Who are the Companions? All
present and former Jesuits are invited to come to our annual February
reunions in Santa Cruz, and many share their thoughts in the often
spirited debates on our listserv.
Bernie Cassidy, SJ, Juanita Cordero and the choir lead the Saturday
afternoon liturgy at the 2010 Santa Cruz reunion
See more
photos from our 2010 reunion
For more photos of past reunions:
Santa
Cruz, 2004
BBQ at Sacred
Heart Center 2004
Santa
Cruz, 2005
BBQ at Sacred
Heart Center 2005
Santa
Cruz, 2006
Santa
Cruz, 2007
Sheridan, 2007
Santa
Cruz, 2008
Santa
Cruz, 2009
for other
memorabilia ("the way we were")
There are no dues or other formalities, although we are now organized
as a non-profit corporation to assist in channeling tax-deductible
donations to various activities selected by our executive board. In
addition, many of our number actively continue their personal study of
Ignatian spirituality. Currently we are reaching out to all those who
were ever part of the California and Oregon provinces, and if you or
someone you know is a former Jesuit we would value your contacting us.
(Click here for more information.)
In 2007 a project to
preserve some of the stories we've told over the years about how we
came to be Jesuits and then how we came to leave resulted in the
following book now available from Amazon and other online dealers.
CLICK HERE
FOR OUR PUBLICATIONS PAGE FEATURING BOOKS AND ARTICLES BY COMPANIONS
Jubilee booklet honoring Jim Straukamp
For more about
the Companions (WCCI)
Projects connected with or
supported by the Companions
portrait by
Robert K. Semans
The ideal of "para otros" (for
others) that was so much part of the teaching of Father General Arrupe
has continued to inspire Companions to assist in a number of efforts to
make this a better world.
Click on any of the following links for more about our efforts.
The Pacific
Institute for Community Organizing (PICO)
The Loyola
Institute for Spirituality
Learn about MATRACA,
a Jesuit project to help the kids of one Mexican city.
To contact Matraca by email, click
here.
Also, learn more about
Vivir Joven, another project to assist street kids
in Mexico
See a photo of the new buildings at Rutilio
Grande in El Salvador, another Companions project
Check the University of California website for more about Passionate
Uncertainty,
the book about us by Peter McDonough and Eugene Bianchi
Robert Blair Kaiser has some provocative ideas about the future of the
Jesuits.
Click here to read his talk to an honor
society convention.
Archived editions of JUST
GOOD COMPANY
