Dear Jesuit Alumni, The 31st of July 1973 was no ordinary feast of Saint Ignatius for the Society of Jesus, but no one at the time could imagine that the two events taking place on that day would so decisively shape the destiny of the Society. In Valencia, Spain, the Jesuit Alumni of Europe were…
The 8th World Congress of Jesuit Alumni/ae took place in Medellin from 14 to 17 August 2013 on the theme of “Jesuit Education and Social Responsibility : how can Jesuit Alumni/ae serve?” The choice of venue for the congress was not insignificant: The City of Medellin (second largest in Colombia) is a city reborn after…
The World Union of Jesuit Alumni, gathered in congress in Medellin from 14 to 17 August 2013 : Warmly thanks Father General Adolfo NICOLAS SJ, for his presence at the congress, for his presidency of the opening Eucharist and for his stimulating encouragement to the actions of the alumni and assures him of its…
The structure of the World Union of Jesuit Alumni was explained in the first issue of the Jesuit Alumnus: http://www.e-wuja.org/en/fr-le-conseil-de-lunion-mondiale/ Since then, a new Bureau was appointed at the 8th Congress in Medellin as well as new members to represent the continents in WUJA’s Council. Their mandate is for the period from August 2013 to…
On April 19, Fr Bill Currie, SJ, Spiritual Counsellor to WUJA, announced the appointment by Fr General Nicolas of Fr. Jose Morales Orozco sj as his successor. « Fr. Morales brings an extraordinary background to this position: former provincial of Mexico, former president of Iberoamericana University in Mexico City, former assistant to Fr. General Kolvenbach…
WUJA’s Council convenes at regular intervals. The purpose of these meetings is to follow up on the resolutions of the previous congress, to inform the delegates about the progress of the current projects, to decide on new projects and to prepare the next congress. The last meeting of the Council of WUJA took place in…
As we start this VIII World Union Congress it seems fitting to consider the two men to whom it meant so much. Fabio Tobon, a past World Union President from 1997 to 2003, who was the president of the organising committee for this World Congress which is being held here on his territory; and Tom…
Fraternité Stanislas Kostka (FSK) originated in Belgium, in Angleur (Liège) in July 1991, eighteen months after the fall of the «European wall »’. Its original purpose? To bring help, during the war in the Balkans, to the victims of the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. Former students of several colleges in South-Belgium remember the operation…
On June 7, last year, the Pope met students of Jesuit schools of Italy and Albania. Leaving the text that he had prepared, Pope Francis started exchanging informally with the students. Hereafter follows the text that the Pope had prepared and the account of the exchange that took place instead. Address of Pope Francis to…
“Wow. Where did that guy learn to lead like that?” A friend asked me that question a few weeks after Jorge Bergoglio had been elected as Pope Francis. My friend was startled-pleasantly so-by the new Pope’s powerful gestures during those early days: asking the crowd’s blessing before offering his own on his election night; taking…