2008 March 6 |
Conclusion of the GC35
Father Mark Rotsaert, whose role as Secretary of the general congregation ended a few hours before the final Mass began, stood up at the end of the Mass which all the delegates concelebrated to mark the conclusion of this thirty-fifth general congregation. »Read More |
2008 March 6 |
Thanks to All!!
The General Congregation is coming to an end, and so too we are closing this channel of communication which we opened during these past two months to keep all of our friends informed about what was going on. »Read More |
2008 March 6 |
The Document on Mission
On February 15th, the deputatio appointed five members to draft a new decree on Mission: Fernando Franco, Fred Kammer, Tomasz Kot, Bienvenido Nebres, and Eugenio Valenzuela. »Read More |
2008 March 6 |
Ecology: Now is the Time
We asked José Magadia SJ about his views on the issue of ecology, one of the “hot topics” of the General Congregation. »Read More |
2008 March 6 |
The Life of a Decree
Every decree has its own genesis. It begins with a need or a question, experienced by many Jesuits: such as how to create an inspiring statement about our Identity and our Mission today, a vision about our relationship to the Church and to contemporary culture from different historical and cultural backgrounds »Read More |
2008 March 5 |
New Decree on Jesuit Identity
Why is it necessary to have a new document on Jesuit identity, given the excellent texts of recent General Congregations? »Read More |
2008 March 5 |
GC 35 on Facebook.com
Facebook: 60 million people worldwide have signed up to this “social utility” on the internet, and there were bound to be some Jesuits among them, so we sent our reporter on a search. »Read More |
2008 March 4 |
Third Decree: Collaboration at the Heart of Mission
In 1995, GC 34 voted a decree entitled "Cooperation with the Laity in Mission". Certainly, Jesuits had not waited for this decree to begin cooperation in various ways, either joining people in their mission or asking people to cooperate with them in the mission of the Society of Jesus. »Read More |
2008 March 4 |
New Nominations
On the session of the 3rd March, two new nominations have been made public. »Read More |
2008 March 3 |
Farewell to Father Kolvenbach
From the point at which his resignation was accepted on January 14, without any apparent effort, Father Kolvenbach has made his way as just one more member of the community among the rank and file.
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2008 March 3 |
On Obedience: Approval of the Second Decree
On the afternoon of 3 March, the General Congregation has approved its second decree, about obedience. »Read More |
2008 March 3 |
Migrants and Refugees
Father Luís Magriñá SJ has just finished his period as international director of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS). We interviewed him in order to find out why migrants and refugees are a priority for the Society. »Read More |
2008 March 1 |
Collaboration With Others:
The Many Faces of Interaction with Non-Jesuits
Lay people, diocesan priests and members of other religious congregations now make up the bulk of co-workers in many institutions of the Society of Jesus, especially in Europe. Father Michael Holman SJ is the provincial of Britain and strongly endorses this kind of collaboration. »Read More |
2008 February 29 |
First Decree: Governance at the Service of the Universal Mission
On Friday, February 29th, the General Congregation of the Society of Jesus adopted a decree concerning its organization. It concerns the way the Society exercises its government. »Read More |
2008 February 29 |
Some of Those Who Have Formed Us
I was fortunate enough to be part of a small group which worked on the topic of community life. After spending much time working on a presentation, it was our time as a group to speak in the aula about what we had prepared. »Read More |
2008 February 29 |
New Provincial of Austria
At the beginning of morning session on 29 February, the Secretary of the General Congregation announced that Father General has named Father Gernot Wisser SJ the new provincial of Austria (ASR).
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2008 February 28 |
Two Provincials a Day!
Since Father Kolvenbach convoked the 35th General Congregation on February 2, 2006, no new Major Superiors have been appointed; all who have a right to go to a Congregation by virtue of their office are “frozen” until the end of the Congregation. »Read More |
2008 February 27 |
Networking: Ways of Being Local and Being Global
Networking is a fundamental aspect of any international organisation and the Society of Jesus has been no exception over the last 500 years. »Read More |
2008 February 27 |
The Church needs you and counts on you
The 21 of February the General Congregation was received by the Holy Father in a special audience. This week we spread the non official translation in three languages of the speech Benedict XVI addressed to the Society. »Read More |
2008 February 26 |
Decrees and Ordinary Government
The General Congregation continues its work on several decrees on primary topics such as obedience and collaboration. The Congregation's decrees will have some effect on the "ordinary governance" of the Society of Jesus in coming years. Other topics are being discussed which also will offer direction for the Society's future ordinary governance, but likely will not result in distinct decrees but may result in recommendations. »Read More |
2008 February 25 |
The Congregation on the iPod
There are many ways to favor the unity of spirits and communal prayer. One very original way is that of those who use prayer videos on portable recorders. »Read More |
2008 February 23 |
Similarities and Differences
It is 25 years since GC 33, which I attended in 1983 as Provincial of the New York Province. I am now an elected delegate at GC 35, and the similarities and differences between the two congregations are striking. »Read More |
2008 February 22 |
His Prayer And Our Prayer Were One
Yesterday was no ordinary day for the members of GC 35. Instead of our usual morning work, we went to visit Pope Benedict. »Read More |
2008 February 21 |
Papal Audience
On the morning of 21st February, there was no session in the Aula of the Congregation. At ten o’clock, the first delegates already started to make their way towards the Vatican, where his Holiness Pope Benedict XVI received the members of the 35th General Congregation in a private audience. »Read More |
2008 February 20 |
Vocations: Not Propaganda but Testimony of a Happy Life
There are many topics dealt with by the General Congregation which will not be turned into decrees. The Society wishes to take the pulse of certain aspects of our mission, which will be worked out by a group of experts and later discussed on the main hall of the Congregation.
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2008 February 19 |
A “Global” General Congregation
New technology is revolutionizing the way we transmit information, also in the Society of Jesus. »Read More |
2008 February 18 |
Election of the Assistants Ad Providentiam
The last of the elections prescribed by the General Congregation took place on February 18. »Read More |
2008 February 18 |
Ignacio Echarte, General Secretary of the Society
Father General announced in the morning of February 18 that he has appointed Father Ignacio Echarte (Loyola) General Secretary of the Society. »Read More |
2008 February 18 |
Szabolcs Sajgó SJ
Szabolcs Sajgó is from Hungary, who had to live in exile for a long time during the Communist regime. »Read More |
2008 February 16 |
An Honest Look at the Society: Lights and Shades
On the walls of the room where the plenary sessions of the General Congregation are taking place are the pictures of the first 27 Father Generals in the history of the Society, beginning with Saint Ignatius and ending with Father Arrupe. Father Kolvenbach’s hasn’t yet been placed there… »Read More |
2008 February 15 |
Salim Daccache SJ
Salim Daccache is from Lebanon, delegate at the Congregation for the Middle-East Province. »Read More |
2008 February 14 |
Two New General Counselors
The General Congregation started the day learning the name of the two new members of Father General’s government team.
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2008 February 14 |
Network Society of Jesus
Many of us have asked what has changed since the 34th General Congregation. One of the most obvious aspects is the change that has occurred in communication through the internet and the world wide web. »Read More |
2008 February 13 |
Visit to the Sistine Chapel
It was five thirty in the afternoon when a group of about 120 persons, all men wearing clerical collars, gathered together around the “Portone de Bronzo”. »Read More |
2008 February 13 |
Arturo Sosa SJ
Superior of the San Cristobal Jesuit Community (Tachira State, Venezuela), he is also Rector of the Catholic University of Tachira.
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2008 February 12 |
Nomination of the Regional Assistants of Father General
Father General, Adolfo Nicolás, announced the names of his nine Regional Assistants during the meeting of the General Congregation on Tuesday morning, February 12, 2008. »Read More |
2008 February 12 |
Father General’s Assistants
Those who had the opportunity to read Étienne Grieu’s francophone blog, a few days ago, could get a good idea of the process used by the Society of Jesus to choose superiors or other people with special responsibilities. »Read More |
2008 February 11 |
Augustin Karekezi SJ
Augustin Kerekezi is Regional Superior in Kigali, Rwanda. »Read More |
2008 February 9 |
The Experience of an Interpreter
Composition of place: A soundproof cube two metres square, made out of plywood. »Read More |
2008 February 8 |
Jerry Rosario SJ
A Jesuit involved in a number of apostolates in the Chennai region (Madras), in pastoral as well as social work, Jerry Rosario serves in a parish and directs retreats. »Read More |
2008 February 7 |
Ash Wednesday - Celebration at St. Ignatius Church
A couple from the USA was looking for an Ash Wednesday celebration in the centre of Rome. Seeing many people entering St. Ignatius Church, they followed the crowd. »Read More |
2008 February 6 |
Roberto Jaramillo SJ
Colombian Jesuit committed to the Dependant Region of Amazonia, in Brazil, for which he is the Regional Superior. »Read More |
2008 February 6 |
When "the worst" happens
How does it feel when the "worst" happens? If you want to know, come and talk to the JCEAO Team, what is left of it. »Read More |
2008 February 5 |
The Eucharists at the Congregation
Some of the Eucharistic celebrations of the Congregation got a special attention on our site as in the press since they brought together all the delegates and were even open to the public. »Read More |
2008 February 4 |
Visit to Vatican Radio
During their stay in Rome, members of the Congregation can take the opportunity of the time spent in the "Eternal City" to better know some Jesuit institutions. One of them, Vatican Radio, is organizing linguistic visits. »Read More |
2008 February 4 |
The Beginning of Lent for the Congregation
Ash Wednesday will be celebrated this year on February 6. The members of the Congregation, with all those who, in Rome, will want to gather with them in prayer that day, will assemble In Saint Ignatius Church (Piazza di San Ignazio), at 6:30 PM. »Read More |
2008 February 1 |
David Smolira about the Congregation
A former Provincial of the British Province, David Smolira is now living in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is the Director of the Jesuit Institute (mainly involved in social apostolate). »Read More |
2008 February 1 |
Fr Nicolás on Spanish Television
The Spanish television, on its Channel 1, broadcasted a 12 minute documentary about the election of Fr. Adolfo Nicolás as Superior General of the Jesuits. »Read More |
2008 January 31 |
The Work Groups
What are the 220 members of the Congregation doing at the moment? We are not getting much detail about the work of these supposedly hardworking, dedicated, creative men who have been elected to the General Congregation! »Read More |
2008 January 30 |
Fr General is on YouTube!
A new form of consecration on today's contemporary media! For a few days, on the famous website that hosts short videos from all over the world, a brief interview of F. Adolfo Nicolás (in English) made in the Philippines. »Read More |
2008 January 26 |
Audience with Pope Benedict XVI
Father General Adolfo Nicolás capped an eventful week as the newly-elected Superior General of the Society of Jesus with a private audience with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. »Read More |
2008 January 25 |
First Encounter with Journalists
The Press Office of the Society of Jesus had invited journalists based in Rome to a first encounter with the new Superior General of the Jesuits, Fr Adolfo Nicolás. »Read More |
2008 January 19 |
Fr Adolfo Nicolás elected Superior General
Father Adolfo Nicolás, of the Province of Japan, was elected Superior General of the Society of Jesus on Saturday, 19 January 2008 in a solemn ceremony following four days of prayer and conversation by the 217 electors who came to Rome from all over the world. He is the 29th successor of St Ignatius of Loyola. »Read More |
2008 January 15 |
Murmuratio: Preparing for the Election
During these days little information will be forthcoming from the Congregation. Yesterday the 216 Jesuits who have the responsibility for electing the next Superior General of the Society of Jesus began a four-day period of prayer and private conversation traditionally known as the 'murmuratio'. »Read More |
2008 January 14 |
Resignation of Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach
During the first formal session of the 35th General Congregation, held on January 7, 2008, Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach SJ, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, addressed the electors with these words. »Read More |
2008 January 07 |
Opening of General Congregation 35
In a solemn, and carefully prepared two hour ceremony in the Gesú, the mother church of the Society, the General Congregation took its first step. »Read More |
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