franciscan.edu, Dr. John Bergsma

Welcome! My name is Dr. John Bergsma and I am a Full Professor of Theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, in Steubenville, Ohio. I served as a Protestant pastor for four years before entering the Catholic Church in 2001 while pursuing a Ph.D. in...

Jesuits – Religious Order

The Jesuits We are the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests and brothers founded half a millennium ago by the soldier-turned-mystic Ignatius Loyola. But most people call us “the Jesuits.” In the vision of our founder, we seek to “find God in all...

Ignatius Press

About Us History In 1974 Father Joseph Fessio, SJ returned to the United States from then-West Germany, where he had completed his doctoral studies in theology under then-Professor Joseph Ratzinger (who would later become Pope Benedict XVI). Previously Father Fessio...