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During Holy Week of 1977, a recording of the following sermon by Pedro Arrupe was played across Spain’s Radio Chain of Broadcasting Stations of the Church. It was translated into English by the Jesuit Jerome Aixala and appeared in a publication for Jesuit Sources. In these remarks, Arrupe examines the meaning of what he calls […]

The Synod of Bishops on Catechesis took place in October 1977. Superior General Pedro Arrupe delivered two addresses during the meetings, the first of which appears below. The remarks address the relationship between catechesis and inculturation. “The absence of inculturation,” Arrupe states, “is one of the main obstacles to evangelization.” To assist, he identifies some

Before the International Eucharistic Congress held in Philadelphia in 1976, Pedro Arrupe delivered two addresses, the second and more public of which appears below. The theme of the symposium was hunger, and Arrupe’s remarks describe the “problem of world hunger” as a “moral, a spiritual problem.” That is why he stresses the “tremendous significance,” in

At the International Colloquium of Jesuit Alumni held in Padua in August 1977, Pedro Arrupe delivered the following address. The frank remarks begin with the admission of the Superior General of the Society of Jesus that, while he feels “very much whatever touches the alumni, both as individuals and as a body,” there have been

The Second Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops took place in Rome in 1971, gathered to consider two topics: the ministerial priesthood and justice in the world. On the latter topic, a report on justice and peace was published in spring of 1972. Pedro Arrupe, in his positions as the Superior General of the

In August 1979, some 400 delegates of various associations representing former students of Jesuit schools in Europe met in Ghent, Belgium to explore “Christianity and the Future of Europe” in the fields of ethics, economic and social life, formation and politics. Father Arrupe, who was traveling in Latin America at the time of the meeting,

The Conference of Latin American Bishops (CELAM) took place in Puebla, outside of Mexico City, in 1979. Among the participants was Pedro Arrupe, the Superior General of the Society of Jesus. Towards the end of the conference Arrupe answered questions from the previous, a transcript of exchanges appearing below. Arrupe begins with some introductory remarks

One month after he had sent a letter to entire Society of Jesus on the topic in 1978, Pedro Arrupe sent the following letter to the members of the Indian Assistancy. The Jesuit Conference of India (comprising Jesuit works in India and Sri Lanka) had recently published a report by its Commission on Inculturation. “Inculturation,”

After delivering prepared remarks to the 1979 General Assembly of delegates of the National Federations of the Christian Life Communities, Pedro Arrupe answered questions from the audience. An edited transcript of that exchange appears below. The audience members offered questions on how to integrate role of a Christian as a professional man and a member

Pedro Arrupe had the following interview with the director of the Jesuit Central Social Secretariat in the summer of 1979. Questions focus on the need for exposure to and experience with the poor and why Arrupe believes it to be so important for Jesuits to identify with the poor. Arrupe provides details of how Jesuits