Jesuit Heritage

To Challenge and Inspire: the Jesuits at Georgetown

A centuries-old spirit animates Georgetown University: the spirit of the Society of Jesus. A spirit first articulated in the 16th century by St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, a religious order of men in the Roman Catholic Church.

A spirit appropriated in a uniquely American way at the birth of the nation by John Carroll, the founder of Georgetown, the oldest Catholic college in the United States. Georgetown students share in a heritage nearly 500 years old, a gift given to more than one million students over the ages by St. Ignatius, a gift made our own on account of John Carroll's legacy to this university. The lives, spiritual visions, and educational aspirations of these Jesuits provide an understanding of Georgetown's mission in the 21st century. In large part, Georgetown University remains the lengthened shadow of these two men.

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