Welcome to Congregatio Jesu

Sr Carmel Swords IBVM and Sr Annamaria Quinterio CJ are currently paying a visit to South Sudan.

They are guests of the community of Loreto Rumbek and discover the new mission that the sisters are developping together with graduates from their school in Rumbek: Building a new school and compound in Aweil.

Sister Júlia Milčová CJ has been appointed to be the new Provincial Superior of our Slovak Province. Her term of office will start on the 1st of December 2024.

19th November 2024 was the 1000th day of the full-scale war against Ukraine. However, despite all struggle, every desperation and seemingly intractable situation, we want to witness about our hope.

Since the launch of Ecological Education goal in November 2023, the Mary Ward JPIC Office and the JPIC local coordinators have embarked on an ambitious journey to bring ecological education to the forefront of school life.

The University of San Salvador, Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas, offers Master studies in Latin American Theology, la Maestría en Teología Latinoamericana. Sr Martha Zechmeister CJ is one of the professors and has invited us to share the possibility for new insciptions for the Master studies.

On Tuesday morning, 5 November, the Holy Father Francis visited the Pontifical Gregorian University to meet with his community on the occasion of the Dies Academicus.
Also present was Sr Lucia Boasa CJ, who started studies at the Gregoriana to achieve a Safeguarding Diploma.

Today is the first day of the first common meeting of IBVM and CJ on the subject of formation. On the way of Becoming One, the formators from both branches of Mary Wards Institute gather to exchange about their experiences and discern important steps for the future.

The new edition of our "House of Prayer" is available now.

On the feast of All Saints 1615, Mary Ward got shown the secrets of the Just Soul. A reflection.

On this 23 October, we asked our General Superior, Sr Veronica CJ, which Mary Ward statue is close to her heart an why. She presented the model of the new statue to be built in Nuremberg. It shows Mary Ward breaking through a wall.

Here is the video with her reflection as well as an image of the statue.

A big Thank you to Lucia Boaşa our outgoing sister-in charge at Via Nomentana and welcome to Sr Lucia Kim as she takes up her new role as sister-in charge of VN.

Sistsers from IBVM and CJ gathered in Rome for a workshop on donor relations. Learn more about their experiences...

What does it mean to be a Mary Ward Sister in these times of growing more and more to being one? The sisters gathered in Loyola have expressed their experiences in videos. Enjoy!

A 3 day wokshop on safeguarding has been integraed in our Joint ELM in Loyola. Read more about these intensive days.

Reflection for the sunday before the opening of the CJ ELM in Loyola.

At the moment, both extended leadership teams of CJ and ibvm are gathered in Loyola for their resective Extended Leadership Meetings as well as meetings together.

On this website, you will find daily recaps of the meeting(s) ...