First Vows
On Aug. 9, 2025, eight Jesuits pronounced first vows at Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church in St. Paul, Minn. Culminating two years at the novitiate in St. Paul, Jesuits Taylr Bahr, Jonathan Herrington, Christopher Kinkor, Timothy Long, Robert Nichols, Noah Smith, Aidan Stenson and Mark Trombley pronounced perpetual vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, either as a brother or a scholastic. Very Rev. Karl J. Kiser, SJ, provincial of the Midwest Province, presided. If you know someone interested in becoming a Jesuit, please visit, beajesuit.org
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Saint Ignatius College Prep senior Courtney Beatty (’26) at The Narrows in Zion National Park as part of the Chicago high school’s On Holy Ground summer course.
Photo: Fernando Fonseca