countryman John Paul II, to whom he gave much of the credit for the fall of communism. [Source: CNS]

Brebeuf Jesuit Prep Gets First Permanent Lay President

Matt Hayes, 57, of Louisville, Ky. will replace Benjamin B. Hawley SJ, who is leaving Brebeuf (Indianapolis) after six years as president of the school to begin tertianship. Hayes is currently serving as coordinator of ecumenical and inter-religious relations for the Archdiocese of Louisville.

Rev James Stoeger SJ, director of secondary education for the Chicago province, said a lay president is a sign of changing times for some Jesuit schools. According to Stoeger about six of the 48 Jesuit high schools nationwide have lay presidents. [Source: Indianapolis Star]

Remembrance of Things Past

• May 1, 1572. At Rome, Pope St. Pius V dies. His decree imposing Choir on the Society was cancelled by his successor, Gregory XIII.
• May 2, 1706. The death of Jesuit brother G J Kamel. The camellia flower is named after him.
• May 3, 1945. American troops take over Innsbruck, Austria. Theology studies at the Canisianum resume a few months later.
• May 4, 1902. The death of Charles Sommervogel, historian of the Society and editor of the bibliography of all publications of the Jesuits from the beginnings of the Society onward.
• May 5, 1782. At Coimbra, Sebastian Carvahlo, Marquis de Pombal, a cruel persecutor of the Society in Portugal, died in disgrace and exile. His body remained unburied fifty years, till Father Philip Delvaux performed the last rites in 1832.
• May 6, 1816. Letter of John Adams to Thomas Jefferson mentioning the Jesuits. "If any congregation of men could merit eternal perdition on earth and in hell, it is the company of Loyola."
• May 7, 1547. Letter of St. Ignatius to the scholastics at Coimbra on Religious Perfection.
• May 8, 1853. The death of Jan Roothan, the 21st general of the Society, who promoted the central role of the Spiritual Exercises in the work of the Society after the restoration.
• May 9, 1758. The 19th General Congregation opened, the last of the Old Society. It elected Lorenzo Ricci as general.
• May 10,1773. Empress Maria Teresa of Austria changed her friendship for the Society into hatred, because she had been led to believe that a written confession of hers (found and printed by Protestants) had been divulged by the Jesuits.
• May 11, 1824. St Regis Seminary opens in Florissant, Missouri, by Fr Van Quickenborne. It was the first Roman Catholic school in USA for the higher education of Native American Indians
• May 12,1981. A letter of this date, from Secretary of State, Cardinal Casaroli, speaks positively of Teilhard de Chardin in celebration of the centenary of his birth (May 1,1881).
• May 13, 1572. Election of Gregory XIII to succeed St Pius V. To him the Society owes the foundation of the Roman and German Colleges.
• May 14, 1978. Letter of Pedro Arrupe to the whole Society on Inculturation.
• May 15, 1815. Readmission of the Society into Spain by Ferdinand VII. The members of the Society were again exiled on July 31, 1820.
• May 16, 1988. In Paraguay, Pope John Paul II canonizes Roque Gonzalez, Alfonso Rodriguez, and Juan del Castillo.
• May 17, 1572. Pope Gregory XIII exempted the Society from choir and approved simple vows after two years of novitiate and ordination before solemn profession. In these matters he reversed a decree of St Pius V.
• May 18, 1769. The election of Cardinal Lorenzo Ganganelli as Pope Clement XIV. He was the pope who suppressed the Society.
• May 19, 1652. Birth of Paul Hoste mathematician and expert on construction of ships and history of naval warfare.
• May 20, 1521. Ignatius was seriously wounded at Pamplona, Spain, while defending its fortress against the French.
• May 21, 1925. Pius XI canonizes Peter Canisius, with Teresa of the Child Jesus, Mary Madeleine Postal, Madeleine Sophie Barat, John Vianney, and John Eudes. Canisius is declared a Doctor of the Church.
• May 22, 1965. Pedro Arrupe was elected the 28th general of the Society of Jesus.
• May 23, 1873. The death of Peter de Smet, a famous missionary among Native Americans of the great plains and mountains of the United States. He served as a mediator and negotiator of several treaties.
• May 24, 1834. Don Pedro IV expelled the Society from Brazil.
• May 25, 1569. At Rome the Society was installed by Pope St Pius V in the College of Penitentiaries. Priests of various nationalities who were resident there were required to act as confessors in St Peter's.
• May 26, 1673. Ching WeiSan (Emmanuel de Sigueira) dies, the first Chinese Jesuit priest.
• May 27, 1555. The Viceroy of India sent an embassy to Claudius, Emperor of Ethiopia, hoping to win him and his subjects over to Catholic unity. Nothing came of this venture, but Fr Goncalvo de Silveira, who would become the Society's first martyr on the Africa soil, remained in the country.
• May 28, 1962. The death of Bernard Hubbard famous Alaskan missionary. He was the author of the book Mush, You Malemutes! and wrote a number of articles on the Alaska mission.
• May 29,1991. Pope John Paul II announces that Paulo Dezza, SJ is to become a Cardinal, as well as Jan Korec, in Slovakia.
• May 30, 1849. Vincent Gioberti's book Il Gesuita Moderno was put on the Index. Gioberti had applied to be admitted into the Society, and on being refused became its bitter enemy and calumniator.
• May 31, 1900. The new novitiate of the Buffalo Mission, St Stanislaus, in South Brooklyn, Ohio, near Cleveland, is blessed.

• Jun 1, 1527. Ignatius was thrown into prison after having been accused of having advised two noblewomen to undertake a pilgrimage, on foot, to Compostella.

• Jun 2, 1566. The Professed House was opened in Toledo. It became well known for the fervor of its residents and the wonderful effects of their labors.
• Jun 3, 1559. A residence at Frascati, outside of Rome, was purchased for the fathers and brothers of the Roman College.
• Jun 4, 1667. The death in Rome of Cardinal Sforza Pallavicini, a man of great knowledge and humility. While he was Prefect of Studies of the Roman College he wrote his great work, The History of the Council of Trent.
• Jun 5, 1546. Paul III, in the document Exponi Nobis, empowered the Society to admit coadjutors, both spiritual and temporal.
• Jun 6, 1610. At the funeral of Henry IV in Paris, two priests preaching in the Churches of St Eustace and St Gervase denounced the Jesuits as accomplices in his death. This was due primarily to the book De Rege of Father Mariana.
• Jun 7, 1556. Peter Canisius becomes the first provincial superior of the newly constituted Province of Upper Germany.
• Jun 8, 1889. Poet Gerard Manley Hopkins died at the age of 44 in Dublin. His final words were "I am so happy, so happy." He had written "I wish that my pieces could at some time become known but in some spontaneous way ... and without my forcing."
• Jun 9, 1597. The death of Blessed Jose de Ancieta, Brazil's most famous missionary and the founder of the cities of Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro.
• Jun 10, 1537. Ignatius and his companions were given minor orders at the house of Bishop Vincenzo Negusanti in Venice, Italy.
• Jun 11, 1742. The Chinese and Malabar Rites were forbidden by Pope Benedict XIV; persecution broke out at once in China.
• Jun 12, 1928. Fr General Ledochowski responded negatively to the idea of intercollegiate sports at Jesuit colleges because he feared the loss of study time and the amount of travel involved.
• Jun 13, 1557. The death of King John III of Portugal, at whose request Francis Xavier and others were sent to India.
• Jun 14, 1596. By his brief Romanus Pontifex, Pope Clement VIII forbade to members of the Society of Jesus the use or privilege of the Bulla Cruciata as to the choice of confessors and the obtaining of absolution from reserved cases.
• Jun 15, 1871. P W Couzins, a female law student, graduated from Saint Louis University Law School, the first law school in the country to admit women.

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