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With the founding of the new ECE province, the JESUITEN magazine has also relaunched. At the same time, the Austrian and German magazines have united to form a joint magazine. The German-language magazine is also to get a new reference area with Switzerland.

The newly assembled editorial team of young Jesuits from Austria, Germany and Switzerland asked themselves the question: How can the new Province of the Society of Jesus be presented in a focal theme? They focused on the core of the Order and asked the authors the crucial question: What does Jesus mean to you?

The answers to this question were very different, depending on the fields of activity and perspectives. The different personalities in the four regions of the new Province surprise us with a multi-faceted colour palette of personal approaches and relationships to Jesus. The highlight of the magazine is a contribution by Father General Arturo Sosa SJ. He and Father Provincial Bernhard Bürgler SJ talk about what it means for them to be companions of Jesus. A social worker unfolds the development of an intimate relationship she has with Jesus as a woman; a Jesuit tells us what Jesus' masculinity consists of for him. Two older confreres tell us how their relationship with Jesus has changed in the course of their lives. A Jewish New Testament scholar describes her personal approach to Jesus. A young Lithuanian Jesuit describes his long spiritual search that finally led him to Jesus, while the spiritual accompaniment of people far removed from religion allows another confrere to discover more deeply the greatness of the one to whom Jesus points.

After the usual Spiritual Impulse, we now have a new section called "What does a Jesuit actually do?". Here we present what a Jesuit can experience in the course of his life. The column is a chance to show life stories that are otherwise not so present. The news section reports on the new foundation of the Central European Province of the Jesuits, the Ignatian Year, the awarding of the Federal Cross of Merit to Matthias Katsch and Fr Klaus Mertes SJ and some personnel changes. Under the heading "Introduced", Tobias Zimmermann SJ, as Editor-in-Chief of JESUITEN-Magazin, looks back on the past editorial period and gives insights behind the scenes.

You are very much welcome to order the current issue of JESUITEN here or read it online.

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