Our Way of Proceeding

Certain attitudes, values, and patterns of behavior join together to become what has been called the Jesuit way of proceeding. The characteristics of our way of proceeding were born in the life of St. Ignatius and shared by his first companions. Jerome Nadal writes that the form of the Society is in the life of Ignatius. God set him up as a living example of our way of proceeding.

General Congregation 34 considered which of these characteristics we need especially to draw upon today and the form they must take in the new situations and changing ministries in which we labor:

  • Deep Personal Love for Jesus Christ
  • Contemplative in Action
  • An Apostolic Body in the Church
  • In Solidarity with Those Most in Need
  • Partnership with Others
  • Called to Learned Ministry
  • Men Sent, Always Available for New Missions
  • Ever Searching for the Magis
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