Jesuit Heritage Research Center : Loyola University Chicago

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WELCOME TO THE JESUIT HERITAGE RESEARCH CENTER

The Jesuit Heritage Research Center, housed in the College of Arts and Sciences, serves as a hub to connect the Loyola University Chicago and the Chicagoland community with the Society of Jesus through collaborative research, preservation, and continuation of the Jesuit tradition in a 21st-century, global context.

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OUR JESUIT HERITAGE

Loyola students clean up a local community garden on an annual Saturday of Service.

Our Legacy

Learn what it means for Loyola University Chicago to be the Jesuit, Catholic university in Chicago and how the Catholic character and mission of a Jesuit education shapes the faculty, staff, student, and alumni experience.

Four Jesuits pose for a photo as they celebrate Jesuit Jam, an annual celebration for students hosted by the Society of Jesus

Our Community

Sponsored by the Society of Jesus, Loyola University Chicago is privileged to enjoy the presence and vital contributions of Jesuits on all of our campuses, from faculty and administration to students and ministry.

An architect’s rendering of a proposed plan for the Lake Shore Campus in 1924

Our History

Explore the history of the Society of Jesus at Loyola University Chicago through the University Archives and Special Collections' library of records kept and maintained by Jesuits as far back as 1829.