The Maryland Province of the Society of Jesuits wants to build a new residence for its 360 priests and brothers on the current 12-acre grounds at 5704 Roland Ave. "I think the need is to expand the community," province spokeswoman Mary Tilghman said. "There are Jesuits out there who need to come to community." .....Jesuits are scattered in rectories throughout the Maryland province.
The Roland Park location, known as the St. Claude La Colombiere Residence, is a kind of home base, with a chapel on the grounds, Tilghman said. Priests hear confessions there and have group meetings.
Some have their own offices, where they do their writing, Tilghman said. Province offices are no longer there. They moved to 8600 LaSalle Road, in Towson, Aug. 4, consolidating offices that were in three different locations, Tilghman said. Tentative plans are to build a new residence either in place of, or behind, the existing one, Tilghman said. "That's what's being worked on -- what to do with what's there now," she said.
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