In this time of unprecedented confinement, and following the closure of all the spiritual and formation places, many initiatives have come into being in the Jesuit Province EOF to continue, with new creativity, the various apostolates and to reach out to all those with whom it is usually connected.

Here are a few examples:

- Churches and Spiritual Centres have set up services, Masses, homilies, gospel commentaries broadcast live or on YouTube ;

- schools have found ways not only to ensure pedagogical continuity but also to mobilize to support students and their parents);

- magazines and training venues have made many online resources available to help people think about this time and reflect on what might come out of this crisis;

- The chaplains have revealed Youtube talents for lauds or live and in front of the camera of their smartphone to capture the attention of young people and nourish their faith.

Digital communication has thus taken on a new momentum: Skype, Team or Zoom have become familiar for working together, but also for pursuing spiritual accompaniment at a distance or celebrating Easter as proposed by Maison Magis.

Newsletters and accounts on social networks have proved to be essential to keep the link and bring beauty and goodness in a time when rumours flourish.

For the communication of the Province, this is a busy time: a system has been set up, through the community superiors, to help all those who follow us to nourish their faith, to stay in touch and to keep hope. A web dossier jesuites.com/covid19 has been enriched with numerous resources to help internet users to live this time: meditations, enlightenment, initiatives to stay in touch, testimonies on what is being lived in your communities and institutions. Since the beginning of the confinement, the number of visits to the jesuites.com website has doubled and the visibility of publications on social networks has increased significantly.

A specific call has been made to all Jesuits and lay partners present on social networks to share or relay publications on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. An invitation has been extended to all those who are not or not very present on social networks, to take an interest - while keeping the necessary freedom and distance - and see how they can help in their mission.