Jesuit Sources
Founded in 1961, the Institute of Jesuit Sources, specializes in preserving, maintaining, and expanding for scholars around the world important texts and studies in Jesuit history, spirituality, and pedagogy. It publishes Jesuit primary sources in English translation, monographs on the Jesuits, and auxiliary literature in Jesuit Studies. It currently features more than 150 volumes.
In 2019, Jesuit Sources inaugurated a new imprint: IJS Studies–Research on Jesuits and the Society of Jesus, seeking to serve as a reputable addition of academic works to the rich catalogue of source materials at the Institute.
In addition, Jesuit Sources publishes the annual Jesuit Ordo, which contains the Order of Celebration for the Eucharist and the Liturgy of the Hours for Jesuits in the United States. The Jesuit Ordo reflects the updated calendar of Jesuit saints and blessed issued by the Roman Curia of the Society of Jesus. It follows the liturgical calendar, containing the readings of the day, starting from advent to the end of the following advent.
Recent Publications
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In Him Alone is Our Hope: Texts on the Heart of Christ–New Edition
Written by: Joseph A. Tetlow, S.J.This book gathers the principal texts of Fr. Arrupe on the Heart of Christ. These writings become something of a collection of love letters, letters of a love that is unique but not exclusive, a love that is total and at the same time concrete, a love that is quotidian and defining, which led Arrupe to give his entire life to Jesus Christ without reservations.
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Handing on the Fire: Making Spiritual Direction Ignatian
Written by: Joseph A. Tetlow, S.J.In Handing on the Fire, Tetlow lays out a theology in action that must inform Ignatian spiritual direction: the principles, norms, and practices that characterize the robust experience of Ignatian spirituality in everyday life.
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Exhortations and Advice for the Teachers of Young Students in Jesuit Schools
Edited by: Cristiano Casalini and Claude Pavur, S.J.The timely pedagogical wisdom of an early modern Jesuit is now available in English. The Institute ofJesuit Sources at Boston College has produced an annotated bilingual edition of two famous educational essays by Francesco Sacchini (1570–1625).
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Pedro Arrupe: Witnness of the Twentieth Century, Prophet of the Twenty-First
Written by: Pedro Miguel LametThis captivating biography is said to be "the very first to trace with fidelity [Pedro Arrupe's] human and spiritual profile" by Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, S.J., the 30th Superior General of the Society of Jesus. Now available for the first time in English.
Popular Texts
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Handing on the Fire: Making Spiritual Direction Ignatian
Written by: Joseph A. Tetlow, S.J.In Handing on the Fire, Tetlow lays out a theology in action that must inform Ignatian spiritual direction: the principles, norms, and practices that characterize the robust experience of Ignatian spirituality in everyday life.
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Pedro Arrupe: Witnness of the Twentieth Century, Prophet of the Twenty-First
Written by: Pedro Miguel LametThis captivating biography is said to be "the very first to trace with fidelity [Pedro Arrupe's] human and spiritual profile" by Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, S.J., the 30th Superior General of the Society of Jesus. Now available for the first time in English.
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Hearts on Fire: Praying with Jesuits
Edited by: Michael Harter, S.J.A treasure trove of Ignatian prayers written by some 40 Jesuits from the foundation of the Society to the twenty-first century.
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The Letters and Instructions of Francis Xavier
Translated by: M. Joseph Costelloe, S.J.The letters, which detail Xavier's journey and work throughout Asia, were widely circulated in Europe, where they were celebrated for their scholarship on other cultures and for what poet John Dryden called their “glowing with the love of God.”
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Ignatius of Loyola: Letters and Instructions
Edited by: John W. Padberg, S.J., and John L. McCarthy, S.J.Ignatius of Loyola is well known for his Spiritual Exercises and the Constitutions. But he was also the author of about 7,000 letters, some 370 of which are contained in a volume that is now the largest such collection in English.