Complete List of Ministries

Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House
Founded in 1948 in Barrington, IL, the Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House today provides a variety of retreats --most based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola-- for adult and student groups from greater Chicago. In 2004, Bellarmine opened a state-of-the-art conference center which allows it to cater to much larger retreat and conference groups.
Contact:
post: 175 W. County Line Rd., Barrington, IL, 60010-4043
web: www.bellarminehall.org
phone: (847) 381-1261
e-mail: bellarmine@bellarminehall.org

Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School
Founded in 1962, Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School has become an educational leader in Indianapolis, where it is the only Jesuit high school. Annual enrollment at Brebeuf hovers around 800.
Contact:
post: 2823 W. 86th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46268-2801
web: www.brebeuf.org
phone: (317) 876-4700

Chaplains at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Since 1903, Jesuits from the Chicago Province have been ministering to patients at "County," Chicago's only public hospital. The Jesuits performing this critical ministry have never been compensated for their work and are financed entirely by the Province.
Contact:
post: Jesuit Chaplains, Room 1681, Stroger Hospital, 1901 W. Harrison, Chicago, IL 60612
phone: (312) 864-1246

Charis Ministries
Founded in June 2000 and based at Loyola University Chicago, Charis Ministries annually provides a diverse offering of opportunities for retreat and spiritual reflection to people between the ages of 20 and 40 in Chicago and Cincinnati. Charis's innovative programs are being modeled around the United States.
Contact:
post: 1400 Devon Ave., Box 415, Chicago IL 60660
web: http://charisministries.org/
phone: (773) 508-3237

Chicago Jesuit Academy
The Chicago Province opened Chicago Jesuit Academy (CJA) in the fall of 2005. CJA operates as a full-scholarship Jesuit middle school for boys from modest economic backgrounds who live on the West Side of Chicago. CJA is the 16th Jesuit Nativity Model middle school in the United States. The Nativity Model, founded in New York City in 1971, has experienced tremendous success over the last 30+ years. By providing small classes, individualized instruction, and longer school days, CJA plans to continue this tradition of excellence.
Contact:
post: 212 South Francisco Avenue., Chicago, IL 60612-3618
phone: 773-638-6103
web: www.cjacademy.org
e-mail : info@cjacademy.org

Claver Jesuit Mission
Founded in Cincinnati in 2000, the Jesuits of the Claver Jesuit Mission make themselves available to the community in Winton Hills and South Cumminsville through a variety of ministerial objectives. The Jesuits there have made an effort to reach out to the local African-American population in the city which has endured tremendous racial strife in recent years.
contact:
post: 3838 Llewellyn, Cincinnati, OH, 45223-2352
web: home.fuse.net/claver
phone: (513) 681-8500
e-mail: clavermin@fuse.net

Colombiere Center
Colombiere Center was originally designed as the Detroit Province philosophy and theology school. When the academic programs were moved from Colombiere, the center was converted into a health care center for Jesuits from the Chicago and Detroit Provinces. It also fuctions today as a retreat and conference center that caters to a variety of religious, academic, and business customers. Colombiere Center also leases some of its property to the Shepherd's Hollow Golf Course, which is located on the grounds.
Contact:
post: 9075 Big Lake Rd. Clarkston, Michigan 48347-0141
web: www.colombiere.com
phone: 248-620-2534
e-mail: colombiere@colombiere.com

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
Cristo Rey became the fifth Jesuit high school in the Chicago Province when it was founded in 1996. It was also the first high school founded in the Chicago Archdiocese in more than 30 years. The school, founded to serve the immigrant population in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, relies on an innovative Corporate Internship Program to reduce tuition. The program has become a model for the Cristo Rey Network, a group of schools throughout the United States that are now utilizing the same model.
Contact:
post: 1852 W. 22nd. Pl., Chicago, IL, 60608
web: www.cristorey.net
phone: (773) 890-6800

Heartland Center
Since 1987, Heartland Center has served the people of Northwest Indiana through research on social issues, educational programs, leadership training, and community coalition building. Its mission is to work in solidarity with all segments of society, especially the poor, to construct a more just and human society. Since its founding, Heartland Center has produced a number of major studies and briefs designed to provide churches, community groups, governments, and businesses with quality social analysis on significant regional issues that enables them to work towards sound social policy and action.
Contact:
post: 7128 Arizona Ave., Hammond, IN, 46323
web: www.heartlandctr.org
phone: (219) 844-7515
e-mail: mail @heartlandctr.org

Ignatian Volunteer Corps
The Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC) was founded in Maryland in 1995. The Chicago Province opened a chapter in Chicago in 2001 and in Cincinnati in 2005. The program provides opportunities for individuals over the age of fifty to serve the poor and reflect on the experience in the Ignatian tradition.
Contact:

CHICAGO
Mr. George Sullivan, Regional Director for IVC Chicago
web: www.ivcusa.org or visit the chicago chapter website
phone: (773) 975-6871
e-mail: gsullivan@ivcusa.org

CINCINNATI

Ignatian Spirituality Project
In 1998, Fr. Bill Creed, SJ, founded the Ignatian Spirituality Project (ISP). In the years since, ISP has offered retreats to hundreds of homeless men in Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, and Gloucester, MA. ISP was founded to make the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola more widely available, particularly to those who can use the Exercises to improve the quality of their lives.
Contact:
post: Fr. Bill Creed, SJ, director Ignatian Spirituality Project, 1030 W. Loyola Ave., Chicago IL 60626
phone: (773) 508-2179
e-mail: billcreed@aol.com

Jesuit First Studies Program
Loyola University is one of three sites in the United States (the others are Fordham University and St. Louis University) where Jesuits can complete the First Studies phase of formation. First Studies is the second stage of Jesuit formation and is comprised of two years of philosophy study and a year of theology study. Currently, Jesuits from most United States Provinces and many international Provinces are in Loyola University's First Studies Program.
Contact:
post: Jesuit First Studies Program, 6525 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago IL 60626
phone: (773) 508-2058

Jesuit Refugee Service
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an international Catholic organization with a mission is to accompany, serve and defend the rights of refugees and forcibly displaced people. JRS undertakes services at national and regional levels with the support of an international office in Rome. JRS programs are found in over 50 countries, providing assistance to refugees in refugee camps, to people displaced within their own country, to asylum seekers in cities and those held in detention. The main areas of work are in the field of Education, Advocacy, Emergency Assistance, Health and Nutrition, Income Generating Activities and Social Services.
Contact:
post: 1616 P Street NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036-1408
web: www.jrsusa.org
phone: (202) 462-0400


The Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford
Since the first retreat for laypeople on the grounds of the Milford Novitiate in 1929, the Milford-based retreat ministry has shared the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola with thousands of retreatants. Today the Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford offers countless opportunities for reflection and retreat to adults and students from greater Cincinnati.
Contact:
post: 5361 S. Milford Rd., Milford OH 45150-9746
web: www.milfordspiritualcenter.org
phone: (513) 248-3500


Jesuit Volunteer Corps
Since 1956 more than 7,000 individuals have committed themselves to working with the poor as part of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. All Jesuit volunteers commit to living out four core values: social justice, simple life-style, community, and spirituality. All Jesuit volunteers in the Chicago Province are part of JVC Midwest, which is headquartered in Detroit.
Contact:
post: Jesuit Volunteer Corps Midwest, PO Box 21936, Detroit, MI 48221-0936
web: www.jvcmidwest.org
phone: (313) 345-3480
e-mail: jvcmw@jesuitvolunteers.org

Kentucky Jesuit Mission
Since 1973, Jesuits from the Chicago Province have been serving in a variety of ministries ranging from the Newman Center at University of Kentucky, to chaplaincy work in a local VA hospital, to ecological and scientific research centers. Today five Jesuits serve in ministries in Lexington and Appalachia.
Contact:
post: Kentucky Jesuit Mission, 2807 Phoenix Rd., Lexington KY 40503-2122
phone: (859) 260-9451

Loyola Academy
Loyola Academy, today located in Wilmette, IL, was founded in 1909 on the campus of Loyola University in Chicago. Loyola has since moved north to its current Wilmette, IL campus. In 1994 Loyola merged with the all-girls Marillac High School. Today Loyola is the biggest Jesuit high school in the United States with an enrollment exceeding 2,000 students per year and is one of Chicago's leading academic and athletic high schools.
Contact:
post: 1100 N. Laramie Ave., Wilmette IL 60091
web: www.goramblers.org
phone: (847) 256-1100

Loyola House
In 1972, the Chicago Province and the Detroit Province opened Loyola House, a bi-province novitiate located in Berkley, MI. All Jesuits entering the Chicago or Detroit Provinces spend their first two years at Loyola House, where they complete various studies and ministerial experiments.
Contact:
post: 2599 Harvard Rd., Berkely MI 48072-1596
phone: (248) 399-8132
e-mail: loyolahouse@ameritech.net

Loyola Press
Loyola Press was founded in 1912 as Loyola University Press. In 1996 the Press changed its name to Loyola Press. For decades, the Press has successfully published a variety of English and religion textbooks for schools and parishes across the country. In the 1990s, Loyola Press expanded its trade book division and devoted more attention to publishing quality books for adult audiences. In 2004, Loyola Press unveiled Finding God, a dynamic faith formation series.
Contact:
post: 3441 N. Ashland Ave, Chicago IL 60657
web: www.loyolapress.com
phone: (800) 621-1008

Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago was founded in 1870 by Fr. Arnold Damen, SJ, as St. Ignatius College. In the early 20th century, the university portion of the school moved to Rogers Park, on the north side of the city, where it was renamed Loyola University Chicago. Loyola has since grown considerably and is regularly ranked a top national university and a "best value" for education. Loyola is one of the largest of the 28 Jesuit universities and colleges in the United States, with three campuses in the greater Chicago area, the Rome Center in Italy, and nine schools and colleges.
Contact:
post (Lakeshore/Rogers Park): 6525 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago IL 60626-5385
phone: (773) 274-3000
post: (Water Tower/Downtown Chicago) 820 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 60611
phone: (312) 915-6000
post: (Medical Center) 2160 S. First Ave. Maywood, IL, 60153
phone: (708) 216-9000
web: www.luc.edu

Poder Learning Center
Poder Learning Center, which opened in 1997, provides educational opportunities for adult immigrants to acquire the skills and tools they need to pursue their dreams. The Center opened in 1997 with six students. Today it serves 375 students with a variety of classes, workshops, and special events. Poder course offerings include a variety of classes designed to strengthen English language skills, GED preparation classes, and citizenship classes.
Contact:
post:1637 S Allport, Chicago, IL 60608
web: www.poderlc.org
phone: 312-226-2002
e-mail: info@poderlc.org

Province Office
Since 1981, the Chicago Province's headquarters have been located on Clark Street in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. Offices of the Provincial and his staff are located here along with meeting facilities and a chapel. The Province's development office and the Clark Street Jesuit Community are located one block west of the Clark Street Office.
Contact:
post: 2050 N. Clark St., Chicago IL 60614
web: www.jesuits-chi.org
phone: (773) 975-6363
e-mail:

Province Development Office
In 1983, Provincial J. Leo Klein, SJ, created the Jesuit Development Office. For over twenty years, the Province's development office has shared the ministries of the Chicago Province Jesuits with its lay partners and helped raise money for Jesuit ministries as well as the formation of young Jesuits and the care of senior Jesuits.
Contact:
post: 2059 N. Sedgwick St., Chicago IL 60614
web: www.jesuits-chi.org
phone: (773) 975-8181, (800)-922-5327
e-mail:

Province Development Cincinnati Office
Since Fr. Hubie Schmidt, SJ, returned from the Patna Mission to open a Jesuit International Mission Office in Cincinnati, OH, the Province has maintained its presence there in an effort to share the inspiring ministries of the Chicago Province Jesuits with friends and benefactors in the tri-state area.
Contact:
post: 607 Sycamore St., Cincinnati, OH 45202-2512
web: www.jesuits-chi.org
phone: 513-751-6688
email: mmaxwell@jesuits-chi.org

St. Francis Xavier Church
Jesuits have been serving the people of greater Cincinnati at St Xavier Church, since 1840. Today St. Xavier is the Jesuit parish of downtown Cincinnati, but welcomes and serves people from the tristate area. The parish seeks to proclaim and live the Gospel of Jesus Christ through its celebration of scripture and sacraments, by fostering adult spiritual development, by serving the poor, and by promoting justice.
Contact:
post: 607 Sycamore St., Cincinnati, OH 45202-2512
web: www.stxchurch.homestead.com
phone: (513) 721-4045

St. Ignatius College Prep
Fr. Arnold Damen, SJ, founded St. Ignatius College in 1870. In the early 20th century, the older grades of the school moved to Rogers Park and formed Loyola University. The lower grades remained on the south side and became St. Ignatius High School. Today St. Ignatius College Prep has become a leader in secondary education in the city of Chicago and the United States. St. Ignatius has educated generations of leaders in Chicago.
Contact:
post: 1076 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, Illinois 60608-1594
web: www.ignatius.org
phone: (312) 421-5900

St. Procopius Parish and School
In 1992, the Chicago Province Jesuits assumed responsibility for St. Procopius Parish in Pilsen, a neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. St. Procopius was the first initiative in the Chicago Province's Pilsen Project, which today also includes Poder Center and Cristo Rey Jesuit High School. Today, St. Procopius is a bustling parish with numerous Sunday masses and summer street masses. St. Procopius also runs an excellent elementary school.
C ontact:
post: 1641 S. Allport St., Chicago IL 60608-2131
web: www.stprocopius.com
phone: (312) 226-7887

St. Robert Bellarmine Parish
Since 1927, St. Robert Bellarmine Parish has served as a non-territorial parish serving the Xavier University community. The parish's excellent liturgical reputation has, however, drawn folks from across the tri-state area to worship there. The Parish also offers a number of masses for Xavier students.
C ontact:
post: St. Robert Bellarmine Chapel, 3800 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati OH 45207-1096
web: www.bellarminechapel.org
phone: (513) 745-3398

St. Xavier High School
In 1840, at the invitation of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, the Jesuits assumed control of the Athaneum, which had been founded in 1831, and renamed it St. Xavier College, which was eventually divided to form St. Xavier High School and Xavier University. Today, St. Xavier High School, which is located in Finneytown, is one of Cincinnati's top college-prep high school. It consistently ranks among the elite academic and athletic schools inthe tri-state area.
Contact:
post: 600 N Bend Road, Cincinnati, OH 45224
web: www.stxavier.org
phone: 513-761-7600

Xavier University
Xavier University, like St. Xavier High School, finds its roots in Cincinnati's Athaneum, which was founded in 1831. The Jesuits assumed control of the school in 1840 and renamed it St. Xavier College. The school was later divided to form a university, Xavier, and a high school. Xavier today is a private coeducational university with an enrollment of roughly 6,500 undergraduate and graduate students. It's the third-largest independent institution in Ohio and the sixth-oldest Catholic university in the nation. In the 2003 edition of U.S. News & World Report's list of America's Best Colleges, Xavier ranked third among 142 Midwest comprehensive colleges and universities.
Contact:
post: 3800 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45207
web: www.xu.edu
phone: 800 344-4698

Other Ministries

In addition to these Chicago Province Ministries, there are a number of additional ministries located within the geographic boundaries of the Chicago Province that do not fall under the jurisdiction of the Chicago Province superior.

Baltic Jesuit Advancement - Lithuanian Jesuit Project
The Lithuanian Province of the Society of Jesus (LIT) uses this Baltic Jesuit Advancement Project to help raise much needed funds from Chicago's substantial Lithuanian population to finance the important and inspiring Jesuit ministries currently taking place in Lithuania.
Contact:
post: 12690 Archer Ave., Lemont IL 60439
phone: (630) 243-6234
e-mail: lithjesuit@aol.com

Jesuit Millennium Center
The Jesuit Millennium Center is an initiative of the South Poland Province of the Society of Jesus (PME) and is designed to give the Polish Jesuits the opportunity to serve the hundreds of thousands of Poles currently residing in greater Chicago.
Contact:
post: 5835 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago IL 60618-1903
phone: (773) 777-7000