“He Never Went Back Home”

The Jesuit Journey of Adolfo Nicolás

By William Bole

September 21, 2016 — In the 476-year history of the Society of Jesus, there have been 30 Superiors General of the order better known as the Jesuits. By contrast, with a history just half as long, the United States has elected 43 presidents.

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Father Adolfo Nicolás, SJ, 30th Superior General of the Society of Jesus

The death or resignation of a superior general is a momentous event for the Jesuits, who run ministries worldwide and are especially known in the USA for their high schools, colleges and universities. Father Adolfo Nicolás, SJ — a native of Spain who has spent most of his life in Asia and whose preferred language is English — has served in that role since 2008. He will formally step down next month as Jesuit electors gather in Rome to choose a new leader and deliberate on the future of the order.

Fr. Nicolás celebrating Mass at Sacré Coeur Parish in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2011.

By historic standards, it has not been a long run for a “Father General,” as the top Jesuit is known. And yet, the 80-year-old Fr. Nicolás is leaving a lasting imprint on the global community of Jesuits and lay people who collaborate with the priests and brothers, according to members of the order and many observers. He has done so in ways strikingly similar to his fellow Jesuit who arrived in Rome five years after he did — Pope Francis.

As the newly elected Superior General of the Jesuits, Fr. Nicolás celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving at the Church of the Gesù in Rome in 2008.

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Father Adolfo Nicolas and Pope Francis, also a Jesuit, are seen together before celebrating Mass at the Church of the Gesu in Rome in this Jan. 3, 2014. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)


The Thirty-Sixth General Congregation of the Society of Jesus began in Rome on Oct. 2. Gathering Jesuit delegates from around the world, a general congregation is the highest authority in the order. But these worldwide assemblies are rare, convoked only “for matters of greater moment.” This congregation, like the one that preceded it in 2008, has first to accept the resignation of the current superior general, Adolfo Nicolás, S.J., who at age 80 wants to step down, and then elect his successor.

The job of the general involves a lot of time in the office, reading reports, deciding issues presented for his approval, appointing local superiors and writing letters. He attends many meetings, visiting with groups of regional superiors and other significant gatherings, talking, encouraging and supporting. He is not involved in the everyday running of schools, spiritual centers or media work, but his oversight helps these Jesuit missions succeed. Father Nicolás did all this with grace and skill. He was born and grew up in Spain, later went to Japan as a missionary and was named provincial there in 1993. Father Nicolás has delivered significant addresses on education and has been involved in refugee issues among many other initiatives.

The Society of Jesus owes Father Nicolás a great debt of gratitude for his careful leadership. We at Americahave been graced with his guidance during these years of rapid change. We ask our readers and viewers to join us in praying for the success of this general congregation, and in saying, “¡Gracias, Adolfo Nicolás! Thank you very much!”

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Gracias? He became Superior General in 2008, that's just 8 years.  

So, it's 2016, a new United States election, therefore a new Superior Gerneral? 

Local priest to help select new Jesuit leader

DAVID SINGLETON, STAFF WRITER / Published: August 24, 2016



KELLER

When Jesuits from around the world convene in Rome in October to elect a new leader, the rector of the Scranton Jesuit community will be among them.

The Rev. Herbert B. Keller, S.J., said Tuesday he is honored and excited to be one of approximately 215 delegates to the order’s 36th General Congregation, which will choose a successor to retiring Father Adolfo Nicolas, S.J., current superior general of the Society of Jesus.

The next superior general will be just the 31st to lead the society in the 476 years since its founding.

“When you look at the history of this, there have only been 35 congregations throughout the almost 500 years the Society of Jesus has been in existence,” said Father Keller, 65, immediate past president of Scranton Preparatory School. “So to be part of that, to be part of selecting a new father general, is pretty humbling.”

The Rev. Keller and the Rev. David Collins, S.J., a professor at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., were elected during secret balloting by the 284 Jesuits within the Maryland Province to represent them at the congregation after the Rev. Nicolas announced his intention to resign in late 2014. The province extends through nine states from Pennsylvania to Georgia.

They will be among 33 Jesuits from North America in attendance when the congregation opens Oct. 2 at the Jesuit Curia, the society’s world headquarters in Rome, just steps from the Vatican.

The Rev. Keller said the election of a Jesuit superior general is “unlike any electoral process that we would think of here in our country.”

“There are no nominated candidates. There is no campaigning, no lobbying. No one can aspire to the position, nor can one try to convince others to vote for someone else,” he said.

Instead, at the outset of the election phase, delegates spend four days engaged in what goes by the Latin word “murmuratio,” or murmuring. As the name implies, a “kind of quiet talking takes place,” with delegates interacting one-on-one to consider their relative strengths and to ask about others who may have the qualities to be superior general, the Rev. Keller said.

After a couple of days of conversation, a few names usually start to emerge, “and then you have an opportunity to speak with those people, to ask them your own questions,” he said.

Perhaps surprisingly, most superiors general in modern times have been elected on the first or second ballots, he said.

“It is a unique process and one that when you look at it you don’t understand how that would work, but you have to believe that God is part of the process,” the Rev. Keller said.

Once the new superior general is in place, the congregation will shift to its second phase, known as ad negotium, during which the delegates will focus on matters of mission, governance and the state of the society. All told, the congregation is expected to last six to eight weeks.

The Rev. Keller said this general congregation, while a rare occurrence in its own right, will be historic in another respect: It is the first congregation to be convened under a Jesuit pope. As a Jesuit, Pope Francis served as a delegate to two previous congregations.

It is customary for the pope to address the congregation — another reason the Rev. Keller is looking forward to the experience.

“In talking to Jesuits who have gone before to these congregations, they all refer to it as perhaps the highlight of their Jesuit lives, just being there,” he said.

Contact the writer: dsingleton@timesshamrock.com


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Earthquake among the Jesuits, the Pontifical Oriental Institute (Terremoto tra i gesuiti, al Pontificio Istituto Orientale)

The following is a Google Translate version of the original article in Italian:

Ousted by General of the Society of Jesus, the rector and the two deans. The scholar of Islam Samir Khalil Samir new regent provisional. A disaster foretold years

Sandro Magister


ROME, April 21, 2015 - Last week the Pontifical Oriental Institute mourned the mysterious disappearance of his teacher, father Lanfranco Rossi, found dead in a country not far from Rome.

But always the last week has invested the institute also a boar and its institutional earthquake, with the deposing of its governing body.

The notification of the order, signed by the superior general of the Society of Jesus, Father Adolfo Nicolás Pachón, Vice Chancellor of the institute, remained posted on the bulletin board just for one day. But many have been able to read it and know.

From Tuesday, April 14, the rector James McCann and deans of the two faculties of the ecclesiastical and canon law eastern Philippe Luisier and Michael Kuchera, all Jesuits, have fallen from their roles.

A hold temporarily the institute, with the status of pro-rector of "interim", was named Father Samir Khalil Samir, 77, a Jesuit, born in Egypt, renowned Orientalist and scholar of Islam, a former professor at the Université Saint-Joseph Beirut and in other universities in Europe and America.

And as a new pro-deans were appointed fathers Edward G. Farrugia and Sunny Thomas Kokkaravalayil. The only one who has remained in its place is the father Massimo Pampaloni, but downgraded from vice rector at pro-vice chancellor.

The ordinance went into immediate execution, without waiting for the start of the new academic year. In the letter in which he notified the measure, the general of the Jesuits tried again the spirit "uncharitable" that has disrupted the teaching community, with serious damage to the mission of the institute.

The Pontifical Oriental Institute was created nearly a century ago, in 1917, by Pope Benedict XV, along with the Congregation for Eastern Churches, whose prefect - who is currently Cardinal Leonardo Sandri - it is also Chancellor.

In 1922 Pius XI entrusted the institute to the Society of Jesus, reserving to the pope the appointment of the rector, on a proposal Autonomous superior general after hearing teachers Jesuits.

In recent months, the deans and professors of the institute had demanded the dismissal of the rector, the American McCann, judged incapable of driving the car academic. The general of the Jesuits sent an inspector in the person of Father Gianfranco Ghirlanda, former rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University and expert canonist. And the result was, in fact, the elimination of the board.

McCann's father who did not enjoy special appreciation even in the Vatican could be guessed on 19 February 2014, when they were appointed consultors of the Congregation for Eastern Churches vice rector and deans Pampaloni Luisier and Kuchera, but not him, the rector in charge: humiliation all the more searing as secretary of the congregation was - and still is - one of his fellow Jesuit, Archbishop Cyril Vasil Slovak rite greek.

However, concern that the disaster is not a single person but the whole institution had long been under the eyes of all, without which no one will be remedied.

The complaint of the disaster emerged the first time in public on 15 December 2011 in a solemn moment and in front of the entire faculty, at the farewell ceremony of Father Robert F. Taft (pictured), the US, eminent liturgist , the last of the great teachers of the golden age of the Pontifical Oriental Institute, like the fathers Tomás Spidlik, Moravian, made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2003, and Miguel Arranz Lorenz, Spanish.

To keep the "laudation" in honor of Taft - later published in the journal "Studies in the Christian East" and therein readable on line - was Stefano Parenti, Professor of Eastern liturgies at St. Anselm Pontifical Athenaeum in Rome and a disciple of the same Taft, with whom is now publishing a monumental history of the Byzantine liturgy in several volumes, for the types of the Greek Abbey of San Nilo a Grottaferrata.

Relatives said among other things:

"Unlike today, at the end of the eighties of the twentieth century the Pontifical Oriental Institute was a place of excellence for the study of the Eastern liturgies, especially the Byzantine liturgy. Who in the future sobbarcherà the burden of writing the story will ascertain the responsibilities that have led to a 'debacle' so sensational, in a game in the massacre, observed from a distance with the detachment of one who does not feel involved, sees an arena deserted, with no winners and no losers. "

And again:

"We are facing what in politics is called 'system problem', has long been known but ignored by those who had the task of monitoring. To this must be added the precariousness of many contracts and singular mode of recruitment and promotion of teachers , so there are professors stable in a good state university European or American, in the most favorable case, researchers would have remained until retirement. "

In fact, even today, just scroll down the table of courses to notice the precariousness of many teachings, trust in teachers raccogliticci, in a temporary transfer to other universities and reduced to do in a few weeks what should last an entire semester, to the detriment of the students .

To say nothing of the loss of the institution to its primary task of service to the Church, at a time of serious crisis in the Muslim and Christian, from Syria to Ukraine, a time when a contribution of consulting and study would be more necessary than ever.

As well as unproductive on these crucial issues, the Pontifical Oriental Institute has reported in recent months for the sensational defection of his former Vice Chancellor, Constantin Simon, American of Ukrainian-Hungarian specialist of Russian Christianity.

Released by the Society of Jesus and the Catholic Church, Simon was solemnly welcomed as a priest in the Russian Orthodox Church June 7, 2014, in a ceremony officiated by Archbishop Amvrosij Peterhof, rector of St. Petersburg Theological Academy.

Some predict that the earthquake of these days is only the prelude to a temporary closure of the institution, in view of its radical restructuring.

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The official website of the institute:

> Pontifical Oriental Institute

The full text of the "laudatio" in 2011 in honor of Robert F. Taft, with prescient denunciation of the "debacle" of the Pontifical Oriental Institute:

> The legacy of Robert F. Taft science liturgical

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The critical analysis of paragraphs of Islam "Evangelii gaudium" Pope Francis made by Father Samir Khalil Samir, the new pro-rector of "interim" of the Pontifical Oriental Institute:

> Islam and Christianity. Where dialogue stumbles (30/12/2013)

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POSTSCRIPT - At this Article replied Father Cesare Giraudo, professor emeritus of the Pontifical Oriental Institute and dean from 1998 to 2005 the Faculty of Eastern ecclesiastical:

> Healthy temporal, not the earthquake, at the Pontifical Oriental Institute


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Terremoto tra i gesuiti, al Pontificio Istituto Orientale

Esautorati dal generale della Compagnia di Gesù il rettore e i due decani. L'islamologo Samir Khalil Samir nuovo reggente provvisorio. Un disastro preannunciato da anni 

di Sandro Magister


ROMA, 21 aprile 2015 – La scorsa settimana il Pontificio Istituto Orientale ha pianto la misteriosa scomparsa di un suo docente, padre Lanfranco Rossi, trovato senza vita in una campagna poco lontano da Roma.

Ma sempre la scorsa settimana ha investito l'istituto anche un verro e proprio terremoto istituzionale, con l'esautorazione del suo corpo dirigente.

La notifica del provvedimento, firmata dal preposito generale della Compagnia di Gesù, padre Adolfo Nicolás Pachón, vice gran cancelliere dell'istituto, è rimasta affissa sull'albo solo per un giorno. Ma tanti hanno potuto leggerla e sapere.

Da martedì 14 aprile il rettore James McCann e i decani delle due facoltà di scienze ecclesiastiche e di diritto canonico orientali Philippe Luisier e Michael Kuchera, tutti gesuiti, sono decaduti dai loro ruoli.

A reggere temporaneamente l'istituto, con la qualifica di pro-rettore "ad interim", è stato chiamato padre Samir Khalil Samir, 77 anni, gesuita, nato in Egitto, orientalista e islamologo di fama, già professore alla Université Saint-Joseph di Beirut e in altri atenei d'Europa e d'America.

E come nuovi pro-decani sono stati nominati i padri Edward G. Farrugia e Sunny Thomas Kokkaravalayil. L'unico che è rimasto al suo posto è padre Massimo Pampaloni, ma declassato da vice rettore a pro-vice rettore.

L’ordinanza è andata in esecuzione immediata, senza attendere l’inizio del nuovo anno accademico. Nella lettera con la quale ha notificato il provvedimento, il generale dei gesuiti ha riprovato lo spirito "non caritatevole" che ha disgregato la comunità docente, con grave danno per la missione dell'istituto.

Il Pontificio Istituto Orientale è stato creato quasi un secolo fa, nel 1917, da papa Benedetto XV, assieme alla congregazione per le Chiese orientali, il cui prefetto – che attualmente è il cardinale argentino Leonardo Sandri – ne è anche gran cancelliere.

Nel 1922 Pio XI affidò l'istituto alla Compagnia di Gesù, riservando al papa la nomina del rettore, su proposta autonoma del preposito generale dopo aver sentito i docenti gesuiti.

Nei mesi scorsi i decani e alcuni professori dell'istituto avevano chiesto la destituzione del rettore, lo statunitense McCann, giudicato incapace di guidare la macchina accademica. Il generale dei gesuiti inviò un ispettore nella persona di padre Gianfranco Ghirlanda, già rettore della Pontificia Università Gregoriana ed esperto canonista. E il risultato è stato, appunto, l'azzeramento del direttivo.

Che padre McCann non godesse di particolare apprezzamento nemmeno in Vaticano lo si era intuito già il 19 febbraio 2014, quando furono nominati consultori della congregazione per le Chiese orientali il vice rettore Pampaloni e i decani Luisier e Kuchera, ma non lui, il rettore in carica: un'umiliazione tanto più bruciante in quanto segretario della congregazione era – ed è tuttora – un suo confratello gesuita, l'arcivescovo slovacco di rito greco Cyril Vasil.

Tuttavia, che il disastro riguardasse non una singola persona ma l'insieme dell'istituto era da tempo sotto gli occhi di tutti, senza però che nessuno vi ponesse rimedio.

La denuncia di tale disastro affiorò la prima volta in pubblico il 15 dicembre 2011, in un momento solenne e di fronte all'intero corpo accademico, in occasione della cerimonia di congedo di padre Robert F. Taft (nella foto), statunitense, liturgista insigne, l'ultimo dei grandi docenti del periodo d'oro del Pontificio Istituto Orientale, al pari dei padri Tomás Spidlik, moravo, fatto cardinale da Giovanni Paolo II nel 2003, e Miguel Arranz Lorenz, spagnolo.

A tenere la "laudatio" in onore di Taft – poi pubblicata sulla rivista “Studi sull’Oriente Cristiano” e ivi leggibile on line – fu Stefano Parenti, professore di liturgie orientali al Pontificio Ateneo Sant'Anselmo di Roma e discepolo dello stesso Taft, assieme al quale sta ora pubblicando una monumentale storia della liturgia bizantina in più volumi, per i tipi dell'Abbazia Greca di San Nilo a Grottaferrata.

Parenti disse tra l'altro:

"A differenza di oggi, alla fine degli anni Ottanta del XX secolo il Pontificio Istituto Orientale era luogo d’eccellenza per lo studio delle liturgie orientali, in particolare della liturgia bizantina. Chi in futuro si sobbarcherà l’onere di scriverne la storia saprà accertare le responsabilità che hanno condotto a una 'débâcle' tanto clamorosa, in un gioco al massacro che, osservato a distanza con il distacco di chi non si sente coinvolto, vede un’arena deserta, senza vincitori e senza vinti".

E ancora:

"Ci troviamo dinanzi a quello che in politica si chiama 'problema di sistema', noto da tempo ma ignorato da chi aveva il compito di vigilare. A ciò si devono sommare la precarietà di tanti contratti e le modalità singolari di reclutamento e promozione dei docenti, per cui vi sono professori stabili che in una buona università statale europea o americana, nella più favorevole delle eventualità, sarebbero rimasti ricercatori fino alla pensione".

In effetti, anche oggi basta scorrere la tabella dei corsi per notare la precarietà di tanti insegnamenti, affidati a docenti raccogliticci, in temporanea trasferta da altre università e ridotti a fare in poche settimane ciò che dovrebbe durare un intero semestre, a tutto danno degli allievi.

Per non dire del venir meno dell'istituto al suo compito primario di servizio alla Chiesa, in un momento di gravissima crisi nell'oriente musulmano e cristiano, dalla Siria all'Ucraina, un frangente in cui un contributo di consulenza e di studio sarebbe più che mai necessario. 

Oltre che improduttivo su questi temi cruciali, il Pontificio Istituto Orientale si è segnalato nei mesi scorsi anche per la clamorosa defezione di un suo ex vicerettore, Costantin Simon, americano di origini ucraino-ungheresi, specialista del cristianesimo russo.

Uscito dalla Compagnia di Gesù e dalla Chiesa cattolica, Simon è stato solennemente accolto come sacerdote nella Chiesa ortodossa russa il 7 giugno 2014, in un rito officiato dall'arcivescovo Amvrosij di Peterhof, rettore dell'accademia teologica di San Pietroburgo.

C'è chi prevede che il terremoto di questi giorni sia solo il preludio di una temporanea chiusura dell'istituto, in vista di una sua radicale ristrutturazione.

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Il sito web ufficiale dell'istituto:

> Pontificio Istituto Orientale

Il testo integrale della "laudatio" del 2011 in onore di Robert F. Taft, con la preveggente denuncia della "débâcle" del Pontificio Istituto Orientale:

> Il lascito di Robert F. Taft alla scienza liturgica

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L'analisi critica dei paragrafi sull'islam della "Evangelii gaudium" di papa Francesco fatta da padre Samir Khalil Samir, il nuovo pro-rettore "ad interim" del Pontificio Istituto Orientale:

> Islam e cristianesimo. Dove il dialogo inciampa (30.12.2013)

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POST SCRIPTUM – Al presente articolo ha replicato padre Cesare Giraudo, docente emerito del Pontificio Istituto Orientale e decano dal 1998 al 2005 della facoltà di scienze ecclesiastiche orientali:

> Salutare temporale, non terremoto, al Pontificio Istituto Orientale


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Adolfo Nicolas (S.J.) to discuss refugee issues

Marking 34 years of JRS, Jesuit Fr Superior Adolfo Nicolás to discuss refugee issues

November 17, 2014



In commemoration of the 34th anniversary of the founding of Jesuit Refugee Service

JRS International and Centro Astalli announce the colloquium:
Hospitality on the frontiers

5 p.m., Thursday

20 November 2014

Aula della Congregazione, Curia Generalizia of the Society of Jesus

Borgo Santo Spirito 4

Rome

(Rome) November 17, 2014 — Fr Adolfo Nicolás, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, will discuss the challenges of the reception of refugees with Fr Federico Lombardi, Director of the Press Office of the Holy See.

It will be an opportunity explore the concept of refugee reception, borders and asylum. The meeting, also coinciding with International Children's Day, will dedicate space to discussing the education of refugee minors, one of the principal areas of intervention of the Jesuit Refugee Service worldwide.

The colloquium will be introduced by Fathers Peter Balleis S.J., JRS International Director, and Camillo Ripamonti S.J., Centro Astalli Director, followed by testimonies by Tareq Al Jabr, a Syrian refugee living in Italy and Fr Mourad Abu Seif, a Jesuit from Aleppo, who will speak of the war tearing apart Syria and its people.

Fr Balleis: "Having fled persecution and violence, refugees search for safety and hospitality which makes it possible for them and their hosts to build a common future. More than 30 years of experience has convinced us that hospitality opens doors and makes that possible. We are talking about a practical hospitality, food, shelter, education. It is through education that generations of refugee children can have the opportunities offered to others; to build communities of peace and respect for difference.

Fr Ripamonti: "Refugees today face terrible dangers trying to reach Europe. They risk everything to exercise their right to live in freedom and dignity in peaceful and democratic societies. Let's put an end to this futile fear and welcome those fleeing war and persecution who seek protection. Let's make Europe a place of asylum. The Mediterranean should once again become a European sea, which unites peoples and cultures."

Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) programs are found in 50 countries, providing assistance to: refugees in camps and cities, individuals displaced within their own countries, asylum seekers in cities, and to those held in detention centers. The main areas of work are in the field of education, emergency assistance, healthcare, livelihood activities and social services.

At the end of 2013, JRS employed approximately 1,400 staff: lay, Jesuits and other religious to meet the education, health, social and other needs of nearly 950,000 refugees and IDPs, more than half of whom are women. Services are provided to refugees regardless of race, ethnic origin or religious beliefs.

Centro Astalli is the Italian office of Jesuit Refugee Service. Established in 1981, its headquarters are based on via degli Astalli in Rome. Accompaniment of refugees and the sharing of their experience is central to all the services offered by Centro Astalli, from reception for recent arrivals to advocacy and public awareness activities. Thanks to the ongoing efforts of more than 450 volunteers, Centro Astalli provided services to more than 34,300 forced migrants in Rome, Vicenza, Trento, Catania and Palermo, nearly 21,000 in Rome alone.



Press Contact Information
Mr Christian Fuchs
christian.fuchs@jrs.net
202-629-5946

Source: http://jrsusa.org/news_detail?TN=NEWS-20141117094654
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Thoughts on a Monday Morning: Damnable monsters

Published on Monday, September 01, 2014 00:00

By Russ Mason


RESEARCH is an odd experience, especially on Google. Because, when you get your search results there are often related links further down the page. This was the case with me a couple of days ago, and it was both a fascinating and horrific learning experience when I clicked on an unknown link.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about powerful, fairly obscure, organizations which control the destiny of our world. In American we have the Council on Foreign Relations, in Britain there are the Tavistock Institute and the Royal Institute for International Affairs, and the grand-daddy of all controlling organizations are the Rothschilds.

The Rothschilds are the wealthiest family in the world, as in trillions. They have been international bankers and financiers since the 1700’s and have almost total control of the banks. As an elder Rothschild remarked, “Give me control of a country’s money and I care not who makes its laws.”

The Rothschilds work with a secret organization, the Committee of 300, also known as the Olympians. If you look it up, you can see the names of the members, and (surprisingly) there are a few American names on it: Henry Kissinger, David Rockefeller, and Michael Bloomberg, to name but three.

It is the Committee of 300 that really runs the world, under the watchful eyes of the Rothschild family. The Committee began in 1727 and has wielded enormous power ever since then.

There are other groups, such as the Bilderburgers, whose yearly meetings are strictly secret and have impenetrable security. But the Bilderburgers are merely a farm team for the Committee of 300. Same with the CFR and the other two British institutions.

Still, the Bilderburgers cannot be discounted, since they represent captains of industry, the media, and politics. They handle the day-to-day activities of various countries: what country is going to get bailed out, what to do about the Ebola epidemic (nothing) and whether a war is justified — as is the case in the Middle East and Ukraine.

The above is fairly common knowledge to those who follow such topics. However, in my research I ran across pages of information which stopped me cold; things I had vaguely heard about but never took the time to research.

One such topic is the Black Nobility. This hasn’t to do with race, but with a secret society which exists in Europe. The members of the Black Nobility are immensely rich, powerful and secretive. They are also alleged criminals who have not yet been caught.

The Black Nobility includes heads of state, and the ruling elite, of Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, and England. They are the principals, but there are most likely other elitists from Italy, France and Germany.

We have similar societies in the USA: Bohemian Grove and the Skull and Bones at Yale University. They are influential but do not sink to the depths of their European counterparts, which worship Lucifer, engage in pedophilia and the ritual sacrifice of children.

The focal point for these crimes is a small castle in Belgium, Chateau des Amerois, the “Castle of the Dark Mother.” It is located near the village of Muno, and is a center of the occult, as well as a center for child trafficking, sexual abuse, and murder.



Adolfo Nicolás Pachón


Closely allied with the Black Nobility is a man named Very Rev. Adolfo Nicolás Pachón, S.J., also known as the “Black Pope.” He is the Superior General of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), the largest order in the Roman Catholic Church. He is also (allegedly) a pedophile and a murderer, and is currently under indictment. Until he is found guilty, Pachón continues to wield enormous power in the world — all in secret.

The power of Pachón even supersedes that of Pope Francis, who is also under indictment for alleged child abuse and murder, similar to his predecessor, Pope Benedict. Benedict will go to jail for 25 years for “crimes against humanity.”

Helping to bring the powerful sadists and murders to justice is the International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State (ITCCS.org), which was founded in 2010. A lead researcher is a man named Kevin Annett, a Canadian, and he is fearless. He is worth watching on YouTube, since he has the facts about the Catholic-run Ninth Circle cult which includes popes, cardinals, members of the British royal family and Church of England.

“With the successful prosecution of its second litigation against top church and state officials for crimes against humanity (www.itccs.org July 19, 2014), the Court has established a Permanent Commission of Inquiry into Child Trafficking and Ritual Sacrifice that will convene today, September 1, 2014. All affiliates are urged to work actively with the Commission to continue the prosecution of culpable individuals and institutions.

“The attempted arrests of convicted felons Jorge Bergoglio (Pope Francis), Adolfo Pachón (Jesuit Superior General) and Justin Welby (Archbishop of Canterbury), and the successful disruption of their Ninth Circle sacrificial ritual in Montreal, Canada on August 15, has compelled the upcoming resignation or removal of Bergoglio: the second deposing of a pope indicted by our Court since February, 2013.

“The August 15 disruption has yielded hard evidence of the Ninth Circle sacrifices and their participants: evidence which is presently being analyzed by our Court and will be published as part of our ongoing Commission into ritual sacrifice. The Montreal cult member who has agreed to work with our Court has already identified the locations and dates of other upcoming rituals, which will be targeted and disrupted by our Direct Action Units, and their participants arrested and held for prosecution.

“These courts have commenced the indictment of government, church and corporate officials in their respective countries for human rights violations, mortgage fraud, criminal conspiracy, child trafficking and murder, and betrayal of their oaths of public office.” (from the ITCCS.org web site)

All of the above information, and a great deal more, can be found by a simple Google search, although the ITCCS.org site has information about the investigations and prosecutions. Search on: Black Nobility or the Ninth Circle if you want the gruesome details, along with names and pictures of the alleged offenders. It’s chilling, especially since there are eyewitnesses who have come forward to testify.

It’s bad enough that children are abused and sacrificed by monsters, but when the monsters are popes or heads of state, you have to ask: what has happened to our world?


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Jesuit Mass (2013) in Rome @ Chiesa del Gesù

Mass at Gesù on 31 July 2013

CPRO Rome

Published on Aug 9, 2013


By Roy Sebastian, S.J.

http://www.sjweb.info/news/index.cfm?...

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Electing the Jesuit superior general

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By Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas S. J. |Philippine Daily Inquirer
1:00 am | Monday, June 16th, 2014



Word has been officially circulated that the current superior general of the Jesuits is set to resign in 2016. What is so special about that?

The Jesuit superior general is sometimes referred to as the Black Pope because he is seen as a powerful religious leader who, unlike the pope who is usually seen in white, is more often dressed in a black soutane—that is, when he is not running around in mufti.

But like the pope, the Jesuit superior general is elected to serve office for life. This is a feature in the Jesuit Order introduced by Ignatius himself purportedly for the purpose, among others, of preventing Jesuits from ambitioning for the position. I have never been subjected to that temptation myself. But if ever the general wants to quit, it is not a simple nor an inexpensive matter.

The general is elected by a General Congregation, that is, an assembly of elected Jesuit delegates summoned from around the world who travel to Rome for the purpose. (Although the next one might be somewhere outside Rome.) The first step in the process is a consultation of provincial superiors around the world, asking them if in their judgment it is time to consider looking for a new general. If their judgment is positive, then the general summons a General Congregation and the general submits his resignation to the assembled General Congregation. Once the resignation is accepted, the General Congregation proceeds to the election of a new general.

How is the election done? I was one of the Philippine delegates to the General Congregation that elected Fr. Hans von Kolvenbach as general to succeed Fr. Pedro Arrupe who, for reasons of health, submitted his resignation. First, we had to vote to accept the resignation of Fr. Pedro Arrupe. After Father Arrupe’s resignation was accepted, we proceeded to the election of a new general. How is it done?

It is nothing like the election processes we are familiar with. There are no nominated candidates. There is no campaigning. The most we have is what is called “murmuratio” when a delegate is allowed to talk to others who might know something about one who is a possible general. After the days of “murmuratio,” the delegates—and the delegates alone—are locked up in the session hall where they go through the process of voting.

There are no nominees. The delegates could vote for any qualified Jesuit in the entire world.

Each is given a slip of paper on which to write his vote. The votes are collected, counted to ensure that there is no duplication, read and tallied. If no one gets the majority of the votes, then another round of voting is done until someone finally comes out as the choice of the majority. Next, palakpakan.

This is also how it will be when we finally go through the process of electing who will succeed Fr. Adolfo Nicolas.

Father Nicolas is well known to many of us in the Philippines where he spent several years of his Jesuit life. Many times we had dinner together in the Jesuit Residence where I live. He was then director of the East Asian Pastoral Institute in the Ateneo de Manila campus when he was pulled out to become general. But why is he now resigning?

In his letter to the whole Jesuit society, he said: “Several years have passed since my election as Superior General of the Society and I have recently reached the age of 78. Reflecting on the coming years, I have reached the personal conviction that I should take the needed steps towards submitting my resignation to a General Congregation. After obtaining the initial approval of the Assistants ad providentiam and having informed his Holiness Pope Francis, I formally consulted the Assistants ad providentiam and the Provincials, as our law requires (NC 362). The result of the consultation is favorable towards the convening of a General Congregation.”

What follows now? Before the next General Congregation to elect a general, there will be Provincial Congregations whose task it will be, among others, to elect delegates to the General Congregation. As I a recall, from the Philippines those going there are the current provincial superior and whoever are the two delegates elected by our Provincial Congregation.

Who will be the next general? If I am not mistaken, past generals, like all past popes before the current one, have all been European. We now have a Latin American pope. Will the next general be again European? Or will the General Congregation decide that it is now time for a Latin American or an Asian or an American general? The only thing I am sure of is that it will not be this Asian.


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BREAKING NEWS: BLACK POPE TO RESIGN IN 2016

*Note: You may want to turn down the volume between 0:13 - 0:40 to avoid listening to loud electronic music;  Other than that the video is highly informative! 

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Published on May 25, 2014

Adolfo Nicolás is the Superior General of the Society of Jesus and he has announced that at end of this year he will convoke General Congregation 36 which will be held in 2016 where he will also retire. These meetings are huge deals, there have been only had 35 in the over 450 year history of the Society of Jesus. This points at the Vatican making rapid moves toward their New World Order and ecumenical plan of global domination. I'm also wondering why this has failed to reach the media and even alternate news media.

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Adolfo Nicolas to resign as Superior General of the Jesuits in 2016

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Father General's Journey

Black Pope Adolfo Nicolás Pachón (left) and  Peter Hans Kolvenbach (right) his "predecessor".

Father General's Journey. On 25 April, Father General left Rome for South America. He will return on 12 May. The first stop of the visit was British Guyana, Venezuela and Cuba. During the second half of this visit, Father General took part in the 28th Meeting of Latin America Provincials (CPAL). On Friday, 25 April, Father General began his journey in British Guyana. After a night in Barbados, he arrived in Georgetown at noon on 26 April. Visits to apostolic works of the Society, and a meeting with Jesuits and their collaborators followed. Father General left for Venezuela on Monday, 28 April, where his stay centered on Caracas and Maracaibo. In Caracas, he visited the Catholic Andrés Bello University, the La Vega barrio, the Educational and Pedagogical Reflection Center, the San Ignacio College, and the Jesús Obrero center of collaboration, where he met Jesuits and their collaborators. The visit in Maracaibo on 30 April, allowed him to familiarize himself with the Ignatian Apostolic Network of Zulia. On the evening of 2 May, he left for Cuba, where he remained until the afternoon of 4 May. In Havana, he met the country's religious congregations, as well as Jesuits and their collaborators. He participated in the Festival de Jóvenes Ignacianos. On the Sunday evening he travelled to Guadalajara, Mexico, to take part in the Latin American Provincials meeting.

The 28th Assembly of CPAL begins on 6 May and continues until Saturday, 10 May. It will be held in the Retreat and Conference Center at Puente Grande. Father General will personally meet with each Provincial during the Assembly. He will familiarize himself with the common projects of CPAL's Provinces and Regions. These include the project centered on the Panama Canal Zone, and the international centers of formation. Core issues on the Assembly's agenda will be the re-configuration of Provinces, and the establishment of common centers of philosophical formation. On Friday, 9 May, still in Puente Grande, Father General will meet the Mexican Jesuits in formation. On Sunday, 11 May, before his departure for Rome, Father General will launch an exhibition whose theme is the Society of Jesus during the colonial era. This will be held in the Society's former novitiate and missionary center in Tepotzotlán, near Mexico City.


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Pope Benedict, Queen Elizabeth and Jesuit Superior charged, pretrial set

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March 1, 2014

Today Pope Benedict, Queen Elizabeth, Jesuit Superior General Adolfo Nicolas Pachon and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby were delivered a summons to appear before a Brussels international court on 31 March 2014. www.itccs.org

They were charged with aiding and abetting the torture, trafficking and murder of children, plus concealing evidence regarding:

* Albert Hance, age 9: starved to death at the Anglican St. George's school in Lytton, British Columbia

* Richard Thomas, age 15: beaten to death by Catholic Priest Terrance MacNamara at the Kuper Island school, British Columbia

* Shirley Tatooche, age 10: raped and murdered by Catholic priests at the Fort Albany school, Ontario

* Efforts since 2008 to thwart excavation of 32 child mass grave sites on Canadian native residential school grounds by Queen Elizabeth, the Catholic Church, United Church of Canada, Anglican Church and Canadian government. A 25 Feb. 2013 Brussels International Court had found all guilty in the case of 50,000 missing native children who were found raped, tortured, sex trafficked and/or killed at 80 residential schools across Canada. Review the evidence in "Hidden No Longer" available for free at: www.hiddennolonger.com and www.ChildAbuseRecovery.com

* Pope Benedict's role in the 1987 murder of a female child at a French chateau in Holland. At least three witnesses have agreed to testify. http://itccs.org/category/ritual-rape-and-torture-of-children/

* Pope Francis' fast ascension to head of the Catholic Church in Argentina was suspected to be a result of his agreement with the Junta military to traffic children from Catholic orphanages during Argentine's 1970s Dirty War. An Argentine civil servant who took extensive notes of meetings between Francis and Junta military officials, has agreed to come out of hiding in Spain to testify.

* Pope Francis', Pope Benedict's and Queen Elizabeth's use of an agreement called Crimen Sollicitationas to prevent release of information to legal authorities for prosecution of crimes against millions of Anglican and Catholic Priest Abuse victims. A Vatican source claimed Queen Elizabeth signed the document with Pope Benedict on 16 Sept. 2010 at Holyrood Castle in Edinburgh.

* The 2013 international court also found Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip guilty of taking ten children from the Kamloops Catholic residential school on October 10 1964. Parents haven't seen their children since. Three witnesses to the abduction died of mysterious causes prior to the court hearing. Four ITCCS members attempting to publicize Queen Elizabeth's arrest warrant were at different times, detained, held for days without charges and released only because of public outcries.
"We ask all people of conscience to remember and act not only for children who are presently suffering and dying at the hands of church-protected child rapists and traffickers, but for countless children who have died" stated Kevin Annett of the International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State which is heading prosecution. "Anyone with evidence related to this matter is invited to submit it to the Office of the Citizen Prosecutor of the Court at itccscentral@gmail.com."

A Day of Silence to End Church Violence Against Children has been called for 30 March 2014. The ITCCS and its affiliates invited people of conscious to join them in prayer, fasting and reflection for abused children.

The 25 Feb. 2013 Brussels court found Queen Elizabeth, Pope Benedict and 28 other global elites guilty of Crimes Against Humanity. Pope Benedict resigned from office that same day.


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Pope celebrates Mass at Jesuit church in Rome

By Carol Glatz on Friday, 3 January 2014

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Pope Francis smiles during Mass at the Church of the Gesu in Rome Below: The Pontiff with Father Adolfo Nicolas outside the church (CNS)


True faith is marked by the daring desire to change the world with the loving heart of Jesus, Pope Francis said today during a visit to the Jesuits’ main church in Rome

The zealous proclamation of the Gospel must never be coupled with “inquisitional clobbering, with condemnation. No, the Gospel is proclaimed with kindness, fraternity and love,” he told more than 300 of his fellow Jesuits.

The Pope celebrated the feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus at the Church of the Gesu. It was the first Jesuit Pope’s third visit as Pontiff to the church where St Ignatius of Loyola and other Jesuit leaders are buried.

The Mass was also a celebration of thanksgiving for the recent canonisation of St Peter Faber, who, with St Ignatius and St Francis Xavier, was a founding member of the Society of Jesus and the first of the Jesuits to be ordained a priest.

In his homily, Pope Francis said that one of things that stood out with St Peter was his desire to “empty himself” and let Christ fill his heart and life.

The 16th-century priest possessed a restlessness for God, an understanding of his dreams and desires, and the ability to act with determination, the Pope said.

“An authentic faith always entails a deep desire to change the world. This is the question we must ask ourselves: Do we, too, have a great vision and impulse? Are we audacious? Does our dream soar high? Does our zeal consume us?” the Pope asked.

“Or are we mediocre and we content ourselves with our laboratory of apostolic programmes?”



Instead, people need to remember “the strength of the Church does not reside in itself and its organisational abilities, but hides in the deep waters of God,” the Pope said.

These “deep waters stir up our desires and these yearnings widen the heart,” he added, citing St Augustine, who saw prayer as a way to fuel the desire to widen one’s heart to God.

“St Peter was consumed by the intense desire to convey the Lord” to others and “if we don’t have the same yearning, then we need to stop and pray and, with silent fervour, ask the Lord for the intercession of our brother Peter (the apostle) to return to fascinate us – that appeal of the Lord that led Peter to all that apostolic madness.”

Only with Christ at the centre of one’s life can people go to the ends of the earth for God, he said, adding that Jesuits must be willing to empty themselves and feel, think, love, see and walk like Christ.

Though he did not mention it in his homily, 2014 marks the 200th anniversary of the restoration of the Society of Jesus by Pope Pius VII after it had been suppressed for 41 years starting in 1773 by Pope Clement XIV.

To avoid losing his way, the Pope said, a Jesuit must be “a person whose thinking is incomplete, whose thinking is open, so that he always thinks looking at the horizon that is the always greater glory of God who endlessly surprises us.”

At the end of the Mass, Father Adolfo Nicolas, superior general of the Jesuits worldwide, thanked the Pope for celebrating Mass with them and for the canonisation of St Peter, saying “each time a Jesuit becomes a saint is an opportunity for all of us to deepen our vocation.”

Father Nicolas also recalled the joy he felt when Pope Francis called him immediately to say “I just signed the decree” declaring Faber a saint.

The decree, signed on the Pope’s birthday (December 17) was an “equivalent canonisation,” in which the Pope inserts the name of the new saint in the universal calendar of saints without verifying a miracle performed through his intercession and without holding a formal canonisation ceremony.


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Jesuit superior general commemorates 200th anniversary of Society’s restoration

The Church of the Gesu, Rome

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CWN - November 15, 2013



The superior general of the Society of Jesus, the Church’s largest male religious institute, has issued a letter commemorating the upcoming bicentennial of the institute’s restoration by Pope Pius VII.

Founded in 1534, the Church’s largest male religious institute was suppressed by Pope Clement XIV in 1773 under political pressure.

Father Adolfo Nicolás, the superior, proposed five themes for the 2014 bicentennial year: “creative fidelity,” “love for our Institute,” “fraternal companionship,” “universal mission,” and “faith in Providence.”


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August 2, 2013


This Wednesday was the anniversary of the death of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) and this is also the order of priests in which Jorge Mario Bergoglio was ordained on 13 December1969, a few days before his 33rd birthday.

As his vehicle arrived at the Church of the Jesuits in Rome, Pope Francis alighted at the site of the tomb of St. Ignatius, that had been first consecrated in 1584. Pope Francis was greeted at the door of the Church known as the Gesù – the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus. In his greeting of the Pontiff, the Superior General of the Jesuits, Father Adolfo Nicolas, made reference to his historic visit to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, earlier in the week, as 3.5 million pilgrims joined in celebration with the Holy Father, at the 2013 World Youth Day.

Although only 427,000 individuals registered for the event, by Tuesday there were 600,000 attendees; and two days later, the pilgrims tallied more than 2 million. The organizers have provided additional details in their report:


Saturday's events, including the prayer vigil at the Copacabana Beach, drew a staggering 3.5 million people. But Sunday's closing Mass was by far the largest event, with 3.7 million participants.

The nearly half a million registered pilgrims came from 175 countries, and 60 percent of them were between the ages of 19 and 35. The countries with the largest number of registered participants were Brazil, Argentina, USA, Chile and Italy.

Participants also included over 7800 priests. The faithful received the Eucharist over 4 million times, during the various Masses for WYD. In all, visitors spent an estimated 1.8 billion Reais, or 784 million dollars, during the week long event in Rio.

Concelebrating with Pope Francis for the Holy Mass on 31 July, were Father Adolfo Nicolas, S.J., and Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., the Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; as well as members of the Council, and more than two hundred other Jesuits.

The Holy Father stressed in his homily, the joy that is derived from putting Christ at the center of one’s life, and in entrusting one’s self to serve God and to be ever mindful of the limitations of our fragile human nature in the struggle to do what is right and good; and to take inspiration -- and a special kind of encouragement -- from our capacity to live in community with one another, yet the Holy Father also cautioned against setting oneself apart:


“We cannot walk in parallel or in isolation. Yes, there are paths of research, creative paths, yes: this is important; to go out to the peripheries … but always in community, in the Church, with this belonging that gives us the courage to go ahead.”

In several sections of his homily, Pope Francis made reference to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius – which have come to be practiced as meditations and sound instructions for a very powerful tradition in spirituality, undertaken not only by Jesuits, but by the laity In the Roman Catholic Church; by those of other Christian denominations, and even those of other faiths on occasion, because they have been proven to have been effective as a means of allowing for the stillness that is necessary -- in order to “find God in all things.”


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Fr. General visits Colombia and Ecuador

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Adolfo Nicolás Pachón, Superior General of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).

11 August 2013, Fr. General along with Fr. Gabriel Ignacio arrived in Colombia to visit the Province of Colombia and take part in the 8th World Congress of Alumni of the Society. During his stay in the Colombian Province from August 11 to 14, he will go to the cities of Cartagena, Bogotá and Medellín. On August 15 he will participate in the Alumni Congress to be held at the Colegio San Ignacio de Medellín, and on August 16, he will travel to Ecuador for the visit to that Province. On August 17 and 18, he will remain in the city of Quito and on August 19 and 20 will visit the city of Guayaquil. He returns to Rome on August 21. In both Colombia and Ecuador, Father General will have several meetings with Jesuits, with students from our schools, with apostolic collaborators and friends and benefactors of the Society. His trip includes meetings with the Apostolic Nuncio of each country and with the Archbishops of each of the cities visited.

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Jesuit Superior General Adolfo Nicolás will travel to Colombia

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Appointments of Father Generale in July and August:



Trip to Brazil. Father General arrived in Recife on 11 July, where he gave a conference at the Universidad Católica de Pernambuco and visited the Brazilian Interprovincial Juniorate. He then moved to Salvador, where he met with the Jesuits of the North-Eastern Brazil Province. On Sunday, 14 July, he "sent out on mission" the 2,500 young people from 50 countries who are participating in the Magis pastoral experience in preparation for World Youth Day. On 16 July, Father General travelled to Porto Alegre and São Leopoldo, where he spoke at the UNISINOS University and met with the Jesuits of the Southern Brazil Province. On 19 July, he left Brazil for Rome.


Trip to Lebanon. Father General will be in Beirut, Lebanon, from 2 to 4 August 2013. He will participate in the General Assembly of World Christian Life Community (CLC). Around 200 delegates (both lay and Jesuit) from 65 different countries will attend the Assembly. The theme of the Assembly is From Our Roots to the Frontiers. This theme holds an invitation for delegates to deepen their Christian and Ignatian identity and to respond positively to today's challenges. In his sharing with delegates, Father General will speak about the importance and challenges of Ignatian Spirituality for the Laity.



Visit to Colombia and Ecuador. On August 10 Father General Adolfo Nicolás will travel to Colombia to visit the Province of Colombia and take part in the 8th World Congress of Alumni of the Society. During his stay in the Colombian Province from August 11 to 14, he will go to the cities of Cartagena, Bogotá and Medellín. On August 15 he will participate in the Alumni Congress to be held at the Colegio San Ignacio de Medellín, and on August 16, he will travel to Ecuador for the visit to that Province. On August 17 and 18, he will remain in the city of Quito and on August 19 and 20 will visit the city of Guayaquil. He returns to Rome on August 21. In both Colombia and Ecuador, Father General will have several meetings with Jesuits, with students from our schools, with apostolic collaborators and friends and benefactors of the Society. His trip includes meetings with the Apostolic Nuncio of each country and with the Archbishops of each of the cities visited.


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Jesuit head: Pope a 'brother among brothers'

Joshua J. McElwee | Aug. 7, 2013 NCR Today




Members of Pope Francis' religious order, the Jesuits, were "deeply touched" by a special Mass celebrated for them by the pope July 31 and see the pontiff as a "brother among brothers," the global head of the order says in a special letter marking the occasion.

The Mass, which was held on the feast day of the Jesuits' founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola, was "an accumulation of contrasts," writes Jesuit Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, the order's superior general, in a letter obtained by NCR.

Although reports at the time of the pope's celebration of the Mass included poignant accounts of Francis' homily for he occasion and how the pontiff took time to pray at St. Ignatius' tomb, Nicolás' letter may indicate just how much the leaders of the pope's order feel he aligns with their worldview.

"The truth is that everything was so simple and natural that it is hard to say anything," states Nicolás in the letter, distributed July 31 to the more than 17,000 Jesuits worldwide. "In a way, there has been a certain 'accumulation of contrasts.'"

"The first point of contrast comes from our high expectations since this was the first time in history that a Jesuit Pope presided at one of our Eucharistic celebrations," Nicolás continues. "The simple reality of a gathering of brothers, 'friends in the Lord,' evoked this feeling of contrast because of the naturalness of closeness and brotherhood."



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Nicolás also names four "surprising moments that have deeply touched our hearts." Among them:
"The simplicity of the encounter, from beginning to end: A brother among brothers;"
"The opportunity to experience how Francis celebrates Eucharist, without liturgical flourish. On the contrary, he has a heartfelt and meditative style, like one who is in contact with mystery, a style that we Jesuits are used to."

Pope Francis celebrated the Mass July 31 with some 200 of his Jesuit confreres at Rome's Church of the Gesu, where St. Ignatius is buried. Ignatius, a 16th-century Spaniard, founded the Jesuits in 1541. His feast is celebrated on the day he died in 1556.

While at the church July 31, the pope also prayed before a relic of St. Francis Xavier and at the tomb of Father Pedro Arrupe, superior of the Jesuits from 1965 to 1983.

Nicolás mentions that the pope also "spent a moment" at the church's Chapel of Our Lady of the Way, which contains an image of the Madonna Della Strada, an image of the virgin Mary who is considered the patroness of the order.

"Making the words of Saint Ignatius our own, we ask Our Lady to place us with her Son, so that we may more deeply enter the spirituality that unites us all in order to be always disposed 'to love and to serve,'" Nicolás writes. "This is what I desire most for the Society at this moment."

[Joshua J. McElwee is NCR national correspondent. His email address is jmcelwee@ncronline.org. Follow him on Twitter: @joshjmac.]

Following is Jesuit Fr. Adolfo Nicolás' full letter.

Jesuit Fr. Adolfo Nicolas' letter about Pope Francis' Mass with the Jesuits by joshua_mac8430

Jesuit Fr. Adolfo Nicolas' letter about Pope Francis' Mass with the Jesuits

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Jesuit Superior General Says Pope’s Style is 100 Percent Jesuit

June 7th, 2013 | Author: bsindelar

Pope Francis is 100 percent Jesuit and his style shows it off, said the superior general of the Society of Jesus, Jesuit Father General Adolfo Nicolás, in a recent interview with Rome Reports.

“I think we’re already seeing signs. … On Holy Thursday, he told priests that a shepherd should smell of sheep. It’s a great image which speaks to the pastoral mission of clergy, be it bishops or priests,” Fr. Nicolás said.

Fr. Nicolás also said he believes that the election of a Jesuit pope won’t have any repercussions on the Society’s members:

“It’s very clear to us, nothing has changed, nothing. The pope is the person the cardinals chose among themselves because they think he can lead the church. So we obey and work with him with the same intensity as we had with other popes.”

Even though the vow of poverty has always been a basic tenet for Jesuits, Fr. Nicolás believes this idea has gained importance within the church.

“That Cardinal Hummes told the pope the same thing [“Don't forget the poor”], means that it’s part of the church now. And that’s a good thing. It’s good because St. Paul mentioned it in one of his letters: we have to move with freedom because we are free with Christ, but we must never forget about the poor. He said this was one of the signs of being a Christian,” said Fr. Nicolás.

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Adolfo Nicolás, elected president of the Union of Superiors General

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El padre general de los jesuitas, el español Adolfo Nicolás, elegido presidente de la Unión de los Superiores Generales

17/05/2013 - EUROPA PRESS, ROMA

The Father General of the Jesuits, the Spaniard Adolfo Nicolás, elected president of the Union of Superiors General

05/17/2013 - EUROPA PRESS, ROME

The new president of the Union of Superiors General (USG) is the Father General of the Society of Jesus, Father Adolfo Nicolás Spanish, as reported on Friday the USG.

Thus, the Father General of the Jesuits was a vice president of the Union of Superiors General in office to replace Spanish Franciscan Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo recently appointed Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

Jesuit Father Adolfo Nicolas Pachon was born in Villamuriel de Cerrato, Palencia (Spain) on April 29, 1936 and is the father general of the Society of Jesus since January 2008 when he succeeded Father Peter Hans Kolvenbach.



Source: http://www.teinteresa.es/religion/Adolfo-Nicolas-Union-Superiores-Generales_0_920908460.html

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