10 July 2018 (updated 17 March 2026)

Gratitude to benefactors is an important element of a Jesuit life.  In this family we are taught to genuinely and continually thank and pray for our earthly benefactors, without whom we could not be formed as well or carry out our mission as fully.

Jesuit Women is not a non-profit organization; it is still at the stage of passionate, personal inquiry in dialogue with God and others.  Nonetheless, as I deepen my own path of prayer and service, letting go of control and security, I have already experienced the humbling generosity of others making that path possible.

Thank you:

• Rosalie Wright, for contributing financially and spiritually to the novitiate space, and for partial financial sponsorship of the upcoming long experiment;
• Ryann Hansen, for tender, unwavering friendship and for financially supporting this website;
• The Bennie L. Williams Spiritual Voices, for prayers and the offer of financial support during the upcoming year;
• Daniel and Lynne Wright, for the gift of two guitars whose use brought joy and whose sale made the long experiment possible.
• Jesuits Central and Southern, for subsidizing certain retreat centers that offer long retreats.  Generous policies like this make it possible for laypeople to be more fully formed in our tradition.  I could not have made a 30-day retreat without this financial support.
• Regis University Ministry, for continual support during the early stages of my discernment and formation.  The level of support for students to volunteer here was phenomenal, and the openness of heart and spirit among the campus ministers to letting me facilitate liturgy and prayer, and discernment for other young women, helped to put fabric, wood, flesh and bones on my call to ministry.
• Jesuit Refugee Service Malta, Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition Malta, and the Naxxar Jesuit Community of Malta for an incredibly open-hearted invitation to come and volunteer, without which the long experiment would not have been possible.  For arranging food, housing, and a stipend, and for trusting and welcoming me and others to be part of your team serving asylum seekers in 2018-2019.  I am forever thankful to you; you changed my life.
• The Society of Jesus estimates that it costs almost $50,000 a year to form a Jesuit man.  In my opinion, this is money well spent on a human being.  The contributions of these men to our apostolates and to our world, whether they remain members of the Society or discern out of it, are worth it!  I simultaneously believe that there will also be a day when we recognize, as a family, the value of investing that same care and financial resource into the formation of Jesuit women.  And further, I have come to see that God can really piece this together for any person who is called.  The most important words are simply, “Yes, God.”  And all the support just comes out of the woodwork.

If you feel called to prophetic support for the gathering and training, or just to be a friend of Jesuit women, please contact me.  There are many ways to give your time, prayer, presence, money and expertise.  The most immediate need is to connect women with each other, and the next most immediate need is to help these women discern their commitment by making the 30-day Spiritual Exercises, which are the foundation of the path.  I realize that I am utterly dependent on both God and on our benefactors for any progress I have made so far along this pathway to love!