Chris Lowney’s speech at the WUJA Congress 2013

On Saturday 27 May 2023, a hundred Jesuit alumni from Spain and all over Europe met at the San José School in Valencia. The meeting was organised by the Spanish Federation of Jesuit Alumni and the European Confederation (ECJA), with the support of the World Union (WUJA). The event celebrated the 50th anniversary of the…

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…

Expelled from several countries in the second half of the eighteenth century, they had been suppressed in the whole world in 1773. During the suppression and after the restoration, the Jesuits have shown tremendous resilience, first through surviving in different places, especially in Russia, then reorganizing themselves as of 1814 with surprising dynamics, made of…

“Go forth and set the world on fire.” Students at Jesuit schools hear this over and over, but out in the real world, after graduation, it can be easy to feel like you’re living the Ignatian values alone. Every four years, the World Union of Jesuit Alumni (WUJA) brings together Jesuit friends and alumni for…

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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…