James was graduate student at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California. He previously taught mathematics and chaired the department at Verbum Dei Jesuit High School in Los Angeles, where he also coached soccer and led the school’s integral ecology initiative. He holds degrees from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, Seattle University, and ITESO, the Jesuit University of Guadalajara, Mexico.
James left the Jesuits in 2025.
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Homelessness in America, especially in California, is a growing crisis that is often ignored. Yet, Christ identified himself explicitly with those who “have no place to lay there heads.” James Millikan, SJ, reflects on one Jesuit ministry’s response to serve our brothers and sisters on the streets.
When illness strikes, it can’t be life-hacked away. Reflecting on his time as a hospital chaplain, James shares how he witnessed the healing power of compassion, hope, and prayer.
Do you know what ‘integral ecology’ means? Pope Francis talks about its importance in his landmark encyclical “Laudato Si,” written in 2015. Learn how an indigenous community is living out a vision of integral ecology to uphold not only their culture but creation as well.
Winning championships is nice, but character development is mission critical.
Only three days earlier I had professed my first vows in Los Angeles; now I was being asked to make yet another solemn profession: I would seek no ransom for my release in the event of my kidnapping.