In 2019 the Society of Jesus announced what it called its Universal Apostolic Preferences. The phrase sounds like a bit of ecclesial jargon, but the announcement was of critical importance for Jesuits and, more broadly, Jesuit ministries. After a two-year discernment process that involved Jesuits from around the world, four “preferences” were set forth; these are to underpin every ministry in the Jesuit world. The preferences are not tasks—like starting a school or opening a parish or sending more Jesuits to a particular country—that might be impossible for some Jesuit ministries or communities. Rather they are goals forevery Jesuit and every Jesuit ministry. Read more.