An exceptional journey: forty special days

An exceptional journey: forty special days

Lent is back. It is a Catholic liturgical season that finds its origins in the forty-year experience of Israel in the desert as it purified its collective heart. It is also related to the forty-day experience of Jesus in the desert as he discerned how he would carry out the mission...

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Who do you want to be? – A Lenten Initiative for Schools

Who do you want to be? – A Lenten Initiative for Schools

The General Curia in collaboration with Educate Magis invites teachers, retreat leaders and youth ministers to engage the valuable resource, “Who Do You Want to Be? - A Video Series to Light Your Path” as a way to accompany your students during Lent.

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God at work in Jamshedpur Province – 75 grace-filled years

God at work in Jamshedpur Province – 75 grace-filled years

Two humongous events of Grace: the 150 years of the very first Catholic Baptisms in the whole of Chotanagpur, and 75 graceful years of mission impel the Jamshedpur Province to celebrate God at work in their missions.

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“Towards a recognition of the truth”: the decisions of the DIR Delegate concerning Fr. Marko Rupnik

“Towards a recognition of the truth”: the decisions of the DIR Delegate concerning Fr. Marko Rupnik

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Supporting the Thai Catholic Church – The Xavier Immersion Program

Supporting the Thai Catholic Church – The Xavier Immersion Program

The Society of Jesus has been developing a specific programme for Thai seminarians and members of religious congregations in Thailand for the past five years. This is the Xavier Immersion Program. We interviewed its academic director, the Jesuit Tom Michel.

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UAPs after 4 years: 2 unexpected lessons

UAPs after 4 years: 2 unexpected lessons

In February of 2019 Pope Francis missioned the Society of Jesus with the Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs). What have we learned after living the UAPs for four years?

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A magnetic glow of hope

A magnetic glow of hope

“Can a Jesuit be a magnet? I believe so! M.J. Peter is one such Jesuit. He irresistibly attracts the crippled, the lame, and the weak to himself with his magnetic therapy coupled with his vivacious personality.”

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Purification, illumination, confirmation, transformation: a Jesuit parcours trail in higher education

Purification, illumination, confirmation, transformation: a Jesuit parcours trail in higher education

In Mae Chan, in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai, you will find the youngest higher education project of the Society of Jesus. It is the Xavier Learning Community, a campus that has been under development for nearly five years...

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Fr. Dalibor Renić, new President of JCEP

Fr. Dalibor Renić, new President of JCEP

Father Arturo Sosa, Superior General, has nominated Fr. Dalibor Renić as the next President of the Jesuit Conference of European Provincials (JCEP).

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You can learn to be a provincial treasurer!

You can learn to be a provincial treasurer!

Collaboration continues at break-neck speed at the General Curia, with an impressive number of back-to-back workshops, formation sessions, and conferences. From February 6 to 10, some fifteen Jesuits - all recently appointed treasurers of their respective Provinces...

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Missionary of the Santal Tribes – Fr. Anthony Debono

Missionary of the Santal Tribes – Fr. Anthony Debono

Jesuits have a long history of working with the Santal tribes who are indigenous ethnic groups native to the eastern Indian states of Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, and Odisha. The Jesuits of the Dumka-Raiganj Province have been involved in various...

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New Provincial of Croatia: Fr. Sebastian Šujević

New Provincial of Croatia: Fr. Sebastian Šujević

Father General Arturo Sosa has appointed Father Sebastian Šujević as the next Provincial of Croatia.Fr. Sebastian is aged 44 and comes from the city of Rijeka, Croatia. He grew up in a Jesuit parish in his native city, where he also attended the Salesian High School.

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