Journeying with Youth

After touring Jesuit works in Denver, St. Louis, Houston, and New Orleans, Fr General Arturo Sosa landed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to continue his official visitation of the Jesuit USA Central and Southern Province (UCS). His first stop was at the Centro Universitario Católico (CUC}...

Fr Hak-joon Kim, SJ, known as Lorenzo, presented to the Enlarged Council of Father General the progress in the preparation of MAGIS 2027, the Ignatian meeting of young adults. The meeting will take place in South Korea from July 25 to August 2, 2027...

When Fr Mark Ravizza, SJ, Counsellor for Formation at the General Curia, addressed the MAGIS Think In gathering in Rome, he posed a question that cuts to the heart of the meeting: Is vocational discernment an “add-on” to young adult ministry, or is it integrated into...

Ameeting of MAGIS Movement, bringing together Jesuit and Ignatian Young Adult Ministry, took place in Rome in early January. Its motive was to listen to the cry of young people today and to discern how God might be asking us to respond...

When Msgr Lucio Ruiz, Secretary of the Dicastery for Communication at the Holy See, addressed Jesuits and lay collaborators on the feast of St Francis Xavier, he issued a challenge that resonates deeply with the MAGIS Think In gathering that took place in the first days of January...

Walking with young people to a hope-filled future was the backdrop for a four-day conference at the General Curia from January 6th to 10th. The meeting brought together the coordinators for young adult ministry from each of the six Jesuit Conferences of Provincials, the Jesuit organising Magis South Korea in 2027...

In 2021, JWL responded to students’ and graduates’ numerous requests for higher education in the Sinjar region and, in collaboration with Nadia’s Initiative, opened a learning centre in Sinuni, followed by a second one in Sinjar City in 2022. JWL’s Peace Leader programme...

In German, people say that things that naturally belong together go together “like a pot and a lid”. That’s exactly how Jesuits and education fit. From the very beginning, theological and philosophical education have been a cornerstone of the Jesuit order...

As in many other European countries, interest in matters of faith is declining among young people in Germany. This is especially true for Catholic youth aged 12 to 25, as the 2024 Shell Youth Study notes: “For young people belonging to the...”

During the days of the Jubilee of Youth in Rome, the MAGIS network of the Euro-Mediterranean Province (EUM) became the heart of Ignatian hospitality for thousands of pilgrims from all over the world.

It started with a mic, a roman collar, and a few nervous chuckles from the crowd. I was backstage – not preparing to preach, but to perform. Yes, perform. Comedy, to be precise. “Jokes and Cruise with Fr. Slim” was the name of the show...

The International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU) will hold its 2025 Assembly at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia. This global gathering of presidents, rectors, and senior leaders from Jesuit institutions will be a moment of deep reflection...