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Father General visits the Betica Province (Andalusia and the Canary Islands) From 7 to 10 November Father General visited the Province of Betica. Starting from Las Palmas (Canary Islands) he paid a visit to the Colegio San Ignacio, the Loyola Centre and the installations of Radio Ecca. Then he moved to Granada and the Faculty of Theology. The trip ended in Seville where he visited the ETEA Foundation, the future Universidad Loyola de Andalucía, the SAFA and Loyola Foundations and the Colegio Portaceli.
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Father General visits France From the 29th of September to the 2nd of October Father General has visited the Jesuits of the Province of France. He paid a visit at the Centre Sèvres, meet the scholastics in formation in France and participated at a Province Day.
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Father General at the start of Magis On the 6th and 7th of August Father General participated at the start of Magis 2011 in Loyola (Spain) where 3000 young people began their preparation for the World Youth Days in Madrid.
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Father General visits Canada From July 22 to the 29 Father General has visited the two Provinces of Canada. He participated at the Congress: Jesuit Relations: 1611 - 2011 - Remember. Renew. Without Counting the Cost." He took part in a contemplative pilgrimage with other Jesuits and friends and received a guided tour of Ste Marie-Among-the-Hurons, the village that was rebuilt according to the style of the ancient indigenous houses.
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Father General in Madagascar After his visit to the Province of Central Africa, Father General has visited Madagascar to participate in the General Assembly of the Provincials of Africa and Madagascar (2 - 6 May). From May 7 till May 11 he visited Antananarivo (novitiate, scholasticate, High School), Bevalala and Ambiatibe.
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Visit to Africa and Madagascar From 26th April to 11th May Father General is in Africa and Madagascar. In the Province of Central Africa (D.R.Congo) which is celebrating this year 50 years of its erection, he has visited the apostolic works of Kinshasa, Kimwenza and Kisantu.
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Father General in the Middle East From 21 - 28 March, Father General visited Syria, Lebanon and Turkey. In Syria he met Jesuits at Damascus and Homs where he accepted the last vows of Father Nawras Sammour. In Lebanon he met with several religious leaders as well as the President of the Republic. He has been welcomed at the college of Jamhour and at the University Saint-Joseph. In Beirut he has participated in the celebration of the last vows of Dany Younès and Nabil-Ghaly. Finally he visited the Jesuit community of Ankara, Turkey.
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Father General in India (2) After his visit to the Karnataka Province, Fr. General visited on March 8 and 9 Calicut (Kerala Province), where he met different groups (KER Jesuits, Coordinators, friends and benefactors) and the Juniors of the Common South Zone. On March 9 and 10 he finished his India travel in Kolkata for the celebration of 150 years CCU Province.
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Father General in India From February 27 to March 12 Father General has visited India. During his stay in Bangalore (Karnataka Province) he participated at the meeting of the Major Superiors of the South Asian Region. The days before the meeting he met candidates at the Candidate House, Saint Joseph College, the Jesuits of the Bangalore region and the Indian Social Institute. He visited also the regional theologate and the novitiate. In Mangalore there was a meeting with over 600 staff and alumni/alumnae of St Aloysius (an umbrella of 19 educational institutions).
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Father General in Egypt From the 2nd to the 5th of December Father General has visited Egypt. He met the novitiate, the formatores to religious life and the Coptic-Catholic Patriarch, the teachers, the students and the alumni of the Holy Family College. Finally he participated at a Regional day of the Egyptian Jesuits.
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Father General in Latin America After his participation at the Annual Meeting of the CPAL (Conference of Latin American Provincial), in November 2010, Father General has visited Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile
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Father General visits Belgium From September 24 to the 27 Father General has visited the two Provinces of Belgium. There was also a meeting with the Jesuits and and their co-workers working in the five common European apostolic works of the Society in Brussels.
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Father General visits the Russion region From the 4th to the 10th of July Father General visited the Russian Region. In Novosibirsk he participated in a meeting of Jesuits of the Region. In Moscow he met with representatives of the Department of External Relations of Orthodox Russian Church and there was a reception at the St. Thomas Institute, the theology, philosophy and history faculty run by the Jesuits in the Russian capital.
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Father General visits the Antilles and Haiti At the end of his Central American Trip, Father General visited the Dominican Republic and Haiti. In Haiti he visited some Jesuit Communities and places where Jesuits are helping the refugees from the earth quake of last January.
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Father General visits Central America After his visit to Mexico, Father General was in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Panama, from the 24th till the 27th of April. He met the Jesuits and their friends in the three countries, visited some schools of Fe y Alegría and inaugurated the new site of the Xavier College in Panama.
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Father General visits Mexico From the 19th till the 23rd of April Father General visited Mexico. The main purpose of his visit was participating in the World Congress of the Jesuit Higher Education, but he also met Jesuits and friends of the Society in Mexico City and Guadelajara and had a meeting with indigenous people in Bachajón (Chiapas).
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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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JRS Celebrates Arrupe Centenary Mass (Video) The Chiesa del Gesù in Rome filled with Jesuits and friends on Nov. 9, 2008 as Father General Adolfo Nicolás presided at a Mass sponsored by the Jesuit Refugee Service in honor of its founder, Father Pedro Arrupe. The event also marked the formal opening of a photo exhibition showing the 30-year history of the JRS.  View the video in Windows Media Player View the video in Flash playerRoma, Chiesa del Gesù | 9-Nov-2008 |