Are Jesuits liberal?
Are Jesuits liberal? Shaped by their experiences with the poor and powerless, many Jesuits lean liberal, politically and theologically, and are more concerned with social and economic justice than with matters of doctrinal purity.
What is Jesuit vs Catholic?
A Jesuit is a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order which includes priests and brothers — men in a religious order who aren’t priests.
What is the difference between Catholic and Jesuit schools?
A Jesuit school is always Catholic, but a Catholic school isn’t always Jesuit. In other words, Jesuit schools are under the Catholic umbrella, but they’re a sub-category, and they’re typically considered more liberal (at least religiously, if not politically) than other Catholic schools.
Can a woman be a Jesuit?
And as far as is known today, Juana lived the rest of her rather short life (she died at the age of 38 in 1573) as the only woman Jesuit. In 1554, Juana of Austria, Spanish princess of the house of Hapsburg, became a Jesuit. That story is not very well known.
