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One year after the Social and Ecology Congress in Loyola, the group of JCEP Social Delegates met in Lisbon (in Seminário de Almada, just across the beautiful Tagus river), from 14th to 18th May, for their annual gathering. During the intensive four days, the Delegates exchanged good practices from the different Jesuit Provinces, reflected together on pressing issues such as the Ignatian identity of the sector or the new structures to serve the mission, and also prayed together so to discern where the many needs and the Spirit are calling the social sector to move towards.

Engaging visits to four social works that the Jesuits have in the Lisbon area (Centro P. Amadeu Pinto, JRS-Portugal, Centro Social da Musgueira and Centro Cultural Brotéria) were also organised, with animated dialogues between the teams. As one delegate shared at the end, “the amount of needs may sometimes look daunting, but also friendship and collaboration helps to keep hope alive.” The next meeting will happen in Budapest in the Spring 2024, and more about the meeting can be read here.    

Filipe Martins JESC 

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