Patrick Saint-Jean is a Jesuit regent, member of the Jesuit Midwest Province. He graduated from undergraduate education at the Université Victor Segalen de Bordeaux in France and received his graduate degree in psychoanalysis from the Parisian Ecole Lacanienne de Psychanalyse in Paris and his Doctor of Psychology from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Saint-Jean has studied, conducted research and worked in various countries. He completed his theological studies at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago in 2019, and now he is teaching psychology at work as therapist at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Book Review
For a Black Jesuit in the US, racism is a crucible
Book excerpt: In The Crucible of Racism, Jesuit author Patrick Saint-Jean explores, through the lens of Ignatian spirituality, how we can begin to see Jesus in the suffering of people of color.
Commentary
Josephine Baker's life asks Catholics to imagine new ways to respect all — especially Black women
Commentary: Nearly 50 years after her death, Josephine Baker has a message for us as American Catholics: Her life asks us to examine the road we've taken and challenges us to consider where we want to go in the future.
Book Review
How Ignatius of Loyola can help us break through the barrier of racism
"[Racism] separates our own hearts from connection with the true God, the God of Love and Life," Jesuit Regent Patrick Saint Jean writes in a new book. "The work of antiracism requires that we work at both levels: fighting the external social forces while at the same time we rearrange our own internal priorities."
Commentary
Oh, God of justice, come to our aid
Commentary: When people are hungry for justice, when Black people have a sense of helplessness, when they feel that they have nothing to lose, they will be ready to go all in, just to find a simple natural food: justice.
