The Holy Father, after making his own discernment, officially gave to the Superior General and to the whole Society of Jesus, the Universal Apostolic Preferences for the period 2019 to 2029.
The Preferences give a horizon, a point of reference to the whole Society of Jesus. They capture our imaginations and awaken our desires. They unite us in our mission. The new Preferences are four areas vital for our world today. The Society of Jesus will pay special attention to them in the next ten years. We invite you to learn more and take action with us! We want to make a Gospel difference.
“The universal apostolic preferences… have been above all the Society’s response to the needs of the Church…
They have expressed and should still express in concrete terms our readiness, as a universal apostolic body, to work beneath the banner of the cross, to serve the Lord alone and the Church, his spouse, under the Roman Pontiff.
Thus, apostolic preferences create for us the tension of seeking the most universal good as the ultimate goal of the numerous apostolic activities the Society carries out…
We are all too well aware of the disproportion between the needs of humanity which the Church seeks to meet and the resources we have at hand. The preferences do not establish a hierarchy of the needs of humanity or of the Church, but they do indicate the best ways for the Society to make use of the resources it has available for the service of Christ’s reconciling mission in the world.”
Show the way to God through the Spiritual Exercises and discernment.
Walk with the poor, the outcasts of the world, those whose dignity has been violated, in a mission of reconciliation and justice
To accompany young people in the creation of a hope-filled future
To collaborate in the care of our Common Home
Show the way to God through the Spiritual Exercises and discernment.
Walk with the poor, the outcasts of the world, those whose dignity has been violated, in a mission of reconciliation and justice
To accompany young people in the creation of a hope-filled future
To collaborate in the care of our Common Home
We are deeply convinced that the preferences will help the apostolic body of the Society if they maintain a clear unity between life and mission.
The will help us to share in the life and mission of Christ, enable intellectual and spiritual depth and promote collaboration as a way of life.
