Chris Lowney’s speech at the WUJA Congress 2013

Dear Alumnae/Alumni Dear Friends On this 31st July, feast of St Ignatius, let’s meditate on the words of this particular Jesuit that is Pope Francis. During the closing mass of the World Youth Day, he just said to the attending young people to care for our society in troubles and to be protagonists in this…

As you know, the 5th of February each year is the day chosen for the launch of the Pedro Arrupe World Association’s Arrupe Dollar (or in Europe, the Arrupe Euro) campaign.   5 February 2016, the anniversary of the death of Father Pedro Arrupe, will thus be the launch date for the new campaign, the…

On August, 17th 2013, the World Union of Jesuit Alumni held its General Assembly in Medellin (Colombia) and elected its new Council. The new Executive Committee counts the following members: Alain Deneef, Belgium (President), Sina Buraimoh-Ademuyewo, Nigeria (Vice-President), Carlos Gianicolo, Argentina (Secretary) and Ronald D’Costa, India (Treasurer). The Jesuit Councillor remains Fr. William Currie S.J.,…

While wishing his best for the year 2018, His Holiness pope Francis has sent to the press and the diplomacy a postcard characterized both by simplicity and impact that it stirs up when you stare at it. Illustrated by a Japanese kid carrying his little brother’s dead body on his back after the awful 1945…

Dear Jesuit Alumni and Alumnae, When Ignatius de Loyola’s leg got crushed during the siege of Pamplona on 20 May 1521, one — not even Ignatius himself — could hardly imagine what difference this wound would make in the life of so many people and, let’s put it the way it is, in the spiritual…

Dear Alumna, dear Alumnus, Easter is for Christians a time of both introspection and joy, introspection in the face of the suffering present in our world and joy in the hope of the resurrection. This year, Easter takes on a special colour for Christians, but also for those who surround and frequent them. Not so…