Archbishop Joseph Pittau, S.J., Sophia University, Toyko, Japan, delivered the third Jesuit Jubilee Lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 17, to a full house in the McGinley Center Ballroom, on the Rose Hill campus. The lecture, on Francis Xavier, was sponsored by the Rector of the Jesuit Community at Fordham University and the Vice President for University Mission and Ministry.
Joan L. Roccasalvo, C.S.J., adjunct associate professor of theology, Fordham University, has written a series of essays on the Jesuit Jubilee Year 2006, celebrating the lives of the first three members of the Society of Jesus: St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Francis Xavier and Blessed Peter Faber. This year marks the 450th anniversary of the death of Ignatius Loyola (July 31, 1556), founder of the Jesuits, and the 500th anniversary of the births of Peter Faber (April 7, 1506) and Francis Xavier (April 13, 1506). All three essays are available online in the current issue of FORDHAM magazine.
