A Prayer for Labor Day
A Prayer for Labor Day comes from the Education for Justice website of the Center of Concern.

New Province Calendar
The 2008-2009 Province Calendar is available from the Development Office. It makes an excellent gift for family, friends and potential Jesuit candidates. Just send us names and addresses and we'll handle the mailing.

Vocation Newsletter
Here is the latest issue of our tri-province Vocation Newsletter.

Opening of new Cristo Rey School in Chicago
ABC TV News reports on the opening of Christ the King School in Chicago, with its President, Fr. Chris Devron, SJ, of the New York Province.

Directed Retreat for Priests and Deacons
An annual Directed Retreat for Priests and Deacons will be offered at Gonzaga Eastern Point Retreat House, November 30-December 6. Directors include Jesuits Jim Carr, Dick Stanley, Joe McHugh, Bill Barry, Dick Roos and Ken Hughes, and Fr. Tim Kelleher of the archdiocese of Boston. Cost is $440. Apply on line at www.easternpoint.org or call the Retreat Secretary at 978-283-0013.

Israel - Palestine
Secretary of State Rice wants to push Israel and the Palestinians toward a peace accord before the end of the year. She criticized the surge in Israeli settlement activity in the West. Other articles on the Middle East situation.