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Development Resources OfficeThis section is for the use of the Development Directors, Mission Office Directors, Mission Procurators and Jesuit NGO Directors and those with whom they collaborate. This website is the beginning of what we hope will become an expanded, secure, interactive site where the Development Officers of the worldwide Society can exchange information, share ideas, post their apostolic needs and pursue the best practices of ethical and successful fundraising. It certainly can be shared with the Provincials, Treasurers, etc., but due to the nature of the information that may be on it, it should not go beyond the those working in and for the Society of Jesus. We hope that at some future point we can connect donors, directly to a “wish-list” for various ministries. That project will take some time, however. At present, there is a link (on the left side of this page) to an introduction that explains how the Development Resources office began and the next steps we hope to take. You will also find a brief profile of Fr. Jorge Serrano Ordóñez SJ, which explains his background, both personally and professionally. Next, there is a link to the email address of each development contact, arranged by Conference. The prior section is public, for the whole world to see. At this point, we have made it simply a broad based statement. We would like to see what, if anything, comes from the existence of this section. If you have ideas about what you think it should feature, please send them along.
You can use our FORUM for discovering best practices in other provinces, FAQ about fundraising campaign You can visit JesuitCommons for inviting new donors to support your apostolate. FORUM has this link: http://www.sjweb.info/curiafrgen/reserved/forums_dev/ JesuitCommons has this link: http://www.jesuitcommons.org
September, 2010
Dear Development Director, Mission Procurator, Directors of Jesuit NGOs and Development Office Contacts: This page is an introduction to the work of the Development Resources Office, describing how it came about and what the next steps will be. We began in August, 2007 and were a part of the Office of the General Treasurer. The first Assistant Treasurer for Development Resources (ATDR) was Mr. Chuck Duffy, who for two and half years began this new service of the Curia. The desire for the creation of this position came from the meeting of Now the question before us is: "How can the Curia, with its resources and expertise, help the provinces and regions in accomplishing and expanding their mission?" We want to be of service to the development officers, provincials, and treasurers of the Society. We intend to share information on fundraising, both through an electronic database and personal meetings. We want to help the provinces and regions find new resources as well as to help train those provinces (that need it) on best fundraising practices within their own culture. Further, we want to establish a personal contact with each office and region of the Society.
A further goal is the creation of an orderly process for inter-province support between developing and developed areas, with transparency and accountability for the provinces and the donors. As globalization and transnational issues increase, it will be important to establish clear practical criteria for inter-provincial cooperation. Mindful and appreciative of the great generosity of our benefactors, we want to be available to answer any questions that they may have regarding their donations and the works their donations support. However, to ultimately define what this office can accomplish requires a dialogue with the provinces. We have begun that dialogue with development contacts, both in person and by email. I invite all your comments, suggestions and ideas as well. I appreciate those I have already received. We have made good progress. There is now a development contact named by the provincial/major superior in every province and region. Since it will not be possible for me to be in communication with each individual work, the relationship with this office will have to be with the designated province contact. So our communication structure has begun to take shape. We are organizing these contacts into Assistancy Development Groups (ADG), for the purpose of networking, information sharing and training. The first ADG meeting was the African/Madagascar (JESAM), which took place in March 2008 in Madagascar. In July 2008 the a second ADG met in Rio de Janeiro for Latin America (CPAL). Eastern Europe (ECO) held its ADG organizational meeting in September 2008, in Krakow, Poland. South Asia (ASM) was organized in Delhi at its meeting in November, 2008. The East Asia/Oceania (CEP) meeting was in Manila, Philippines in June, 2009.
Prior to the organizational meetings, each province and region received a questionnaire in the form of a self evaluation of the province's abilities and needs in the development area. At this moment we are evaluating the impact of these workshops for improving the collection of financial resources for supporting the apostolic plan in each province and region. I invite all of you to participate in this section of the Curia Website, and use this one as a tool for sharing experiences, campaigns, best practices, questions and solutions to your task: Supply resources for the apostolic plan in each province and region. AMDG,
Jorge Eduardo Serrano-Ordóñez SJ |
Introduction to the office
Major Superiors at Loyola in 2005. There had been efforts at coordination and information sharing among provinces for some time. However this office was established to strengthen and enhance that existing coordination for the universal Society.
Thus, one goal is the promotion of co-responsibility among all the provinces. Each province of the Society has a responsibility for the welfare of the whole Society, i.e. all the other provinces. But it is also important that each province, regardless of its financial condition, recognizes its own responsibility for its financial condition. To that end we are working to help create development offices in provinces and regions that do not have them. We want to work with them to find new resources as well as to help train them how best to fundraise locally and internationally in a culturally sensitive manner. 
During 2009 and 2010, we offered to the conferences training sessions for new fundraisers in Madagascar, Krakow, Hyderabad, Bogota and Manila. For these sessions we used all Jesuit resources with a focus on the issues of the local culture.