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The Slovenian Jesuits celebrated the canonization of St Ignatius on June 4, 1622 in the capital Ljubljana. So did the Slovenian Jesuits 400 years later: on the same day, in the oldest Jesuit church in Ljubljana.

The festive Academy of the Ignatian Year was realized in a traditional Jesuit way: a combination of music, dance, dramatization and a scientific intermezzo presenting the spiritual & cultural contribution of the Jesuits in Slovenia. Historically, the Jesuits had a great influence on Slovenia: they marked an important part of the religious, cultural, scientific, educational, technical and artistic history. The first Jesuit came to Ljubljana during the lifetime of St Ignatius, i.e. in the middle of the 16th century. The Jesuits settled at St. James's at the turn of the 16th to 17th century. Here they built the College, which educated the greater part of the elite in Ljubljana at that time.

The Academy followed the structure of a Mass offering: the liturgy of the Word, a sermon and the Eucharist - suggesting that the whole human life should become a sacrifice, a liturgy, as was the life of St Ignatius and those who followed him. The broader Ignatian family rejoiced in this celebration and gave thanks to God for all the good He has done through it during this time.

The event was organized by the Province of the Society of Jesus in Slovenia, lead by Fr Marjan Kokalj SJ, with the cooperation, among others, of the Music Academy of the University of Ljubljana and the students of the Jesuit College in Ljubljana.

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