Curia Secretariats
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Curia Secretariats
Fr. Anthony da Silva, SJ
Fr. Gerald R. Blaszczak, SJ
Fr. Francisco Javier Álvarez, SJ
Fr. Michael Garanzini, SJ
Fr. José Alberto Mesa, SJ
GC 35 and the Mission
FR. GENERAL
Govt of the Soc.(Cura Personalis)
General’s Council
Major Superiors +Conference Presidents
Local Superiors
Mission of the Soc.(Cura Apostolica)
Commission for Mission(3 Assistants + 3 Secretaries)
Secretariate for FAITH(3 Assistants + Secretary)
Secretariate for JUSTICE(3 Assistants + Secretary)
Secretariate for COLLABORATION
(3 Assistants + Secretary)
JUSTICE
COLLABORATION
FAITH
MISSION
At the service of FAITH
For the promotion of JUSTICE
In COLLABORATION
with all
Mission
WHY
• It’s about RELATIONSHIPS ; CONNECTIONS• Old Testament Theology of covenant• New Testament Theology of Discipleship• St. Ignatius and Collaboration with Lay Persons• Vatican II and Theology of Laity in the Church• GC 34 (decree 13) + GC 35 (decree 06)
WITH WHOM?
• With Fellow-Jesuits: Provinces, Conferences • Jesuit Networks, e.g. JRS, Fe y Alegria, AIDS …• Ignatian Family = other Religious with Ig. Spirituality; Lay Organizations (CVX/CLC…)• Alumni Associations• Jesuit Volunteers• With “Others” i.e. Women and Men of good-
will who ask/need our help in non-Jesuit Works
WHERE
• Nationally and Internationally • Collaboration between apostolic Sectors, for
example: educational, social, pastoral, inter-religious, retreats … etc
HOW
• Formation Programmes in Collaboration for Jesuits as well as others (non-Jesuits)
• Attitudinal change: work in subordinate roles• Cultural openness and tolerance for diversity• Willingness to share Resources: human,
financial, educational, infrastructural…etc• The three dimensions of FAITH, JUSTICE and
COLLABORATION to be present in all our Works.
GC 35 and the Mission
International Colloquium on Jesuit Secondary Education
Boston, July 30th
Good education for allPatxi Álvarez sjSecretary for Social Justice and Ecology
• The first Jesuits thought their missions would be short and flexible. They did not foresee schools:
“…because the members of this Society ought to be ready at any hour to go to any part of the world where they may be sent… they ought not to take on the care of souls… However, nothing prohibits them on a single occasion from hearing the confessions of a whole monastery for special reasons”. (Const 588)
Following God’s call…
• In 1548, they were called in Messina to found the first school to give instruction to the children of the city
• At the death of St. Ignatius there were more than 40 schools in different cities .They were the first schools
• For centuries the Jesuits gave instruction to the leading classes in many countries contributing to the growth of these societies
• Ignatian Spirituality has always been the ground of this education, helping persons grow
Following God’s call…
They were called to educate
• In the last centuries, education became a right of every person that the State had to provide
• But many poor children do not receive it
• In 1955, Abraham Reyes –a construction worker–offers his house to Fr. Vélaz sj:
“I offer my house as a school if you bring the teachers…”
• Fe y Alegría began like this. Today more than 1 million poor children receive education through FyA
• In the last decades dalits and adivasis in India have become students in many Jesuit schools
Following God’s call…
Called to teach the poor
• 70 million children do not go to school
• Girls suffer more than boys in this regard
• Another 70 million do not finish school
• Sometimes because they cannot pay
• Handicaps have far less opportunities
• Lack of quality education in many places
We cannot reach all these people
… but we may be able to do something
Following God’s call…
Are there still calls today?
Contributing to the mission of recent General Congregations
1. A universal horizon: quality
education for all
2. Education that aspires to improve our societies
3. For the benefit of the least
advantaged
4. Promoting green schools
In our schools we educate a number of students, but we aspire to a quality education for all the children
The world is not only our house;
The world is everybody’s house.
Our commitment requires not only that we educate, but also involves our demand of quality education for all
advocating politically so that all children may receive good education,
without discrimination on economic or ethnic grounds
Contributing to the mission of recent Congregations
1. Quality education for all
Contributing to the mission of recent Congregations
2. For the improvement of our societies
“We do not want successful
professionals
in failed societies”
(A university president to graduating
students)
We educate students to contribute to a more just and harmonious society
We are doing this in many ways:
• Offering our students the possibility of being involved in social services;
• Involving them in local citizen’s initiatives;
• Encouraging parents’ associations and the larger educational community to engage in social justice activities;
• Offering parents and students the possibility of participating in Ignatian lay communities that make a commitment to Church and society;
• Doing all this in alliance with other works of the Society, in order to demonstrate corporate credibility and to establish a social base for sharing horizons and values.
Contributing to the mission of recent Congregations
3. For the benefit of the least advantaged
Ignatius always asked Jesuits to discern the best service they could offer. They should see:
1. where there is the greater need;
2. where more fruit can be produced;
3. where there is a greater duty to make return for what has been received;
4. where our service can be multiplied more
Contributing to the mission of recent Congregations
3. For the benefit of the least advantaged
If our education is really good – as we believe – we should offer it first and
foremost to children with fewer opportunities
This is what is asked of us by our Ignatian and Jesuit tradition
Contributing to the mission of recent Congregations
3. For the benefit of the least advantaged
Our most long-lived institutions have to examine whether our Jesuit presence continues to be needed
Most likely our students would receive a quality education even if we were not
there
Perhaps we do not need to be there, and there are children in other places
who are waiting for our arrival
Contributing to the mission of recent Congregations
4. Promoting green schools
Some aspects that may be introduced are the following:
• Taking care that the educational space is free of pollution and toxic materials;
• Using materials and resources that are recyclable; using clean energy and designing sustainable buildings;
• Where possible, creating some green space on the campus where the students can learn about nature and care for it;
• Offering courses on ecology and the environment; introducing students to the beauty of creation and the need to care for it.
Offering a universal visionin a fragmented world
In our Jesuit tradition this universal vision is what was offered in the Ratio
Studiorum.
It is a vision that develops character, provides a critical perspective, encourages hope for the world,
and moves people to collaborate.
We still need something of that sort
Should not we try to work together in an endeavor as important as this one?:
A meaningful visionThat takes complexity into accountThat brings hope for a better world
That calls for our commitment
Thank you!អរគុ�ណច្�ន!