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Senior Jesuits of the California Province discuss their vocation and personal experiences with Robert Stephan, S.J., a Jesuit scholastic, as part of an oral history project.
Francis J. Buckley, S.J.
Father Francis J. Buckley, S.J., was born in 1928, entered the Society of Jesus in 1945, and was ordained as a priest in 1958. He is a member of the Sacred Heart Jesuit Center community.
Robert L. McDevitt, S.J.
Father Robert L. McDevitt, S.J., was born in 1926, entered the Society of Jesus in 1947, and was ordained as a priest in 1960. He is a member of the Sacred Heart Jesuit Center community.
IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY
Discerning Spirits
Listen as Father Randy Roche, S.J., director of the Center for Ignatian Spirituality at Loyola Marymount University, discusses the process of discovering how God is at work
within us.
Guided Examen
Listen as Father Peter Filice, S.J., guides you in the Examen of Consciousness, a method for growing your spirituality.
MY VOCATION AS A JESUIT
Radmar A. Jao, S.J.
After attending a “Come and See” retreat at the Jesuit Novitiate, Radmar Jao says he was inspired to enter the Society of Jesus in 2001. Today, he is studying theology at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley.
Scott R. Santarosa, S.J.
A native of Sacramento, Father Scott Santarosa tells how he switched gears from studying civil engineering to entering the Society of Jesus in 1989 and his current assignment as pastor of Dolores Mission Church, a Jesuit parish in Los Angeles.
John T. Tanner, S.J.
A second-year novice, John (J.T.) Tanner talks about his transition from being a college student and youth minister to joining the Society of Jesus in 2007 and his experiences at the Jesuit Novitiate at Ignatius House in Culver City, Calif.
Roberto Carlos Durán, S.J. (en Español / in Spanish)
Roberto Carlos Durán de San Salvador, El Salvador, es un novicio en su segundo año en el Noviciato Jesuita en Culver City, California. Nos habla sobre su trabajo como profesor en El Salvador y como tomó su decisión para ingresar a la Sociedad de Jesus en el 2007.
Joseph Frias, S.J.
Brother Joseph Frias, S.J., talks about his decision to become a Jesuit and his current teaching assignment at Verbum Dei High School in Los Angeles.
Trung Pham, S.J.
Scholastic Trung Pham, S.J., talks about his work as a Jesuit and an artist—and how he combines both vocations to serve God and His people.
Michael Mandala, S.J.
Fr. Michael Mandala, S.J., pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church in Hollywood, discusses his vocation as a Jesuit, the challenges of bringing culturally diverse people together as a church and working together with laymen and women.
John Francis Vu, S.J.
Fr. John Francis Vu, S.J., discusses his spiritual journey beginning with his escape from Vietnam to a refugee camp in Thailand, his spiritual life as a Jesuit, and his work in campus ministry in California.
Greg Boyle, S.J.
Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J., executive director of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, discusses why he was attracted to Jesuit life and the rewards of working with youths in the nation’s largest gang-rehabilitation program.
JESUIT PARTNERS
Kim Cavnar and Peter Filice, S.J.
Kim Cavnar (left) and Fr. Peter Filice, S.J., co-directors of adult faith formation at Loyola High School in Los Angeles, discuss "being Church together" through Jesuit-lay partnership in their ministry.
Elena Mireles and Manh Tran, S.J.
Elena Mireles (left) and Fr. Manh Tran, S.J., who serve the Christian Life Community program at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, discuss their ministry and how Ignatian spirituality leads to closer personal relationships with the students they serve.
OTHER PODCASTS BY JESUITS AND LAY PARTNERS
Francisco Firmat
Francisco Firmat, who is supervising judge of family law of the Superior Court of California for Orange County, talks about the impact of the Spiritual Exercises on his life and sensing the "fingerprints of the Holy Spirit."
Leo Hombach, S.J.
A Jesuit for nearly six decades, Father Hombach draws on the insights he gained from a near-death experience as he discusses the deeper sense of spirituality we can gain later in life.
John McGarry, S.J.
Father Provincial McGarry reflects on how Jesuits and laypersons throughout the California Province are multiplying their gifts by partnering in the work of God’s Kingdom.
Bill Muller, S.J.
Jesuit schools plant seeds in students that grow throughout their lives. Father Muller talks about the transformative power of education in the Ignatian tradition which encourages students to go beyond academic excellence to become "contemplatives in action."
Eddie Samaniego, S.J.
Father Samaniego, pastor of Most Holy Trinity Church, one of the largest parishes in the Diocese of San Jose, talks about how by combining prayer and action we can truly "make a difference every day."
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