Curia News

On 19 May 2024, Pentecost Sunday, a process initiated by a letter from Pope Francis - known as a chirograph because it is written and signed in the Pope’s hand - in December 2019 is coming to an end.

Fr General has appointed Fr Vimal Kishore SJ as the new Provincial of Patna Province, Bihar, India. Born in 1967, Fr Vimal entered the Society in 1989. He was ordained in 2002 and professed his final vows in 2011. He is currently the Superior of...

April, 2024. In an event held in the General Congregation Hall at the Curia, the Information Technology (IT) topic-of-the-moment, Generative Artificial Intelligence was introduced to everybody who worked here, Jesuits and non-Jesuits alike.

Lord Jesus,
when You ascended into heaven
the angels said to the Eleven:
“Don’t just stand there looking up to heaven”.

The Jesuit Pilgrimage app has an exciting news for our Vietnamese users as we proudly announce the release of the app in Vietnamese, encouraging the users to have a spiritual journey in the footsteps of St Ignatius...

On 4 April, Fr Arturo Sosa, Superior General, announced the appointment of Fr Pedro Rodrigues, 55 years old, as the new Provincial of the Goa Province in India. He will assume office on 22 April, Feast of Mary, Mother of the Society of Jesus...

The recent gathering of the International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU) Board members at the General Curia marked a pivotal moment in the ongoing deliberations on the promotion of Jesuit Identity and Mission of Jesuit higher education...

Almost six months of war in Gaza, and the guns have not fallen silent. We, the members of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), like so many other Catholics, Christians, men and women of all faiths and non-believers, refuse to be silent. Our voices continue to be lifted up...

The first in person meeting of the Conference Safeguarding Delegates and teams took place in Rome from 11 to 14 March 2024. Fr General, Arturo Sosa SJ, opened the meeting with a profound and inspiring talk. He emphasized that abuse is a social problem...

Fr Arturo Sosa, Superior General, has appointed Fr Jeffrey Burwell, 48 years old, as the next Provincial of the Province of Canada. Jeffrey Burwell is an education specialist whose doctoral research took him to the Holy Land, where he focused on Catholic schools...

Stations of the Cross, Weekend Retreats, and Penitential Services were some community practices we celebrated in school to remember or emphasise Lent. “Were You There?” was our favourite tune, especially as students and teachers were blessed on...

On 27 February, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Fondazione Polanco ETS signed a cooperation agreement to share and digitize archival materials from the Jesuit archives from before, during and after World War II...