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Preparation for a Faith that Does Justice
The Ignatian tradition of spirituality and discernment permeates every aspect of the school, with an abundance of opportunities to exercise and reflect on real-world pastoral applications of what students are learning in class. Each student may participate in daily liturgy, regular spiritual direction, retreats, and many offerings in Ignatian spirituality and other opportunities for spiritual growth. Faithful to the Catholic tradition, world-class faculty teach students to think critically about theology and how to live a faith that does justice, serving the Church and the world.
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 Faith Doing Justice
JST students can be found serving the wider Oakland and San Francisco communities in numerous ways: in prisons, hospitals, parishes, retreat centers, and social service agencies. Whether it be planning programs, preaching, offering spiritual direction, leading retreats, or just being present to others in need, there are plenty of opportunities available for all students to practice ministry and place their faith at the service of justice.
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 Ignatian Spirituality Opportunities
JST offers many opportunities for students to nourish their souls such as days of reflection, faculty-led Tuesday evening offerings with an Ignatian component, weekend retreats, Lenten retreats, and 5-day silent retreats. Additional spiritual formation programs include spiritual direction, weekly sessions on topics like Looking at Prayer in New Ways, Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life, and Spiritual Tune Up. JST faculty offer courses like Experiments in Prayer and Meditation; Spiritual Direction Practicum; Ignatian Spirituality: a Study of Foundations; Discernment; Ignatius and Luther; and Jesuits in the Arts. For more information, please contact the Director of Formation, Fr. George Murphy, S.J. at gmurphy@jstb.edu.
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In a 21st century world of increasingly prominent comparative religions, growing religious fundamentalism and eroding traditional beliefs, JST prepares students to go to the frontiers of religion via academic course work and interreligious theological immersions. In-country immersions explore the world of Islam in Indonesia, Hinduism in India and Tibetan Buddhism in Nepal.
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The incoming M.Div. cohort of students - representing diverse vocations as Jesuits, women religious, laywomen and men - all become Ignatian pilgrims during the January intersession. By means of an extended off-campus Ignatian Pilgrimage to explore JST's "local neighborhood" in the San Francisco Bay Area, the student-pilgrims develop new skills of theological and ministerial reflection based upon the traditional Ignatian "mysticism of open eyes."
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The Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University is one of two Jesuit theologates in the United States. Find out more about Jesuit education, Ignatian spirituality, and the Society of Jesus throughout the world.
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