Having learned the news of the death of Father Alexandre Bassili SJ, from the coronavirus, on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, at the age of 75, WUJA offers its most sincere condolences to the Collège Notre-Dame of Jamhour from whose ranks he came (class of 1964), for which he served from 1980 to 2009 as spiritual…
Father Pedro Arrupe passed away on February 5, 1991. This day is always an occasion for us to say a few words about this man of unfailing wisdom and confidence. As Pope Francis made a historic visit to Japan last year, he did not fail to pay homage to the 28th Superior of the Society…
Dear Alumna, dear Alumnus, Christmas is for us Christians, but also for other people, an occasion of great rejoicing and deep hope. We have a joyful heart to see the child in the manger in Bethlehem. And for us adults, we recall memories of our own childhood, when we watched in wonder the figures…
Dear Jesuit Alumni, dear Friends, As we celebrate today, the feast of the founder of the Jesuits Ignatius of Loyola, let me bring you back in time. The 31st of July 1973 was no ordinary feast of Saint-Ignatius for the Society of Jesus, but no one at that time could imagine that the two events…
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…
Today we celebrate the feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. It is an important symbolic date for all those who are linked in one way or another with Jesuit works and the Ignatian spirit. On this occasion, we invite you to discover a brief reflection addressed to us by Father Bill Muller S.J., the new…
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…
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Chris Lowney, a writer and lecturer on leadership and various subjects related to the Church and the Society of Jesus, is a long-time friend of WUJA. He recently published “Make Today Matter: 10 Habits for a Better Life (and World)”. How can we rise to the occasion every single day of our lives? How can…
It’s not the first time that Jesuit Networking has brought together the main international networks of the Society of Jesus. We did so in 2012 at Boston College after the inspiration received following the General Congregation 35, and we did so again, five years later, to update our reflections on networks after the last General…