Servants of Christ Jesus

The Servants of Christ Jesus (abbreviated SCJ) is a Catholic private association of the faithful in the Ignatian and Franciscan traditions, following the formula of the Institute of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and based in Denver, Colorado.

Bishop Robert Conlon of the Diocese of Steubenville received their request to form an association of the lay Christian faithful.

[3][4] In June 2006, the community moved to the Archdiocese of Denver at the invitation of Archbishop Charles Chaput,[5] in large part due to the presence of Saint John Vianney Seminary there.

[5] On May 18, 2013, the two founders, Frs Paul Kostka and John Ignatius, were ordained as the first priests of the community by Aquila in the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.

[10] They are involved in various apostolates, including high school and college campus ministry, youth apostolates such as Catholic Youth Summer Camp and LifeTeen, family ministry through the men's Patriarch program,[11] as chaplains to groups such as the Augustine Institute,[12] University of Denver, and United States Naval Academy[13] as well as the core missions of preaching, teaching, and spiritual direction.