X Congress World Union Jesuit Alumni Barcelona 2021

Next year, Barcelona will become for a few days the world meeting point of the Ignatian community, after  these days of confinement, reflection and with a special feeling of solidarity we want to share with you all alumni, teachers, members and friends of the Ignatian community, a message: “United by values, moved by the future “.

Barcelona 2021 comes as a process of reflection and dialogue around the value and actions that the Jesuit Alumni we have in front of us. Our common objective is to revive the potential of our network and to respond to the challenges of today’s society, inviting everyone to participate, to live reconciliation and jointly promote the value of union and action among alumni, all over the world and especially young people.

The X World Union Jesuit Alumni Congress to be held on 14th-18th July 2021 in Barcelona will be part of the acts to commemorate the 5th Centenary of the conversion of Saint Ignatius 500, which will be held in Spain that “Ignatius year 2021-2022”.

On our behalf, in order to commemorate the 5th Centenary in a meaningful way, we invite everybody on the dawn of July 13, to precede the Congress with a pilgrimage from Montserrat to La Cova in Manresa, after a “shared night candle” the previous evening in the Montserrat basilica and in the church of Casp jesuit Barcelona school. It will be a moment of encounter with ourselves and with other alumni from all over the world, to jointly follow the steps of the path that Saint Ignatius traveled 500 years ago.

The following day, Father General Arturo Sosa, sj will lead us the opening of the Congress showing his  reflection on the challenges and actions as alumni we have to , in the Ignatian framework of Reconciliation and the guidelines of the Universal Apostolic Preferences of the Society of Jesus. Main challenges facing society today and elements of aid for our action and its transformation will be worked on, combining the knowledge and experiences of relevant speakers, with the debate and interaction of congress participants in co-creation workshops.

These are the main challenges and problematic that humanity is facing today, on what we want to discuss:

• Ecology and our common House
• The problem of migration and the opportunity that arises
• The role of women in society and in the church
• Technology at the service of people
• The potential of religions in reconciliation
• Social innovation as a tool for social transformation

and these, the elements and  tools for our action and its transformation:

• Education, a transforming element of society
• The professional environment, a commitment for the action of a shared mission
• Social and educational development in the integration of the most vulnerable communities
• Collaboration and networking as catalysts for the Jesuit mission

You can already be part of the congress through   www.jesuitsalumnibcn2021.org join us, be part and follow in our Social Media channels.

We want to be all united.