Curia

Yesterday evening, in the chapel of St Francis Borgia at the General Curia in Rome, Fr General Arturo Sosa officially opened the 3rd Meeting of Major Superiors (MMS). From every corner of the world, Jesuits have come to discuss, with their brothers, the challenges that...

After months of preparation, the opening days of the Meeting of Major Superiors (MMS) are here. The General Curia has come alive with the sound of rolling suitcases in its corridors and greetings exchanged in many languages, as Jesuits arrive from every corner of the world...

Collaboration is at the heart of the Jesuit mission and we are on a journey together. It’s a real adventure. To support and inspire this journey, the General Curia is launching a monthly one-page Mission Partner Formation Newsletter...

Father General has appointed Fr. Jean Luc Enyegue as the new Provincial of the West African Province (AOC) of the Society of Jesus.

On 27 September the General Curia in Rome welcomed staff and their families into its garden for an Open Garden event. This annual event, though it might seem at first like a simple social gathering, carried both a deep sense of community and history...

Do you have questions about the upcoming Meeting of Major Superiors? You are not alone! To bring you along as preparations ramp up ahead of the event, we have put together some of the most common questions. Think of this as a guide to help you find out...

The leadership team of the International Society of Jesuit Ecumenists recently came to Rome to consult with Father General and his counsellors about the place of ecumenism in the Society of Jesus. Fr Dorian Llywelyn, SJ, gives us his reflections following those meetings.

The Society of Jesus has a long tradition of engaging in ecumenism within the Catholic Church. In the video, three Jesuit experts – Dorian Llywelyn, Markus Schmidt, and Thomas D. Hughson – reflect on the Jesuit approach to dialogue, collaboration, and reconciliation among Christian traditions...

From 17 – 26 October, the General Curia will be abuzz with Major Superiors, meeting to reflect and share about how to better live fully the mission that gives meaning to our Jesuit vocation and the apostolates in which we collaborate with other people.

“July 31st, the feast day of St Ignatius of Loyola, is always a special day for Jesuits and Jesuit apostolates around the world. Not just a celebration of our founder, July 31st tends to be a time for Jesuits to gather, to give thanks, to reminisce, and to recommit ourselves...”

The selection of a Major Superior emphasizes discernment, consultation, and obedience to the Jesuit “way of proceeding”. The process typically begins with a period of consultation among Jesuits within the Province or Region...

With the Meeting of Major Superiors coming in October, we’ve spent time explaining the role of a Major Superior. Nestled into that explanation of how the Society of Jesus governs itself is the idea of “Subsidiarity”...