Now they look like the Jesuits of old! A sight for sore eyes!
Did you decide to go in?
Nope. While there is hope of reform for the Jesuits, it's a long way off and to put it bluntly I don't have a love for the Society that would allow me to stomach the liberal hoops I would have to jump through. For instance, in the NO novitiate for evening prayer, a different novice gets to lead it each night. While half the time they simply chant or pray from the Divine Office (when led by a more traditionalist novice) there's still plenty of more progressive forms of worship that I can't stomach. It's complicated and I won't go into it too much, but basically there's too much of the old guard left in the Jesuits for me. I know some really solid young SJs who will discretely become the future leadership of the order, but I don't feel called to join them. So no Jesuits for me, most likely I will beginning at the major seminary next fall for the Archdicese of St. Paul, MN. If you want a great diocese where good things are happening, that's where you should look. 15 newly ordained priests last spring! In the US, second only to Chicago and for a diocese probably a quarter the size.