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Suffering, Love and Renewal of the world
Rev. Fr. General, Adolfo Nicolás, S.J.
Date posted: 28 - Apr, 2013 | Length: 5:06

0n 28 April 2013, at the church of St. Ignatius, Fr. General celebrated Eucharistic with the pilgrims of the Ignatian Lay Communities from various parts of Europe. This was the occasion of the 4th Sta ...
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Love is Above All
Rev. Fr. General, Adolfo Nicolás, S.J.
Date posted: 02 - Oct, 2012 | Length: 07:18

On 30 September 2012, Fr. General celebrated the Holy Mass in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Kraków. His homily highlights the exemplary life of Blessed Beyzym who spent his Jesuit vocat ...
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Give Life to All
Rev. Fr. General, Adolfo Nicolás, S.J.
Date posted: 05 - Aug, 2012 | Length: 14:27

The homily of Rev. Fr. General, Adolfo Nicolás, S.J., on the occasion of the feast of St. Ignatius Loyola, Church of Gesu, Rome, 31 July, 2012.
L'évêque Jésuite Rwandais Alexis Habiyambere rentre dans son pays, confirmé par le Synode sur l'Afrique
Date posted: 05 - Nov, 2009 | Length: 19

Après le génocide de 1994 les évêques Rwandais n'ont pas pu participer au premier Synode sur l'Afrique. En 1997 le P. Alexis Habiyambere fut consacré évêque de Nyondo. 12 ans plus tard le Synode est u ...
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The Social Apostolate of the Society from another point of view
A young Italian Jesuit works at the Social Justice Secretariat of the Curia in Rome as part of his formation.
Date posted: 07 - Oct, 2009 | Length: 20

Giuseppe Riggio is an Italian Jesuit in formation. During his philosophy studies in Padua he worked with an association serving refugees and those seeking asylum; he organized courses for people int ...
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Expressing the mission of the Gospel in the Asian context
Australian Jesuit fosters the use of the newest web techniques to express the voice of the church in Asia
Date posted: 02 - Sep, 2009 | Length: 17

Fr. Michael Kelly is an Australian Jesuit working in Asia. After having worked with radio, television and internet in various Asian countries and in Australia, for the past two years he has been the e ...
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Teaching as Transformation
Indian Jesuit in Sudan reopens high school closed during 20 years of civil war
Date posted: 23 - Jul, 2009 | Length: 22:34

Fr. Richard D’Souza first arrived in Africa from his native Bombay, India, in 1979. Initially he taught in a rural high school on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, and later was missioned to Kartoum, Sud ...
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An Apostle of Prayer
Father Claudio Barriga travels the globe promoting the Apostleship of Prayer
Date posted: 09 - Dec, 2008 | Length: 23:05

In 2007 Father Claudio Barriga took the reins of the 164-year old program and is working to update a solid, very practical spirituality. He also devotes time to the Eucharistic Youth Movement and too ...
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Missionary in Ethiopia
Bishop Rodrigo Mejía Saldarriaga helps the Church grow in southern Ethiopia.
Date posted: 07 - Nov, 2008 | Length: 22:35

Bishop Rodrigo Mejía Saldarriaga follows a tradition of Jesuit missionaries who went to Ethiopia in the very earliest days of the history of the Society of Jesus. This native of Colombia now serves a ...
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The possibility of joy after disability
Brother Rick Curry helps Iraq war veterans use art and prayer to confront their trauma
Date posted: 03 - Oct, 2008 | Length: 25:07

Brother Rick Curry founded the National Theater Workshop for the Handicapped and has helped thousands of people through the process of theater. Now he has expanded that ministry to reach out to return ...
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Recovering the Jesuit musical heritage
Father T. Frank Kennedy serves as musical archeologist as he discovers old scores from Jesuit schools.
Date posted: 01 - Sep, 2008 | Length: 24:08

Father T. Frank Kennedy is a Jesuit musician and scholar who has found actual scores of music composed for Jesuit schools in the 17th and 18th centuries, and then produced some of these very early exa ...
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Teaching a university how to learn
Father Michael Sheeran talks about his role as president of a Jesuit university
Date posted: 07 - Aug, 2008 | Length: 23:34

Father Michael Sheeran describes the evolution of a small liberal arts college into a university that reaches out to adults through innovative programs and new technologies. Fr. Sheeran has been at Re ...
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An adventure in India
Fr. Kevin White spent most of a year in Goa, India, doing the "Tertianship" program as the final stage of his formation as a Jesuit.
Date posted: 18 - Jul, 2008 | Length: 21:45

Early experiences in the Peace Corps gave Kevin White a permanent interest in international development. Once he entered the Society of Jesus, his work centered on a Jesuit high school in Boston. The ...
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A young province with an old tradition
Romanian Jesuits begin anew finding their path of service
Date posted: 23 - May, 2008 | Length: 19:54

Jesuits first came to Romania in the sixteenth century, but they are starting all over after the fall of communism and the sudden adoption of capitalist values. Father Vasile Tofana is one of the new ...
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Finding God Online
European Jesuit webmasters meet to find new ways to help people find God
Date posted: 13 - May, 2008 | Length: 15:34

Jesuits responsible for the web pages of the European provinces have been meeting regularly for four years to share ideas and improve their sites. More and more their efforts focus on helping people t ...
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New Beginnings in the Ukraine
Father David Nazar leads Jesuits in developing a new presence in the Ukraine as that country reinvents itself after communism.
Date posted: 29 - Apr, 2008 | Length: 20:40

A small group of Jesuits has begun to build a full range of apostolic activity in this former Soviet satellite which is recovering its own cultural heritage and moving quickly to develop its own ident ...
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Hope for Homeboys
Father Greg Boyle has worked for 20 years with gang members in Los Angeles.
Date posted: 18 - Apr, 2008 | Length: 23:18

Twenty years ago a Jesuit pastor in gang-ridden Los Angeles began to respond to young people who needed help surviving the dangerous streets around the parish. Father Greg Boyle began with a school an ...
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Talking about the General Congregation
Five delegates from General Congregation 35 reflect on what struck them most during this historic event.
Date posted: 10 - Apr, 2008 | Length: 20:33

Jesuits have only held 35 world-wide meetings (or general congregations) in over 450 years of their existence, so each one is special, all the more so when the delegates must elect a new superior gene ...
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Committed to Teaching
Biology teacher or provincial, Fr. Tim McMahon values education
Date posted: 02 - Apr, 2008 | Length: 23:43

A current Jesuit provincial talks about his own experience as a biology teacher in Central America and the United States, and explains why he remains convinced that education is one of the best ways f ...
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Jesuit Musicians at the General Congregation
Fr. Vlastimil Dufka and Fr. Bob Scullin reflect on the role of music during GC35.
Date posted: 14 - Mar, 2008 | Length: 21:10

Every morning during the general congregation, Fr. Vlastimil Dufka called the assembly to prayer with an oboe solo. This daily prayer-and-music complemented the solemn liturgies that marked the openin ...
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A Jesuit Brother's Vocation
High school teacher, vocation director, musician: Brother Jim Boynton
Date posted: 13 - Feb, 2008 | Length: 20:00

Jim Boynton entered the Detroit Province of the Jesuits and discovered his way of being a Jesuit-as a religious brother. His pastoral work has included a year directing retreats in India, teaching in ...
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Have Camera, Will Travel
Fr. Don Doll photographic interests range from native Americans to refugees in Africa
Date posted: 30 - Jan, 2008 | Length: 24:29

Fr. Don Doll is a veteran university teacher of photography and journalism who has also had a strong professional career and published stories in National Geographic. Much of his recent work focuses o ...
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Nativity and Vocation
Looking at the Nativity from several cultures
Date posted: 24 - Dec, 2007 | Length: 21:46

Fr. Jose Quilongquilong, SJ, explains how he presents the meditation on the Nativity in the Spiritual Exercises and how retreatants in the Philippines experience its grace. We also hear about the Posa ...
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Dialogue with Islam
Fr. Thomas Michel talks about what he has learned in over 30 years of dialogue with Muslims
Date posted: 17 - Dec, 2007 | Length: 32:11

Fr. Thomas Michel entered the Jesuits to go to Indonesia where he found his specific vocation of studying Islam and entering into dialogue with Muslims. He headed the Secretariat for Interreligious Di ...
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Conflict Resolution in East Africa
Interview with Fr. Elias Omondi about the work of the Jesuit Hakimani Centre
Date posted: 10 - Dec, 2007 | Length: 20:35

Hakimani is a name that combines the Swahili words, haki (justice) and mani (faith). The mission of the Jesuit Hakimani Center mission is to promote a faith that seeks justice, especially through the ...
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