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Luke Olsen, the Newcomer to our province

Luke Olsen, the Newcomer to our province

My name is Luke and I’m happy to introduce myself to the province. I was born in Washington State in the western part of the United States. At university I studied French, theology, and peace studies. After university I studied theology again, earning a master’s degree in theology before entering the Society of Jesus in 2021.

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On this feast of the Nativity of Mary, we two Jesuits living and working in Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories, went down to the Basilica of the Nativity to ask a random pilgrim from India to take our picture for you. As you know, Ignatius came as a pilgrim to the Holy Land from Sept 1 st to 22 nd in 1523, and it was on Sept. 8 that they came down to Bethlehem to pray in the cave where Jesus was born to Mary. He prayed to come back here to celebrate his first Mass. Perhaps it was here in this place at that time that he heard the call to the priesthood. His return was rendered impossible by more Venetian and Turkish mischief, so he decided to say his First Mass before the Manger which had made its Own pilgrimage to Rome. What he learned from this is that the Holy Land is where you stand, and the Lamb is in our hands at the moveable Feast of the Mass, the Eucharist in which Jesus laid his life on the line and left the rest to his Father. So here we are, 500 years later, greeting you from a determining place in his own life journey, where he also included himself and us in his portrait of the Holy Family: “the poor unworthy slave, ready to serve them in their needs” (Sp. Ex. 114).

P. Garrett Gundlach, S.J.

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Luke Olsen, the Newcomer to our province

Luke Olsen, the Newcomer to our province

My name is Luke and I’m happy to introduce myself to the province. I was born in Washington State in the western part of the United States. At university I studied French, theology, and peace studies. After university I studied theology again, earning a master’s degree in theology before entering the Society of Jesus in 2021.

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بين التحدي والنعمة خبراتُ عامٍ بين الخدمة والدراسة

بين التحدي والنعمة خبراتُ عامٍ بين الخدمة والدراسة

عندما بدأت مرحلة التمييز لاختيار التخصص الذي سأتابع فيه دروسيّ اللاهوتيّة، كان هناك مُؤشراتٌ كثيرة تقودني نحو القانون الكنسيّ، سواء من خلال رغبة بعض المُكوّنين، أو مَيْلي الشخصيّ. ومع ذلك، لم يكن هذا الخيار يثيرُ الحماسة لدى كثيرين. فكانت ردودُ الفعل تتكرر كلَّما ذَكرتُ هذه الرغبة: ماذا سيفعلُ الِيسوعيّ بدراسةِ القانون الكنسيّ؟ كيف يمكن لهذا التخصص أن يخدم رسالتنا؟. كنتُ أسمعُ هذه الأسئلةَ وغيرها، وربما حملت بعضها في داخلي أيضًا.

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