UAPs – Fr General issues an Urgent Call

UAPs – Fr General issues an Urgent Call

Five years ago, the Society of Jesus received four Universal Apostolic Preferences as a mission from the Holy Father. Pope Francis underlined the first as fundamental. “Showing the way to God through the Spiritual Exercises and discernment” is, without a doubt...

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Time for Impact – UAPs after 5 years

Time for Impact – UAPs after 5 years

February marks five years since the Holy Father gave the Society four special orientations for mission – our Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs).

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Fr Sosa: Christmas plea for peace

Fr Sosa: Christmas plea for peace

In his Christmas message, Fr Arturo Sosa, Superior General of the Jesuits, wishes to support the desire, hope and prayer for peace of Jesuits and the many partners in mission. He invites us to be inspired by Francis of Assisi, of course, but also by...

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In Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Father General receives a doctorate <i>honoris causa</i>

In Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Father General receives a doctorate honoris causa

“The Senate of the Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca (BBU) awards the title of Doctor honoris causa to the Reverend Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, S.J., Superior General of the Society of Jesus, for his support of academic theological education...”

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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: “Society of Jesus shares the sorrow of the whole Church” says Fr Sosa

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: “Society of Jesus shares the sorrow of the whole Church” says Fr Sosa

The Society of Jesus shares the sorrow of the whole Church on the occasion of the death of the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, at the same time giving thanks to God for the gift of his person to the Church and to the world.

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Christmas is an invitation to let the light shine in the darkness

Christmas is an invitation to let the light shine in the darkness

Fr. Arturo Sosa extends his Christmas and New Year wishes to not only his fellow Jesuit companions but also to all those who are committed in one way or another to spreading the light and grace that the Child of Bethlehem brings to the world.

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Fr. Sosa gives major end of year address

Fr. Sosa gives major end of year address

“First of all, thank you for accepting the invitation to participate in this pre-Christmas meeting organized by the Communications Office and other members of the General Curia of the Society of Jesus. We greatly appreciate the communication work you do every day...”

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“We want very much to walk together with you toward wholeness and healing.”

“We want very much to walk together with you toward wholeness and healing.”

Father General met with teachers and students at the Red Cloud Indian High School, experienced Lakota culture at the Heritage Center, and met with community leaders.

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Discernment as a way to face the future: a challenge for Jesuit universities

Discernment as a way to face the future: a challenge for Jesuit universities

“As universities whose identity includes the commitment to the mission of reconciliation and justice, we have the enormous responsibility of helping to distinguish the truth from the falsehoods used to justify...”

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A culture of collaboration to become persons with and for others

A culture of collaboration to become persons with and for others

On Thursday, 14 July, Fr. General Arturo Sosa SJ spoke during the X Congress of the World Union of Jesuit Alumni (WUJA) at the San Ignacio Sarria College in Barcelona.

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Video series from Fr General – Episode 11

Video series from Fr General – Episode 11

Fr. Arturo Sosa begins his explanation of how the Society of Jesus’ mission is not just a concern for Jesuits by drawing on the material of the book’s eleventh and final chapter, which he wrote for the Ignatian Year.

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“Social justice is the foundation of peace”

“Social justice is the foundation of peace”

he Major Superiors of around 120 male religious congregations convened near Rome during the week of 24 May. The organization’s President is Fr Arturo Sosa. In a lecture titled ‘Encounter as a Dimension of Cultures and a Path to Peace’...

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