The consult of the President of the Conference of European Provincials usually meets each time in the country of origin of one of its members. So at least the host does not have to travel to another country. The provincial of Slovenia, Ivan Bresciani, being the moderator of the Assistancy of Southern Europe, invited for the first time the consultation to meet and work in the Curia of Ljubljana.

On this occasion the consult received the echoes and evaluations of the recent General Assembly of the JCEP in Rome. Looking to the future, preparations are already underway for the next assembly to be held in Zagreb in October. The agenda of the conference is quite busy and there are many issues that need to be advanced together, such as the steps of discernment of a new Apostolic Plan or the shared responsibility in the formation centres for Jesuits in Europe.

The consult on this occasion is made up of the three moderators of the three assistances: Damian Howard, British Provincial, Dalibor Renić, Croatian Provincial, and Ivan Bresciani, Slovenian Provincial; and the President, Franck Janin, and the socius, José de Pablo. The work took up most of the three days of the consultation, although they were also able to get to know the city centre and the Retreat House, both charming. After the consultation, the President stayed a few days in the country to get to know the works of the Society in Maribor.  In this way he could see that Jesuitically speaking Slovenia is a small province, with about 55 Jesuits, but full of art, life and apostolic impetus.