APPOINTMENTS
Father General has appointed Father Jean-Jacques Guillemot, age 63, Vice-Provincial of France. He replaces Fathers Henri Aubert (Vice-Provincial of North France) and Antoine Kerhuel (Vice-Provincial of South France).
Father Luis Javier Sarralde Delgado, age 40, of the Province of Colombia, has been appointed Assistant to the Procurator General. He replaces Father Urbano Valero.
The Holy Father has appointed Father Luis Ladaria, of the Province of Aragon, as the Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. His Episcopal ordination will take place on 26 July at the Church of Saint John of Lateran. Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State, will be the principal celebrant.
CURIA
ACTA ROMANA
Part V of volume XXIII, covering the year 2007, has been printed and is being shipped. This edition includes also the indexes of the entire volume (2003-2007).
SECRETARIAT OF IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY
The latest issue of the Review of Ignatian Spirituality is devoted to Jesuits in parish ministry. From the Director’s presentation we have gleaned some interesting data:
-Number of parishes entrusted to the Society: approximately 2,000
-Jesuits working in parish apostolate: more than 3,000 or 15% of the total membership.
-Individual countries and regions:
United States: 77 parishes with 170 Jesuits; 112 Jesuits work in non-Jesuit parishes.
Latin America: 197 parishes with more than 382 Jesuits.
Spain: 30 parishes with 50 Jesuits; 30 Jesuits work in non-Jesuit parishes.
South Asia: 257 parishes (mainly in India); 11 in Sri Lanka, 2 in Nepal.
Africa: all the missionary work is centered around parishes. There are 13 parishes in the Democratic Republic of Congo in which 50 Jesuits work.
FROM THE PROVINCES
Near East
In response to a request regarding the health of Father Kolvenbach, the Provincial of the Near East informs us that after the intervention to clean clogged arteries, Father Kolvenbach is in good health. In fact he has traveled to Syria during the month of July to give some talks and direct the Spiritual Exercises of young Jesuits.
Father Fadel Sidarouss notes: “Father Kolvenbach is happy here, working at the Armenian Section of the Oriental Library and in the Arab-Christian Center. We are very happy to have him with us, with his proverbial simplicity and availability.”
Brazil
Msgr. Jose Carlos de Lima Vaz, S.J., retired Bishop of Petropolis, passed away on 9 July. With his death, there are 91 Jesuits Bishops, five of whom are Cardinals. The total number of Jesuit Cardinals is 10: among them two have voting rights in a Papal Conclave.