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Today we present also answers of three Jesuits in the field “In-depth reflection”. 
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GC36 from Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Jos Moons SJ 

1. What is your message for our new Father General?

I pray that you may be blessed with spiritual freedom in order to see with the eyes of Christ, and with boldness in order to do and to say what the Spirit inspires you to.

2 Concerning your apostolate and mission in The Netherlands, what are your hopes and wishes for GC36?

It would be great of GC 36 would challenge and perhaps also help Europe to conceive the Society anew as a 'minima societas'. How can the Jesuits leave behind their great history and their impressive projects and instead embrace a modest and realistic vision of their apostolate? How can falling numbers be a 'sign of the times' and invite us to conversion? What do we have to do, and what should we leave?

GC36 from... Brussels (Belgium)

Henry Longbottom SJ

1. What is your message for our new Father General? 

Firstly, thank you for accepting this magnificent service! Secondly, know that you can count on my continual prayer and obedience, especially when you need to make radical decisions regarding the Society's governance and mission.

2. Concerning your apostolate and mission in Brussels, what are your hopes and wishes for GC36?

Our ministry of 'reconciling the estranged' is particularly relevant to the secularised context of North Western Europe. With fewer resources, the Society's focus in this region will need to be more strategic. Our special contribution to the intellectual apostolate and advocacy for the marginalised should not be overlooked.

GC36 from... Uppsala (Sweden)

Philip Geister SJ

1. What is your message for our new Father General? 

Be courageous! Dare to take decision that help the Society to do things better - even if this may imply that we need to do less. 

2. What are my hopes and wishes for GC36?

I hope that GC36 finds ways to improve cooperation among Jesuit apostolates on a global level. Today, provincial structures often rather restrain than facilitate this. A better global networking would make our commitment more effective and would at the same time be a powerful expression of the spirit of unity and universality that is so typical for the Society.