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A brief history of the Social Justice Secretariat 1968-1975Fr Franciso Ivern (Central Brazil) established the Jesuit Secretariat for Socio-Economic Development (JESEDES), today known as the Social Justice Secretariat. 1975-1984 Fr. Michael Campbell-Johnston (Britain) turned the JESEDES bulletin into Promotio Iustitiae which will soon reach its hundredth issue. 1984-1991 Fr Henry Volken (Goa-Pune) distilled all the Province responses into a panorama of the social apostolate at the end of the 1980s. 1992-2002 Fr Michael Czerny (Upper Canada) prepared the justice theme before the 34th General Congregation and launched the “Initiative 1995-2005”. 2002-… Fr Fernando Franco (Gujarat) joined the Secretariat on 3 December 2002 and - in union with the group of Assistancy Coordinators - has worked on concrete measures to revitalise the somewhat sagging spirits of this apostolic sector. |