Father General’s Extended Council | Formation for Jesuits… but not only for Jesuits

Father General’s Extended Council | Formation for Jesuits… but not only for Jesuits

The Society can no longer simply focus on the formation of its members, but is increasingly called upon to offer opportunities and even programmes of formation to “non-Jesuits”, lay people or religious women and men from other congregations, who are active partners in the Society’s mission.

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Jesuit formation is always a priority

Jesuit formation is always a priority

The cycle of meetings at the Curia is in fast-track mode. During the week of 6-10 November the six Delegates for Formation, one from each Conference, met with Father General’s Assistant for Formation, Fr Mark Ravizza.

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Classroom and praxis brought together in Jesuit formation

Classroom and praxis brought together in Jesuit formation

The Ciszek Hall Jesuit Residential College: a “living-learning community,” where Jesuits in formation integrate their academic, ministerial, social and spiritual lives within the context of the Bronx.

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Young Jesuits in Colombia and the challenges they face

Young Jesuits in Colombia and the challenges they face

We asked the superior of the community, Jorge Alberto Camacho, to tell us about the challenges faced by Jesuit students during their first years of formation. He also told us about the joys he himself experiences in his responsibility as formator.

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A special “Circle” in JCAP

A special “Circle” in JCAP

One of the great traditions of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific is the SBC: the Scholastics and Brothers Circle. The tradition had been threatened by the pandemic: the last edition took place in 2019. But on 19 to 26 December 2022 the Circle took shape again.

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Being a novice means being called to know one’s interior self better

Being a novice means being called to know one’s interior self better

November 13th is the feast of St. Stanislaus Kostka, patron saint of Jesuit novices. This young Pole wanted to join the Jesuits at the tender age of 14, but candidates so young were not admitted. At the age of 17, however...

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The Jesuit brothers – their formation… and not only theirs

The Jesuit brothers – their formation… and not only theirs

In the course of the formation of all Jesuits, the Society seeks to confirm and support the call that the Jesuit in formation has heard. What call exactly?

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JESUIT FUTURES – The General meets Jesuits in formation

JESUIT FUTURES – The General meets Jesuits in formation

Fr. Arturo Sosa spoke with six young Jesuits - one from each of the six Jesuit Conferences - about the meaning of the Universal Apostolic Preferences for them, about the future of the Society...

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Father General in Catalonia – 1st stop: IQS

Father General in Catalonia – 1st stop: IQS

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A Limping Pilgrim – Our Journey

A Limping Pilgrim – Our Journey

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The Pope celebrates mass for Myanmar and with Burmese

The Pope celebrates mass for Myanmar and with Burmese

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A Deacon’s First Homily

A Deacon’s First Homily

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