European Leadership Programme.

The time of the year to say goodbye and to wish everyone a great continuation has come again. This month we're saying goodbye to our Spring 2023 cohort. Last Thursday, July 6, we celebrated the 9th cohort's graduation ceremony at the Press Club Brussels where we were delighted to be joined by numerous friends, alumni, and partners of ELP - both online and in-person! This coming together to celebrate the achievements over the last few months was opened by Filipe Martins SJ, JESC Director, and professor Nicolas Standaert, member of the board of directors at UCSIA. After hearing from a current ELP Fellow representative, Teresa Pallerés-Ramos, and an Alumni representative, José María Arroyo Nieto, as well as watching a moving recap video of this cohort's semester, there was a one-of-a-kind speech from keynote speaker Franck Janin SJ (which you can access here), President of the Jesuit Conference of European Provincials. Finally Fr. Hvroje Škrlec, from the Apostolic Nunciature to the EU, closed the ceremony with a final blessing upon the future path of the Fellows. It was a great pleasure to see new and familiar faces. The ELP team thanks all who were able to celebrate with us, whether online or in-person.

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