Chris Lowney’s speech at the WUJA Congress 2013

We are only a couple of weeks away from the World Union of Jesuit Alumni Congress 2017. As you know, the Congress is being held for the first time in the United States.  Based on my limited math skills, that’s not likely to happen again for at least 20 to 25 years. My prayer daily…

In 2021, the Society of Jesus celebrates the 500th anniversary of the wounding of Ignatius of Loyola at the siege of Pamplona. On this occasion, an Ignatian year has been decreed. WUJA will hold its World Congress in July 2022 in Barcelona. On July 30, the members of the organizing committee of the World Congress participated…

Dear Alumna, dear Alumnus,   Christmas is for us Christians the coming to earth of the Son of God, but in our imagination, it is also the coming into the world of a little child with all the innocence that is attached to it.   For us human beings, a child is the promise of…

On Sunday 19th January 2014, the Church celebrated the 100th World Day of Migrants and Refugees. This day, initiated in 1914 by Pope Benedict XV, is meant to raise awareness among the faithful and all people of good will about the situation of people who leave their home, their land, their country, … for whatever…

From March 17 to 19, 2017, encounters from the Latin American Union of Jesuit Alumni Associations were held in Lima, which some work on the strategic planning of the Confederation in its second and third phases was carried out, we held talks and dialogues between Alumni, individuals and representatives of CPAL, Society of Jesus, Fe…

On June 28th 2017, I wrote to you from Cleveland: “Today we wake up with a new dream, with a new project”. That day in Cleveland, the Council of the World Union of Jesuit Alumni (WUJA) chose our Association to hold in Barcelona the World Congress of 2021. At that time, and with all our…