{"id":2618,"date":"2013-03-14T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T10:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/jesuit-charism-is-to-serve-the-church-priest-notes\/"},"modified":"2013-03-14T10:03:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T10:03:00","slug":"jesuit-charism-is-to-serve-the-church-priest-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2013\/03\/jesuit-charism-is-to-serve-the-church-priest-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesuit charism is to serve the Church, priest notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Denver, Colo., Mar 14, 2013 \/ 04:03 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- A Jesuit priest expressed delight at the election of Pope Francis, who is a member of the Society of Jesus, highlighting that the group was founded to serve Christ's Church.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe whole Jesuit charism is to be at the service of the hierarchical Church,\u201d Father Raymond Gawronski, a priest of the Maryland province of the Society of Jesus, told CNA March 13.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe are at the service of the Church; wherever God wants to place us to serve the Church, apparently including the Papacy, that's where we're supposed to go,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt seems to be God's will that at this point the Jesuit charism come to the center of the Church, in a beautiful way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe priest expressed emotion as he called election to the papacy one of the greatest honors \u201ca human being can have, and that it can come to a Jesuit is tremendous. I have to say, I am delighted.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tPope Francis, he noted, is \u201cobviously a good man, a faithful man,\u201d who is \u201chighly thought of.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI gather he has a great love for the poor, and in a world of great social injustice \u2013 and Latin America has known much social injustice \u2013 a voice for the poor is extremely important.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tFr. Gawronski has taught at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, and at Marquette University in Milwaukee. He is the author of \u201cWord and Silence,\u201d and has written articles appearing in \u201cCommunio,\u201d \u201cNew Oxford Review,\u201d and other publications.<\/p>\n

\tThe new Pope, he emphasized, will be a \u201cfaithful voice who would take the legitimate concerns of liberation theology, but keep them in the heart of the Church. So I think that's a beautiful thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tFr. Gawronski expressed an initial surprise at the election, \u201cbecause we've always been at the service of the Church, but distinct from the hierarchical Church; Jesuits don't generally become bishops or cardinals, and certainly not Popes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tReflecting on the fact that Jesuits are not to seek ecclesiastical honors or power within the Church, Father said that while this is a \u201cprofound honor,\u201d the election also means that Pope Francis has had to \u201csacrifice the freedom of being a religious, to serve the Church.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe priest also discussed Jorge Mario Bergoglio's choice of name, taken in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt's beautiful that he chose the name Francis. St. Ignatius was a great lover of St. Francis, and he wanted to be like Francis.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHe noted that both St. Francis and St. Dominic were \u201cgreat heroes\u201d to the Society's founder, and there is a \u201cnice twinning in his name.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cHe comes from the new world, and Franciscan missionaries were so important to the new world, as were the Jesuits in the new world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cTaking the name of Francis is a beautiful thing, and it speaks to a desire to rebuild Christ's Church, to continue building it,\u201d said Father.<\/p>\n

\tPope Francis was the Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires. White smoke wafted from the Sistine Chapel at 7:06 in the evening in Rome, announcing his election.<\/p>\n

\tHe greeted the crowds of faithful gathered in St. Peter\u2019s Square an hour later, after spending time in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament in the Pauline Chapel.<\/p>\n

\tHe was elected during the fifth ballot of the conclave, on its second day.<\/p>\n

\tFr. Gawronski said that \u201cI think as a Jesuit I'm very, very profoundly honored. St. Ignatius always called us the 'least society of Jesus' \u2013 the least society.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHe noted that St. Ignatius began the Society with \u201ca handful of men at the service of the Church, and he went to Rome to place all of our gifts at the service of the vicar of Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cAnd it is the vicar of Christ this man has become on earth, and our job is to serve that. So, if this is how God wants us to serve, well everything about us is to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cEn todo, amar y servir,\u201d Fr. Gawronski quoted St. Ignatius' motto. \u201cIn all things, to love and to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

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