The Jesuits arrived in the colonies in 1634, fleeing religious persecution in Europe, and by the early 1700s were known to rely on forced labor.

The Jesuits arrived in the colonies in 1634, fleeing religious persecution in Europe, and by the early 1700s were known to rely on forced labor.

Pope Francis was the first pontiff elected from the Society of Jesus — also known as the Jesuits.. It’s one of the most prominent religious orders in the Catholic Church, with approximately ...

Editor’s Note: This article from the 50th anniversary issue of The Port Lavaca Wave is reprinted with the permission of Bobby Joe Paul. The anniversary was celebrated 73 years ago.

A heart-shaped “Jesuit ring” was found at the site of Fort St. Joseph, a French stronghold dating to the 1680s in southwest Michigan. It will go to a museum.

T he Society of Jesus, goes an old Jesuit joke, is “a monarchy limited only by the incompetence of its superiors and the insubordination of their subjects.”. Since the death last October of ...

A heart-shaped “Jesuit ring” was found at the site of Fort St. Joseph, a French stronghold dating to the 1680s in southwest Michigan. It will go to a museum.

In the 1700s, the Jesuits founded a church and a plantation at the site, where they kept enslaved people, including Kevin Porter's ancestors. "This is where they lived, ...

The Jesuits arrived in the colonies in 1634, fleeing religious persecution in Europe, and by the early 1700s were known to rely on forced labor.

A heart-shaped “Jesuit ring” was found at the site of Fort St. Joseph, a French stronghold dating to the 1680s in southwest Michigan. It will go to a museum.

A heart-shaped “Jesuit ring” was found at the site of Fort St. Joseph, a French stronghold dating to the 1680s in southwest Michigan. It will go to a museum.