Yearbook 2017 Presents a Community That Recalls That, “As the Society of Jesus, We Are Servants of Christ’S Mission
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YEARBOOK OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS 2017 Yearbook of the Society of Jesus of Society the of Yearbook Jesuits 2017 Cover Palm Sunday procession at Saint Rupert Mayer Mission, in Zimbabwe. Saint Rupert Mayer Mission is located 208 km from Harare - the capital city. The roads are extremely bad. The local inhabitants look to the mission as their light bearer. See story on pages 30-34 Published by the General Curia of the Society of Jesus Borgo Santo Spirito 4 – 00193 Roma, Italia Fax: (+39) 06-698-68-280 – Tel. (+39) 06-698-68-289 E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected] Editor: Patrick Mulemi S.J. Secretary: Caterina Talloru Graphic Designer: Gigi Brandazza Printed by: Mediagraf S.p.A. Padova September, 2016 2017 Jesuits Yearbook of the Society of Jesus INDEX : IN THIS ISSUE EDITORIAL 12 Patrick Mulemi, S.J. ............................................................................................................................................................6 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AUSTRALIA: My Ministry with Aboriginal Australians Frank Brennan, S.J. ..................................................................................................................................................................8 BOLIVIA: Indigenous Rural Population and Native Communities Vincent A. Vos, Roberto Menchaca, Lorenzo Soliz ..........................................................................12 INDIA: Jesuit Ministry among Indigenous Peoples in India Alexius Ekka, S.J. ..................................................................................................................................................................16 GUYANA: The Many Miracles of Ministry in Guyana Ramesh Vanan Aravanan, S.J. .................................................................................................................................20 SOUTH KOREA: Peace and Reconciliation on Jeju Island Francis Mun-su Park, S.J. ..............................................................................................................................................26 ZIMBABWE: Reflections of a Dry Brain waiting for the Rain Chrispen Matsilele, S.J. ....................................................................................................................................................30 GENERAL CONGREGATION GC36: Towards General Congregation 36 John W. Padberg, S.J. .........................................................................................................................................................36 30 GC31: Landmarks of the 31st General Congregation Editore ................................................................................................................................................................................................40 GC32: The Fidelity of the Society to the Magisterium and the Supreme Pontiff Vincent O’Keefe, S.J. ..........................................................................................................................................................48 GC32: The Declaration: “Jesuits Today” Ignacio Iglesias, S.J. ..............................................................................................................................................................52 GC33: Message of Father Pedro Arrupe to the 33rd General Congregation Pedro Arrupe, S.J. ..................................................................................................................................................................56 GC34: Men for Others, Men with Others 36 John W. Padberg, S.J. .........................................................................................................................................................60 GC35: Nine Memorable Weeks in Rome Michael Holman, S.J. .........................................................................................................................................................64 GC35: In the Footsteps of Saint Ignatius 64 Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J. ......................................................................................................................................70 GC36: GC36 should lead us to an Ecological Conversion Leo D’Souza, S.J. .....................................................................................................................................................................74 FROM THE JESUIT WORLD SPAIN: Young Pilgrims in the Footsteps of Ignatius Silvia Germenia, Pietro Casadio ...........................................................................................................................82 USA: Sacred Heart: A Parish on the Border Thomas Rochford, S.J. ......................................................................................................................................................86 AFRICA: Preserving Memory and Promoting Historical Knowledge Festo Mkenda, S.J. ................................................................................................................................................................90 MEXICO: Body and Mystery José Elías Ibarra Herrera, S.J. ...................................................................................................................................94 MEXICO: In Search of the Fourth Week on the Migrant Corridor 82 Brad Mills, S.J. ...........................................................................................................................................................................97 ROME: A Worldwide Prayer Network Frédéric Fornos, S.J.......................................................................................................................................................... 100 ITALY: Carlo Maria Martini: The Heritage of a Style Carlo Casalone, S.J. .......................................................................................................................................................... 103 ARGENTINA: Twentieth Birthday of Radio Trujui Humberto González, S.J. ........................................................................................................................................... 106 AHAPPY: AJAN: HIV and AIDS Prevention for the Youth Pauline Wanjau .................................................................................................................................................................... 110 ARSI: P. Roothaan – A Digital Archive 90 Brian Mac Cuarta, S.J . ................................................................................................................................................. 113 AUSTRALIA: Accompanying Asylum Seekers in Australia Aloysious Mowe, S.J. ...................................................................................................................................................... 116 120 CHINA: Jesuit Missionaries on China Television Jerry Martinson, S.J. ........................................................................................................................................................ 120 CLC: The Christian Life Community Edel Beatrice Churu, Luke Rodrigues, S.J. ............................................................................................ 124 ZAMBIA: Innovation at the Frontiers Wilfred Sumani, S.J. ........................................................................................................................................................ 127 POLAND: School of Contact with God Mateusz Ignacik, S.J. ....................................................................................................................................................... 130 KENYA: The Children’s Angel Marco Nese ............................................................................................................................................................................... 133 127 INDIA: Grateful Hearts and Wounded Memories Edwin J. Daly, S.J. ............................................................................................................................................................. 136 POLAND: Chaplaincy at the Catholic University in Lublin Leszek Szuta, S.J. ................................................................................................................................................................. 139 PHILATELIC PAGE The Jesuits, Builders of Globalization José Eduardo Francos, Carlos Fiolhais ....................................................................................................... 142 EDITORIAL Patrick Mulemi S.J. Dear Friends and Brothers in Christ, “Ignatius and his first companions understood the importance of reaching out to people on the frontiers and at the centre of society, or reconciling those who were estranged in any way. From the centre in Rome, Ignatius sent Jesuits to the frontiers, to the new world, ‘to announce the Lord to peoples and cultures that did not know him as yet.’ He sent [Francis] Xavier to the Indies. Thousands of Jesuits followed, preaching the Gospel to many cultures, sharing knowledge with and learning from others. He also wanted Jesuits to cross other types of frontiers between rich and poor, between educated and unlearned. He wrote a letter to the Jesuits at the Council of Trent on how to behave and insisted that they should minister to the sick. Jesuits opened colleges in Rome and in the great cities of Europe, and they taught children in villages across the world” (GC35 D. 3, n.15). More than 470 years later,