Goodbye, Old Friend Part Iby John DeJak
An excerpt.
Fr. Joseph Becker, S.J., in his two-volume history, The Re-Formed Jesuits, recounts the very dramatic changes in Jesuit formation and lifestyle that marked the post-Conciliar (and post G.C. 31) period in the United States. Specifically, he takes note of changes that, in certain circumstances, began in the late '50's, but started to be put into practice around 1965-1966. Interestingly, the changes in lifestyle and religious practice hit the houses of formation well before the Jesuit communities at the universities. At that time, the Jesuits who were at the universities were the ordained Fathers who were living lives as scholars, having been formed under the rubrics of the traditional ratio studiorum and spiritual formation of the likes of Rodriguez, etc.
Fr. Joseph Becker, S.J., in his two-volume history, The Re-Formed Jesuits, recounts the very dramatic changes in Jesuit formation and lifestyle that marked the post-Conciliar (and post G.C. 31) period in the United States. Specifically, he takes note of changes that, in certain circumstances, began in the late '50's, but started to be put into practice around 1965-1966. Interestingly, the changes in lifestyle and religious practice hit the houses of formation well before the Jesuit communities at the universities. At that time, the Jesuits who were at the universities were the ordained Fathers who were living lives as scholars, having been formed under the rubrics of the traditional ratio studiorum and spiritual formation of the likes of Rodriguez, etc.
Read John's more lengthy full post about his life with the Jesuits at Some Wear Clerics (here)
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