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Fordham

University

&

Jesuit Community

By: Amal, Anissa & Erick

Jesuit

Jesuit

a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests founded by St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Francis Xavier, and others in 1534, to do missionary work. The order was zealous in opposing the Reformation. Despite periodic persecution it has retained an important influence in Catholic thought and education.

Beliefs and Values

"We believe that students have to be invited to wrestle with the great ethical issues of their time. We want them to be bothered by the realization that they don’t know everything and bothered by injustice."

Joseph M. McShane, SJ, President, Fordham University

Beliefs & Values

Leadership’s Commitment to the Mission

The Academic Life

A Catholic, Jesuit Campus Culture

Service

Service to the Local Church

Jesuit Presence

Integrity

Local Community & Nation

Contributions

  • Jesuit contributions to the local community were running parishes in the local NYC area to serve a venue for bidding a final farewell to the rich and/or famous, and the Jesuit Center on East 83rd Street, which welcomes all. It provides care and kindness to those that may be suffering.
  • There are Jesuit communities all over the nation, covering the west coast to the east coast, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and sheltering the homeless.

Leaders of the Jesuit Community

Leaders of Jesuit Community

  • Founder of The Jesuits is Ignatius Loyola, a Superior General
  • St. Peter Faber, Founder
  • Francis Xavier, Founder of Jesuit Society
  • Diego Laynez, a Superior General
  • St. Francis Borgia

Source:https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jesuit-order-established

Culture of the Jesuits and Fordham University

Culture

Fordham University provides students with the opportunity of exploring and learning about the culture of the Jesuit Society that other secular institutions might not offer.

Jesuit Society is all about "God and all things" and so through Jesuit institution students are able to receive a quality education and develop greater understanding of faith

“For it is not knowing much, but realizing and relishing things interiorly, that contents and satisfies the soul.”

― Ignatius of Loyola, The Spiritual Exercises

Religious Denominations

Fordham is a Jesuit school, which means it will be the most welcoming to those of other faiths/no faith. You will don't be discriminated for your beliefs, or rejected in a apply to Fordham.

Religious Denominations

Christianity, Catholicism, Judaism & Islam

-Catholicism is the faith, practice, and church order of the Roman Catholic Church.

-Christianity is base on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices.

-Muslims believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed many times before through prophets including Adam, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus

- Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. They also believe in one god and its belief in the old testaments ( Hebrew Bible )

Buddhism & Hinduism

  • Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to Insight into the true nature of reality.
  • Hinduism is mostly an Indian religion. It has many gods and teaches that people have another life on earth after they die.
  • Overall these religions come together and form that Jesuit community.

Atheist

-a person who does not believe in any god or practice any religious belief

CULTURAL CLUBS

Jewish Students Organization- promote and teach cultural aspects of Judaism. Some examples of what they do are like participate in the holidays; they do an activity, etc. It is welcome for anyone interested in the Jewish culture.

Pictures & Video

Works Cited

Works Cited

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus

“Society of Jesus.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Aug. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus.

2. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jesuit-order-established

“Jesuit Order Established.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jesuit-order-established.

3.https://www.fordham.edu/info/20276/fordhams_catholic_and_jesuit_identity/647/catholic_and_jesuit_in_mission_and_vision

Fordham. “Catholic and Jesuit in Mission and Vision.” Fordham, Fordham University, 18 Aug. 2014, www.fordham.edu/info/20276/fordhams_catholic_and_jesuit_identity/647/catholic_and_jesuit_in_mission_and_vision.

4. https://www.ncronline.org/news/parish/new-york-jesuit-parish-final-stop-boldface-catholics

“New York Jesuit Parish Is the Final Stop for Boldface Catholics.” National Catholic Reporter, 5 Jan. 2015, www.ncronline.org/news/parish/new-york-jesuit-parish-final-stop-boldface-catholics.

5. https://www.jesuitcentercampaign.org/

“Welcome.” Jesuits Center, www.jesuitcentercampaign.org/.

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam

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