Father General has approved the creation of a new Tertianship program of the European Conference that will be directed by Fr. Dany Younès, former Provincial of the Near-East Province, and will take place in a Jesuit Residence in Bikfaya, in Mount Lebanon.

The new program will focus on Reconciliation as horizon to Jesuit life-mission. Through personal prayer, selected readings, communal sharing, spiritual accompaniment and conversations with different people, the Tertian is called into a “school of the heart” where his experience of God reconciles him to his own self and makes him an apostle of reconciliation. All elements of the program aim at facilitating the integration of the Tertian in the Apostolic Body of the Society of Jesus.

The Near-East Province covers a space that is torn by long term conflicts and the coexistence of different nations, cultures, religions, churches and mentalities. Seen from this part of the world, the mission of the Society as a ministry of reconciliation takes on a new urgency and a call for depth.

The new program will be hosted by the oldest residence of the restored Society in the Near-East, next to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Deliverance, and the Center of Spiritual Arts.

The small town of Bikfaya is situated at an altitude of 900 meters, about 30 minutes from Beirut. It is cold in the winter and hot in the Summer, but over the most part of the year it has a nice moderate weather.

Candidates for Tertianship are already applying to the new program which will begin on September 26, 2021. You can find more details on the “ad usum nostrorum” section of the website of the Society. Candidates can apply by filling in this Google Form. The respective Major Superiors should also fill in this other Google Form. Fr Dany is reachable on the email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Dany Younès (PRO)