This page displays relevant official documents from the Society of Jesus related to arts and the artists, official magisterial documents or Church documents, as well as intellectual work from renowned individual Jesuits that offer a better understanding of what the relation between the Society and the arts is. 

It is intended to be a collection and a repository of key texts and thought, though at the same time presenting the opportunity to elicit new contributions to the field. 

Address Of Pope Paul VI To Artists (1965)
Decree 30 on the arts (GC 31 – 1966)
Workshop for Jesuit Artists (1971)
Father Arrupe's letter on the arts (Pedro Arrupe SJ, 1973)
Father Arrupe’s letter on the arts (Pedro Arrupe SJ, (1973)
Un Congrès D’artistes Jésuites À Rome Pentecôte (1983)
Letter Of His Holiness Pope John Paul II To Artists (1999)
Towards a Pastoral Approach To Culture (1999)
The Via Pulchritudinis, Privileged Pathway for Evangelisation and Dialogue (2006)
Meeting With Artists Address Of His Holiness Benedict XVI (2009)
Meeting With Artists Address Of His Holiness Benedict XVI (2010)
Address Of His Holiness Pope Francis To Participants At The Conference “Church, Music, Interpreters: A Necessary Dialogue” (2019)
Address Of His Holiness Pope Francis To Artists For The 50th Anniversary Of The Inauguration Of The Vatican Museums’ Collection Of Modern Art (2023)
Letter of His Holiness Pope Francis On The Role Of Literature In Formation (2024)
Address Of His Holiness Pope Francis To A Delegation From The “La Diaconie De La Beauté” Movement (2024)

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