For the first time, the Formation Delegates and the Social Delegates from all European Provinces and the Near East held their annual meeting together. Also JCEP President Franck Janin, Jeyaraj Xavier, Secretary for Social Justice and Ecology, Mark Ravizza, Father General's Counsellor for Formation, participated in this gathering. We met in Falenica (European Center for Communication and Culture – ECCC) from March 30 to April 4. The ECCC, located in the south-east of Warsaw, provided a very welcoming and hospitable atmosphere.

The topic of the meeting was “Faith and Justice in Jesuit Formation”. The first day, only the Formation Delegates met, talking about how the Formation Centers become more European. Province clusters to foster collaboration and shared responsibility are one important step on this way. The question was around governance of these clusters in order to make them more real.

The following days, both the Social delegates and Formation delegates met.
Please read the article of Alberto Ares about this.

We also visited the Collegium Bobolanum in Warsaw, one of the seven European Formation Centers, where Theology is taught. Three Polish Scholastics gave an inspiring presentation to the Social dimension of Jesuit formation in Poland.The evening concluded with a festive dinner with the local Jesuit community.

This joint-meeting was an enriching experience for all participants, and the great majority of participants voted for a follow-up within a few years. The next meeting of the Formation Delegates will take place in Braga, Portugal, and the Social Delegates will meet in Brussels, Belgium.