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The Jesuits
Jesuits are men who belong to a Roman Catholic religious order called the Society of Jesus, established in 1540 by St. Ignatius of Loyola. It is the largest Catholic religious order in the world with over 18, 500 members. We serve in 127 nations on 6 continents and are organized into administrative regions called Provinces. The Society of Jesus is involved in a number of ministries including schools and universities, retreat centres, social justice, research agencies, refugee work and media institutions. Our norm is to find where God will best be served and where people will best be helped. As we say, “we find God in all things.”
Jesuits Eastern Africa
The Eastern Africa Province was formed in 1986 and consists of 210 Jesuits from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, South Sudan and Uganda. True to our missionary vocation, many of us work in Eastern Africa, while others are studying or working in Zimbabwe, West Africa, Italy, India, the United States, Great Britain, Philippines and elsewhere in the world.
OUR PRAYER
PRAYER ATTRIBUTED TO ST. IGNATIUS
“Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous. Teach me to serve you as you deserve. To give and not to count the cost, To fight and not to heed the wounds, To toil and not to seek for rest, To labour and not to ask for any reward, Save that of knowing that I am doing your will, O Lord.”
