CPAL

In the series "Jesuits at the frontiers", we take you this time to symbolic frontiers, those of culture and music. Meet Jesuit Mike Martinez... the Jesuit rapper... and see him in action (performing!).

We pulled one representative from each of six Conferences and asked them for their thoughts about representing their brothers at CP71. Fr. Alejandro Patricio Cancino Franklin is the representative from the Mexican Province (MEX). Fr. Francis Xavier Nguyen Hai Tinh represents the Vietnam Province (VIE).

Reviving youth ministry through an experience of silence, contemplation and action. - Missionary youth work today is no mere fad triggered by the explosion of social media. Nor does it exist because Pope Francis, by dint of decisiveness and creativity, has potentially inspired the whole Church...

On 23 January, Father General Arturo Sosa signed the letter announcing the next President of the Conference of Latin American Provincials (CPAL). It will be Fr. Rafael Garrido (age 50), from the Province of Venezuela.

In Peru, in a context of great political tension that has seen President Pedro Castillo imprisoned after he tried to dissolve the parliament, demonstrations have turned violent in several parts of the country. The Jesuit Province of Peru issued the following statement.

ERIC/Radio Progreso is our social apostolate here in Honduras, a part of the Province of Central America. Our approach is based on two major principles: firstly, faith in the liberating strength of the poor, and secondly, in the justice that springs from faith in Christ...

Father General has appointed Fr. Alfredo Infante as the new Provincial of Venezuela. Father Infante is 59 years old, joined the Society of Jesus in 1985 and was ordained a priest in 1996. He studied theology at the ITER...

On 18 November, Father General Arturo Sosa appointed Fr. Daniel de Ycaza (55,) as the new Provincial of Ecuador Province. He was born in 1967 and joined the Society in 1986. He obtained his degree in philosophy...

Father General has appointed Fr. Máximo Mendoza Coronel (59) as the new Provincial of the Province of Paraguay on the 21st of October 2022.

There are 32 FM radio stations in Mexico City... how does Radio IBERO fit in? How does it represent the Ignatian spirit that a Jesuit university wishes to witness in the Mexican society? We spoke with the station’s director, Alejandro Cárdenas.

“In every house I’ve lived in I’ve planted roses, because the wonder of seeing a plant in bud and flowering helps me to pray. In the house here we have three small gardens, and just now as I wandered over to the roses, I realized that they have flowered all year long...”

To observe that the works of the Society are devoted to education, formation in the arts or encouraging small business ventures, is hardly original. However, this is new in the Cuban context...