Community Quote by Pope Francis

Even as a small child, I wondered why the Dominican nuns who educated me were subservient to the Jesuit priests who educated my brothers.

— Janine di Giovanni

“. . . I realized with a growing and startling sense of clarity that the seminary was educating and training me for a world…

— Tim Keel

I have had a very fun, positive experience in seminary. It's taught me a lot.

— Shawn Bradley

I have a great affiliation with the Catholic community having studied at convent schools.

— Zeenat Aman

Jesuits encourage an intellectual rigor in a way that I like.

— Alexander Payne

Indeed, one of the most successful and influential religious organizations in history, the Society of Jesus, was consciously modeled along military lines by its…

— Robert Shea

I really do believe that the Jesuit system is better for a country.

— Sergio Leone

The Jesuits are a MILITARY organization, not a religious order. Their chief is a general of an army, not the mere father abbot of…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I never met a Jesuit before I applied for the order.

— Daniel Berrigan

I didn't grow up in the Catholic church, but I went to a Catholic high school and a Catholic college, and the Jesuit priests…

— Chris Sullivan

Seminary also introduced me to the historical study of Jesus and Christian origins. I learned from my professors and the readings they assigned that…

— Marcus Borg

Growing up in New Orleans, my mom and dad were churchgoers. I would go to church with them. Also, I was going to a…

— Avery Johnson