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Do you know which Jesuit saints/blesseds one or more JSN North America schools named after?

Get to know the schools and their missions as we celebrate today’s Feast of all Saints and Blesseds of the Society of Jesus. Then, comment and tell us: Who is your favorite Jesuit saint/blessed?

Arrupe Jesuit High School is named after Pedro Arrupe who is in the currently in the process of canonization.

Arrupe is a Catholic, college preparatory school offering students with limited economic resources a premier educational experience through rigorous academics, formation in faith and discernment, and a unique work study program – fostering community, opportunity, leadership, and personal growth.

Two Jesuit schools in North America are named after Robert Bellarmine – Bellaramine College Preparatory in San Jose, CA and Bellarmine in Tacoma, WA.

Bellarmine College Preparatory (San Jose, CA) is a community of men and women gathered together by God for the purpose of educating the student to seek justice and truth throughout his life. We are a Catholic school in the tradition of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the Founder of the Society of Jesus. As such, our entire school program is dedicated to forming “men for and with others”—persons whose lives will be dedicated to bringing all their God-given talents to fullness and to living according to the pattern of service inaugurated by Jesus Christ.

Bellarmine (Tacoma, WA), as a Catholic college preparatory school in the Jesuit tradition, through dedication to academic excellence and development of the whole person, graduates young men and women of competence, compassion and conscience, who are committed to leadership and service.

Two Jesuit schools in North America are named after John de Brébeuf – Brebeuf College in Ontario, Canada and Brebeuf Jesuit in Indianapolis, IN

Brebeuf College School (Ontario, Canada) stands for an education that develops soundness in mind, body, and soul centred on academic and moral discipline. Brebeuf encourages the spirit to soar and the imagination to inquire. Brebeuf nurtures the sense of wonder in each boy’s unique development.

Brebeuf Jesuit (Indianapolis, IN), a Catholic and Jesuit school, provides an excellent college preparatory education for a lifetime of service by forming leaders who are intellectually competent, open to growth, loving, religious and committed to promoting justice. Fostering a culture of understanding and dialogue, Brebeuf Jesuit seeks and welcomes students from diverse religious, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. Students at Brebeuf Jesuit are called to discover and cultivate the fullness of their God-given talents as a responsibility and as an act of worship.

One high school in North America is named after Peter Canisius – Canisius High in Buffalo, NY

Canisius High School, located in the city of Buffalo, is a Catholic, Jesuit, independent, college-preparatory school serving young men of diverse backgrounds from throughout Western New York. Canisius challenges its students to strive for excellence as critical thinkers and effective communicators who are open to growth, intellectually competent, religious, loving, and committed to justice. Canisius promotes the development of students through a comprehensive liberal arts curriculum firmly rooted in the Jesuit tradition of education, spirituality and service. Faithful to St. Ignatius Loyola’s desire to provide care and concern for the whole person, Canisius affords each member of the school community the opportunity to develop individual talents for the service of others and the greater glory of God.

Five schools in North America are named after St. Ignatius of Loyola: St. Ignatius College Prep (Chicago, IL), St. Ignatius (San Francisco, CA), St. Ignatius (Cleveland, OH), St. Ignatius Loyola Academy (Baltimore, MD), St. Ignatius School (Bronx, NY).

Saint Ignatius College Prep (Chicago, IL), a Jesuit Catholic school in the heart of Chicago, is a diverse community dedicated to educating young men and women for lives of faith, love, service and leadership.

Through a rigorous and integrated program of academic, spiritual, and co-curricular activities, SI (San Francisco, CA) challenges its students to lead lives of faith, integrity, and compassion. Students are enriched by a diverse and loving Christian community and are called to become life-long learners who develop their individual talents for the greater glory of God. With a commitment to intellectual excellence, leadership, service, and justice, we strive to be men and women with and for others, responding courageously to the opportunities and challenges of our time.

Saint Ignatius High School (Cleveland, OH), with its Catholic tradition rooted in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, prepares young men for their adult lives by challenging them to academic excellence and the desire for life-long learning, nurturing them to be open to growth, intellectually competent, religious, loving and committed to work for peace and justice, and inspiring them to know, love, and serve Jesus Christ.


St. Ignatius Loyola Academy (Baltimore, MD) is an independent, tuition-free Jesuit school for boys in grades 5-8 serving low-income families of diverse ethnicities and faiths. We develop the intellectual, physical, and spiritual qualities of each student. Our rigorous and well-rounded program builds character and creates opportunities that lead students to success in high school, college, and lives where they are Men for Others.

St. Ignatius School (SIS) is a tuition-free, independent, co-educational, Catholic Jesuit middle school in the South Bronx that empowers low-income students of all faiths to become their best selves by creating a safe and nurturing environment in which intellectual, spiritual and social growth are fostered.

Three schools are named after Aloysius Gonzaga (though Gonzaga is the patron saint of all our schools): Gonzaga College HS in Washington, D.C., Gonzaga Middle School in Winnipeg, Canada, and Gonzaga Prep in Spokane, WA.

Gonzaga College High School (Washington, D.C.) is a Catholic college preparatory school for boys operated by the Society of Jesus and its colleagues under the governance of an independent Board of Trustees. Drawing its inspiration from the spiritual vision of St. Ignatius Loyola and the apostolic and educational tradition of the Jesuits, it offers a values-oriented and academically challenging curriculum to young men of diverse backgrounds from all over the Washington metropolitan area.

Gonzaga Middle School of Winnipeg empowers underserved children from low-income neighbourhood families to develop to their full potential while accompanying them on their educational journey from middle school through high school and beyond. It supports students breaking the cycle of poverty by providing an enhanced, holistic, culturally-sensitive, Jesuit-inspired middle school education.

Gonzaga Preparatory School (Spokane, Washington) is a Catholic, Jesuit college preparatory school that educates students according to Gospel values, inspiring leaders who create a more just and loving world.

There are two schools in North America named after John Francis Regis: Regis High in New York City, New York and Regis Jesuit in Denver, Colorado

Regis High School (New York City, New York) transforms Catholic young men through an academically exceptional Jesuit education in a caring community which inspires leadership, generosity and a lifelong passion for service as Men for Others. Regis is tuition free and merit based, giving special consideration to families in need of financial assistance.

Regis Jesuit High School (Denver, CO)—a Catholic educational community—engages the gifts of young men and women in a single-sex environment, fosters faith in Jesus Christ and promotes justice and mercy, develops critical minds and nurtures compassionate hearts to serve others – all for the greater glory of God.

One Jesuit school in North America is named after John Berchmans, S.J. – St. John’s Jesuit in Toledo, OH

St. John’s Jesuit (Toledo, OH) develops Christian leaders. As a Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition, we inspire each student to achieve his greatest potential in a diverse, Christ-centered atmosphere distinguished by academic success and service as a Man for Others.

Five Jesuit schools in North America are named after Francis Xavier, SJ: St. Xavier in Cleveland, OH, Xavier Prep in Palm Desert, CA, Xavier High in Micronesia, Xavier High in New York City, NY, and Xavier Jesuit in Cincinatti, OH.

St. Xavier’s (Cleveland, OH) mission is to assist young men in their formation as leaders and Men for Others through rigorous college preparation in the Jesuit tradition.

Xavier College Preparatory (Palm Desert, CA) is a Roman Catholic high school that actively seeks, educates, and nurtures young men and women from a wide variety of ethnic, socioeconomic, and religious backgrounds in the Coachella Valley. In the tradition of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, Jesuit education is committed to the development of the whole person through a challenging educational experience, spiritual and religious formation, and co-curricular involvement.

The mission of Xavier High School (Micronesia) is to educate students to become competent, conscientious, and compassionate leaders whose lives are guided by the Christian call of service.


Founded in 1847, Xavier High School (New York City, NY) is an academically rigorous, Catholic, Jesuit, college preparatory school in New York City that educates intelligent, motivated young men of diverse backgrounds and means. Xavier teaches students to take responsibility for their lives, to lead with integrity, to act justly in service of others, to pursue excellence in every endeavor and to deepen their relationship with God. Ultimately, Xavier forms young men who will go forth to transform the world for God’s greater glory.

The mission of Xavier Jesuit (Cincinatti, OH) is to prepare young men to be leaders and “Men for Others” through disciplined academic preparation for life, in the Catholic and Jesuit tradition, while enriching their families and communities.

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