Six months after the conclusion of the 32nd General Congregation of the Society of Jesus in 1975, Pedro Arrupe hosted representatives from provinces and other Jesuit organizations to discuss the issue of collaboration. The meeting was particularly sparked by the congregation’s Decree 4, “Our Mission Today.” Below appears the text of Arrupe’s remarks to the […]
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“This task of direct evangelization by the preaching of Jesus Christ remains essential today and must be continued,” stated Decree 4 from the 32nd General Congregation of the Society of Jesus, “since never before have there been so many people who have never, heard the Word of Christ the Savior.” Four years after that gathering
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The last decree issued by the 35th General Congregation concerned the “dynamism” begun by the previous congregation of Jesuit delegates in 1995. The decree below contains the delegates’ call for renewal by the members of the Society of Jesus of “our commitment to apostolic collaboration and to a profound sharing of labor of the life
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The International Symposium on Jesuit Studies opens today at Boston College with a keynote address by Festo Mkenda, SJ, of Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa in Nairobi. The event consists of five panels examining the theme of “Encounters Between Jesuits and Protestants in Asia and the Americas.” In addition to Mkenda, keynote addresses
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In the current issue of the Journal of Jesuit Studies, historian Judith Rock examines the motivation, widespread production, and professionalism of ballets at Jesuit colleges in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. “The Jesuit college ballets,” she writes, “are a rich nexus of … art, theology, philosophy, and culture.” Rock’s essay and the entire contents
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The Portal’s editors welcome collaborative partners to provide free online access to the some of the richest content associated with the history, spirituality, educational heritage, and pedagogical approach of the Society of Jesus. The Portal’s editors are very pleased to acknowledge the collaborative assistance they receive from the following institutions: Archivum Romanum Societatis
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Oxford University Press has published The Jesuit Suppression in Global Context: Causes, Events, and Consequences, edited by Jeffrey Burson (Georgia Southern University) and Jonathan Wright (University of Oxford). Contents of this volume include: Plots and rumors of plots: the role of conspiracy in the international campaign against the Society of Jesus, 1758–68, by Dale K. Van
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An extensive account, Diego Laínez (1512-1565) and His Generalate, has been published by Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu (IHSI). Paul Oberholzer S.J. edits the multi-volume examination of the “Jesuit with Jewish Roots, Close Confidant of Ignatius of Loyola, [and] Preeminent Theologian of the Council of Trent.” Adolfo Nicolas, the sitting superior general, offers some introductory remarks. In
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J. Matthew Ashley, Kevin Burke, SJ, and Rodolfo Cardenal, SJ, have collaborated to edit A Grammar of Justice: The Legacy of Ignacio Ellacuría. The book, published through Orbis, is available on the 25th anniversary of the murder of Ellacuría and other Jesuits at the University of Central America in San Salvador. The editors include two
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Brill Publishers announces the first volume in the new Jesuit Studies book series. The inaugural volume is Saints or Devils Incarnate?: Studies in Jesuit History, a collection of 15 essays by John O’Malley, SJ. Brill’s announcement notes: “Almost from the moment the Jesuits were founded in 1540 by Ignatius of Loyola and his companions they
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