Michael Bachmeier, SJ, Author at The Jesuit Post

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A native of Northern California, Michael first met the Jesuits attending Jesuit High School in Sacramento. He is a proud alumnus of Loyola Marymount University where he studied Theology. When he isn't eating yummy tacos or watching sports, you can find him relaxing at a coffee shop enjoying a cappuccino. He is currently a scholastic in First Studies at Saint Louis University and is working on a master's in Women's and Gender Studies.

Women’s and Gender Studies is Integral to My Vocation

When the women’s and gender department first caught my eye, it was not just a passing, “Oh, look at that.” It was something more. It was the feeling that my mind and heart were on fire. Excited. Hopeful. Joyful. Captivated. Stirred. It felt like confirmation of what I already identified as: a feminist. The experience was what, in Jesuit lingo, we would call “consolation.” The Spirit was moving me. As I continue my studies, I continue to feel God calling me here. Read how all this has unfolded for me and my vocation, and maybe it might illuminate something in yours.

Laboring with the Resurrected Jesus | Know Justice, Know Peace: A Jesuit Antiracism Retreat

God never stops laboring for us and for our world, laboring for justice, reconciliation, and the end of racism. We clearly see this in the awakening that has spread throughout the world after the “lynching” of George Floyd. At the end of the Fourth Week of the Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius invites us to respond in gratitude to God’s unceasing love for us. In the last talk of our Jesuit Antiracism Retreat, Michael Bachmeier explains how this gratitude manifests in our willingness to surrender ourselves and join the labors of God through the marginalized.