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Father General visits Pakistan On February the 11th and 12th Father General visited the small Jesuit Community of Lahore in Pakistan. They paid a visit at two schools. Fr. General had also a meeting with Jesuit candidates.
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Father General visits Sri Lanka From the 6th till the 9th of February Father General visited the Jesuits of the Colombo, Galle and Kandy districts. He paid a visit to the Tulana Centre of Research and the Tertianship. He had different meetings with Jesuits of the Ministry Commission, of the North and East zone, of the erstwhile war zone and with scholastics and young priests.
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Father General visits Zimbabwe The third part of Fr. General's Africa trip was in Zimbabwe. He met the ZIM province, and visited Richartz House, the Arrupe College, the Mabelreign Parish and Ignatius College
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Father General visits Kenya After his visit to South Africa Fr. General went to Kenya for the celebration of 25 years Hekima College. He visited also AJAN and a lot of projects in Kibera and Kangemi, inaugurated the Institute for Peace Studies and a Spirituality Centre in Mwangaza, where he met the members of the East African Province.
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Father General visits South Africa Father General visited South Africa from the 11th to the 13th of December. After a visit to Apostolic Nuncio Mgr. Green in Pretoria, he has been brought to Soweto, he blessed and placed the first stone of the new Jesuit Residence in Johannesburg and met the Jesuits of the South Africa Region and a group of JRS Collaborators.
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Father General visits Slovenia Father General visited Slovenia from the 6th to the 8th of November. After courtesy visits to the Archbishop and the Apostolic Nuncio, he has met the Jesuits of the Slovenian Province at Saint Joseph Spirituality Center. During the afternoon a Eucharistic celebration has taken place at Dravlje church to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Province.
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Father General at General Assembly of the CEP On 15th October the provincials, vice-provincials and regional superiors of Europe began to arrive in Malta for the 15th General Assembly of the CEP. They were also joined by Father General and the three European Assistants from Rome. On the last day Father General addressed the assembly and shared his reflections.
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Father General Visits Croatia and Hungary From the 4th to the 9th of September Father General visited Croatia and Hungary to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of these two Provinces. In Croatia he visited Zagreb where he participated in a number of meetings and gatherings. The visit to Hungary was centered in Budapest and Miskolc.
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Father General Visits California Province (Part 2) Father General Nicolás continued his first visit to the United States as superior general of the Jesuits by attending events at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and then flying up to Sacramento where he continued to acquaint himself with Jesuit apostolates. Then he went to the University of San Francisco campus for further meetings.
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Father General Visits California Province Father General Nicolás visits the California Province as it celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding.
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Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach SJ departs from the Curia The former superior general of the Jesuits bids a warm farewell to the community which supported him for the 25 years of his service.
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Mass of Thanksgiving for Father Adolfo Nicolás The newly elected Superior General of the Jesuits, Father Adolfo Nicolas SJ, offers his inaugural Mass of thanksgiving at the Gesu church in Rome.
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Election of Father General Adolfo Nicolás Four days of prayer and consultation—known as the “murmuratio”—preceded the election that took place on Saturday, January 19. Father Adolfo Nicolás of the Japanese Province was chosen to head the Society of Jesus.
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Father General Kolvenbach Resigns The delegates of GC 35 accepted the resignation of Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach SJ, as Superior General of the Society of Jesus. This historic step set the stage for intense days of prayer and consultation as the congregation members sought to find God’s Spirit leading them to the right person to succeed Father Kolvenbach.
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Opening Mass for General Congregation 35 Delegates began their work with a solemn celebration at the mother church of the Society of Jesus in the heart of Rome. Cardinal Franc Rodé presided at the Mass which featured a choir led by Father Vlastimil Dufka SJ.
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