ROME: From 25 May to 6 June the third Colloquium for new Provincials will be held at the General Curia in Rome. This Colloquium will be in Spanish and Italian.
Sixteen will participate and the agenda will be similar to the previous two: present an overview of the issues facing the Society today and offer the opportunity to learn about the commitments and duties of their office regarding cura personalis, cura apostolica, community and apostolic life, from the legal, legislative, financial and organizational viewpoints.
The Colloquium offers Father General the occasion to develop a more personal relationship with some of his closest collaborators and bring them up to date on the governance of the Society as well as the progress of the projects he received from the 35th General Congregation. The new Provincials will have the opportunity to better understand the General Curia, with its many offices and secretariats, and visit the International Roman Houses.
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) directors of four African regions (East Africa, South Africa, Grand Lakes and West Africa) will meet at the General Curia in Rome, 22-23 May. These meetings are held four times a year to examine the condition of the refugees on the continent, what JRS is doing in the field and to plan future works in these regions given its human and financial resources as well as advocating for the rights of refugees.
The new directors of JRS regions will meet from 25 to 29 May. The first three days will be devoted to meetings of the regional directors with the international director and his assistant. Father General will join the group for the afternoon of May 25. Father John Dardis, former regional director of JRS-Europe and the sitting Provincial of Ireland, will lead the meeting.
It will focus on JRS governance in the light of the 35th General Congregation. On the 28th and 29th of May the meeting will be expanded to other international collaborators with the aim of enhancing mutual cooperation.