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Next WUJA Congress to be celebrated in Barcelona in 2021
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…

The World Union pays tribute to Father Adolfo Nicolás, sj
It is with great sadness and deep emotion that WUJA learns and shares with you the news of the death of Father Adolfo Nicolás, SJ, on Wednesday 20 May, at the age of 84. The former Superior General of the Society of Jesus was very close to the youth, as a teacher of young novices…

… the product of war
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…

On July 31, 1973, a feast of Saint Ignatius unlike any other…
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…

Mass for pope Francis
On June 10, the premiere took place of the ‘Mass for pope Francis at the occasion of the bicentennial of the restoration of the Society of Jesus’. This mass was specially composed by an illustrious Alumnus of the Jesuits of the Istituto Massimo in Rome: Ennio Morricone. The maestro directed himself the orchestra and two…

The World Union attended JAAI-Congress 2023
From 10 to 12 February 2023, the Indian Federation of Jesuit Alumni Associations held its congress in the city of Patna. This major event was attended by nearly 250 participants, including 50 Jesuits. On the side-lines of the event, the WUJA Council held its first physical meeting since its election at the Barcelona Congress in…