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Who We Are
Rev. Gerry Blaszczak, S.J.
Alumni Chaplain & Special Assistant to the President
Fairfield University
Rev. Denis G. Donoghue, S.J.
Director
Murphy Center for Ignatian Spirituality
Rev. Gregory Konz, S.J.
Assistant to the Dean
Dolan School of Business
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Rev. Brian Konzman, S.J.
Vice President for Institutional Planning and Research
Fairfield Prep
Rev. Keith Maczkiewicz, S.J., '04
Director
Campus Ministry & University Chaplain
Rev. John Mulreany, S.J.
Superior
Fairfield Jesuit Community
Rev. John P. Murray, S.J., ’76
Assistant Director
Murphy Center for Ignatian Spirituality
Rev. Kevin O'Brien, S.J.
Dean and Executive Director
Bellarmine Campus of Fairfield University
Professor
Department of Religious Studies
Rev. Ron Perry, S.J.
Chaplain
Fairfield Prep
Rev. Paul Rourke, S.J.
Vice President
Mission & Ministry
Rev. John D. Savard, S.J.,'78
教育与人类发展学院社区伙伴关系学院院长联络员
Assistant Director of the Murphy Center for Ignatian Spirituality
Rev. Joseph J. Schad, S.J.
Chaplain
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Rev. Lester Shields, S.J.
Graduate Student in Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Where We Live
Fairfield Jesuit Community Residence
Designed by Gray Organschi Architects of New Haven, Conn., and completed in 2009, 易胜博耶稣会社区住宅获得了两个当地和一个区域美国建筑师协会(AIA)奖, as well as Top Ten House of the Year by AIA National.
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Our Jesuit History
St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Ignatius of Loyola
1491年，罗耀拉的依纳爵出生在西班牙北部的一个巴斯克贵族家庭. In his youth he was a courtier, 一个大摇大摆的“骑士”和一个为西班牙国王服务的士兵, Ferdinand.
1521年，当他在潘普洛纳守卫要塞时，他的腿被一颗炮弹打碎了. 在漫长而痛苦的康复过程中，伊格内修经历了一场改变他一生的内心转变. 一种侍奉耶稣的新愿望取代了他以前的骑士荣耀的希望.
这位曾经骄傲的朝臣离开了洛约拉，以朝圣者的身份前往蒙特塞拉特的本笃会修道院. 他整夜守夜，把他的骑士剑献给圣母. Exchanging his rich garments for those of a beggar, he spent the next few months living in a cave in nearby Manresa. There he tested himself through mortification and prayer, reflecting deeply on the life and teachings of Jesus. 他仔细记录了他的祈祷经历，这些经历成为一本名为《易胜博》的小书的基础. This book, revised and adjusted throughout his life, 是伊格那丢用来带领别人通过默想耶稣的生平来认识神的吗. Today, it continues to be basic to the formation of every Jesuit.
1539年春天，依纳爵和他的同伴们在罗马进行了严肃的讨论，讨论如何在教会中共同侍奉上帝. 这是他们决定的总结，是他们未来的公式. 1540年9月27日，教皇保罗三世批准了这个公式，耶稣会诞生了.
1556年，自称“朝圣者”的伊格内修斯结束了他的上帝之旅. He died peacefully in the early morning of July 31.
A Short History of the Society of Jesus
A Short History of the Society of Jesus
On August 15, 1534 – The Feast of Our Lady’s Assumption – St. Ignatius of Loyola, then a student at the University of Paris, 他和九名同学在巴黎蒙马特的一个小教堂里聚会. 在共融弥撒时，这群人承诺过贫穷和贞洁的生活. Six years later, in September 1540, Pope Paul IV, recognizing the spiritual mission of the small group, 颁布了教会军国主义诏书，耶稣会就此诞生.
依纳丢对耶稣会士的第一印象是，他们将是一群乞丐, begging alms which they in turn would give to the poor. 然而，随着时间的推移，欧洲部分地区和后来的“新世界”都要求圣. 依纳爵和耶稣会士建立学校来教育青年男女. By the time Ignatius died on July 31, 1556年，有超过1000名耶稣会士在世界各地工作和传教.
Amongst that first group of Jesuits at Montmarte was St. Francis Xavier, who shortly after the formation of the Jesuits, Ignatius would send off to India, 中国和日本进行了有史以来最伟大的传教远征. Later, 耶稣会的天文学家在月球上发现了环形山，并创造了现代历法, 耶稣会的探险家会沿着密西西比河航行，爬上喜马拉雅山, 耶稣会的数学家将揭示非欧几里得几何的奥秘，耶稣会的艺术家和建筑师将创造一种全新的教堂建筑风格.
Jesuits serve around the world today. 在美国，耶稣会有28所大学和46所高中. In the U.S.A. the Jesuits also operate parishes, 静修所和中学，出版杂志和报纸，为不计其数的人提供精神咨询.
The Jesuits at Fairfield
The Jesuits at Fairfield
In the 1930’s, 当时的新英格兰耶稣会省请求允许在哈特福德建立一所男孩学校, Connecticut. The petition languished until 1941, 当时莫里斯·麦考利夫主教建议该协会在布里奇波特市考虑另一个地点. 我在布里奇波特找了一处合适的房产，但没有成功, 协会得知易胜博镇本森路上有一处76英亩的地产. 庄园归詹宁斯家族所有，包括一座有40个房间的豪宅，名为梅兰兹. 耶稣会士继续购买詹宁斯的地产和土地.
1942年春天，詹宁斯庄园附近的另一块土地上市了. Owned by Walter Benjamin Laschar, it was 105 acres of rolling hills and woods, and had a 44-room mansion in arrears for taxes. For the price of the back taxes, the Laschar estate was also acquired, and Fairfield’s 181-acre campus was born.
The Society sent 15 Jesuits to the new campus, with the community’s first rector, John McEleney, in March of 1942. The first classes of Prep commenced in September 1942. In 1945, 该协会得以让康涅狄格州参议院和州长批准了圣易胜博ysb体育的章程. Robert Bellarmine, an institution with four educational units: intermediate, secondary, college and graduate school.
From 1942 until the mid 70’s, 预科和大学的教育使徒是社区的中心焦点. Jesuit priests, 在课堂上、行政部门和教职员工职位上的学者和兄弟是这个不断发展的机构的主要建筑师. They lived all over the campus in McAuliffe Hall, on the top floors of Berchman Hall, as corridor ministers in the new dormitories, and in Bellarmine Hall. 在1983年的鼎盛时期，耶稣会社区由80名成员组成. 这个社区以非常友好而闻名, collegial and welcoming to lay faculty, students, friends, and brother Jesuits from the New England Province and beyond.
In May 1974, on the initiative of the Society of Jesus, 易胜博耶稣会社区是从易胜博ysb体育独立成立的. 该社区获得了九英亩的原始财产，用于建造新住宅. 大学和预科学校的剩余资产被授予独立于耶稣会上级运作的受托人委员会. 该协会承诺尽可能长时间地用耶稣会人员和资源支持易胜博.
In the years that have followed, 易胜博的耶稣会士继续为大学的生活做出重大贡献. 虽然规模较小，但社区仍然是易胜博灵魂的重要组成部分.
Becoming a Jesuit