At the end of March 2022, representatives of the entire European Social Apostolate will be gathered in Loyola for a Congress that we announced in December. Our intention will be to strengthen the apostolic body as we seek to explore the Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAP). It will be a week of formation, formation, apostolic creativity and commitment that we can take back to our teams and institutions to continue to align our work around our shared mission.
The organizing team has already published a framework document for the meeting (in English) which sets out the main themes to be addressed at this Justice and Ecology congress. These are: (a) Reading the signs of the times, (b) The movement of people, (c) the environmental crisis, (d) the connection between Faith and Justice, (e) the challenge of populism, and (f) rebuilding after the pandemic. The team has also prepared a document with questions for your preparation.
Another novelty at the moment is that the 17 workshops in which it will be possible to participate in these three days of congress are already closed. A glance at the titles and speakers gives a very good idea of what we are going to find at the meeting:
| 1 | Evaluating our carbon footprint in Jesuit communities and organisations: how it can help and where to start | Telmo Olascoaga (JESC), Gabrielle Pollet and Xavier de Benazé SJ (EOF) |
| 2 | Fundraising: making the UAPs go round | Nacho Esteve (Entreculturas) and Christoph Klotz (JRS RO) |
| 3 | What can a (Jesuit) University do to promote sustainability and social justice? | Jaime Tatay SJ (UP Comillas), Barbara Segaert and Erik De Bom (UCSIA) |
| 4 | Who is responsible for Jesuit (Social) Networks? | Xavier Jeyaraj SJ (SJES) and Klaus Vathroder SJ (ECE Jesuit Missions) |
| 5 | Reconcliation in Action | Nuno Jorge, André Costa Jorge e Catarina Figueiredo (JRS Portugal) |
| 6 | Construction of positive narratives on migration and asylum | Daniel Martinez (SJM) |
| 7 | Building Care-full relationships in our Institutions | Teresa Paiva Couceiro, Sara Borges and Jorge Cardoso (FGS) |
| 8 | What, in my view, characterizes an ‘ignatian campaign’? | Jörg Alt SJ (online) |
| 9 | Synodality: its meaning for social apostolate | Guiseppe Riggio SJ and Paolo Foglizzo (Aggiornamenti Sociali) |
| 10 | Spirituality in Social Action | Jose Ignacio Garcia (CiJ) and Margarida Alvim (Casa Velha) |
| 11 | Hospitality: Love in Action | Jaime Pons (SJM) and Alberto Ares SJ (JRS RO) |
| 12 | Refugees Welcome in Europe? | Claudia Bonamini (JRS RO) and Diego Fernández-Maldonado (SJM) |
| 13 | Ecological Conversion and Ignatian Spirituality | Jérome Guê SJ (EOF) |
| 14 | Educating for Global Citizenship | MariTere Guzmán (Alboan) and Irene Ortega (Entreculturas) |
| 15 | Jesuit Networks, Lessons Learned | Dani Villanueva SJ (Entreculturas/Alboan) |
| 16 | Harshness and hope at the European Border | Pep Buades SJ (SJM-Frontera Sur) and Stanko Perica SJ (JRS SEE) |
| 17 | Change hearts and minds towards Migration and Asylum | Carola Jimenez and Anouk Severin (JRS RO) |
The Loyola Congress 2022 will take place from March 28 to April 1, 2022 in Loyola, Spain. For more information we recommend visiting the congress website, where you can find the detailed programme, with the indication of the moments that will be livestreamed, and also the possibility of signing up to the congress newsletter, that will come out daily during the event.
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