05/02/2019 • Pedro Arrupe, soon to be beatified?

This Tuesday, February 5, we commemorate the 28th anniversary of the death of Pedro Arrupe, SJ. On this occasion, Rome will receive the cause for beatification and canonization of this former Superior General of the Society of Jesus who is now Servant of God. An edifying journey Not so well known by the general public, […]

24/12/2018 • Merry Christmas and a happy 2019 to the Jesuit alumni!

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 […]

31/07/2018 • Feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola

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 […]

14/07/2018 • 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 […]

29/06/2018 • WUJA Brochure 2018

Do you know the World Union of Jesuit Alumni? Yes, no, a little bit? You’ll find the main information about us in this new electronic brochure richly illustrated. Download

06/06/2018 • Do you know the ‘Bollandists’?

Dear Jesuit Alumni, Did you know that one of the earliest learned societies in the world was founded by a Jesuit? Since Fr. Jean Bolland, SJ, launched the publication of the great collection Acta Sanctorum (“Acts of the Saints”) in Antwerp (Belgium) in 1643, there has been up to now a team of highly qualified […]

24/05/2018 • Loyola, the hidden treasure of the Basque Country

Maurice Selvais, an alumnus of the Saint-Michael college of Brussels, in Belgium, tell us his peregrinations in Gascony, where the great St. Ignacio is born. Maurice is a member of the Alumni Association of his college as well as a regular writer at WUJA’s service. Our trip begins in Pamplona, where we came the day […]

06/05/2018 • ‘Make today matter’ – Latest book by Chris Lowney

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 […]

25/03/2018 • Georgetown: 2d International Jesuit Networking Conference

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 […]

15/02/2018 • Kanisius celebrates 90th anniversary, being a ‘man for others’

The upscale Canisius College celebrated its 90th birthday in 2017. This event offered us an occasion to meet this Jesuit College situated in the heart of Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. Agnes Anya went back last November on this anniversary for The Jakarta Post, interviewing both a 12th grade student and a Jesuit teacher. […]

Wuja in a nutshell

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WUJA – the World Union of Jesuit Alumni – brings together former pupils or students of Jesuit schools and universities in the entire world in order to build international relationships between these people, to contribute to the mission of the Society of Jesus and to promote the universal dynamic of Jesuit education.

For these purposes, WUJA organizes world meetings of Alumni around themes related to the commitment in the world and the society in the perspective of Christian and humanistic values, as practiced and promoted by the Society of Jesus in its educational work.

With the broad network of member associations, WUJA also launches or supports initiatives for solidarity or development such as the Pedro Arrupe World Association, particularly in the field of education or in partnership with Jesuits.

WUJA wants to develop its Community to federate and mobilize as many Alumni as possible who are sensitive to this dimension of their education and interested in this global dynamic, by reaching them among others via the Alumni associations in the Jesuit schools and universities worldwide and the national structures or local groups of Jesuit Alumni.