200 years ago today, August 7, 1814, after mass at the Gesu in Rome, Pope Pius VII, in the presence of 150 surviving Jesuits and many of their friends, promulgated the Bull “Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum” which marked the universal restoration of the Society of Jesus.  To read Xavier president, Jack Raslowsky’s letter on the 200^th Anniversary of the Restoration, please click here.

America has some terrific essays on the Suppression and Restoration.

To read Fr. Thomas Worcester, S.J.’s essay, Order Restored (America, August 4-11, 2014) please visit: http://americamagazine.org/issue/order-restored.

To read Fr. Benedict Guldner, S.J., essay, A Jesuit Century (America, August 1, 1914) celebrating the 100^th Anniversary of the Restoration in 1914, please visit: http://americamagazine.org/issue/jesuit-century.

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