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GC36 Closing Mass: “They went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working through them.”
[Access the full homily in english here] In St Ignatius Church, a parish run by the Society of Jesus in Rome, Fr General Arturo Sosa celebrated the Mass of Thanksgiving for the closure of the 36th General Congregation. The main concelebrants were Fathers Douglas Marcouiller and Antoine Kerhuel. In his introduction, the General invoked Mary, under the title of Our Lady of the … [Read more...]
Prayer of the Faithful for the Celebration of Thanksgiving at the end of GC36
For the holy Church of God throughout the world: may she announce courageously the gospel of salvation and witness joyfully to Christ crucified and risen, who gave his life for love of the world. For our Holy Father Francis: sustained by our prayer in his ministry the service of unity and mercy, confirmed us in faith, refreshed in hope and inflamed with charity towards God … [Read more...]
Fr. General Homily at the GC36 Closure Mass
Homily of Fr. General Arturo Sosa, SJ On the Thanksgiving Mass of General Congregation 36 12th Nov 2016 at the Church of Saint Ignatius, Rome At the end of a powerful experience of discernment we feel a sense of vertigo faced before what comes next. We feel the difficulty of giving life to the choice made, to be converted by the way of proceeding that expresses the … [Read more...]
Own the narrative, tell the story: GC36 Communications
This is the mantra that Jesuits involved in media and communications have been using for decades: “Own the narrative. Tell the Story.” It has fed our passion for media work, guided our desire to create content, and pushed against the traditional understanding of what it means to spread the Gospels. That mantra was also the impetus behind a radically different way of reporting a … [Read more...]
